Episcopal Relief & Development

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Texan Appointed
to ERD Board

Daniel McNeel was among the four new members welcomed to the ERD Board in January.

Daniel McNeel “Neel” Lane is a partner with the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He is a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas, on whose vestry Lane served a three-year term. He has served on the board of the Diocese of West Texas’s Good Samaritan Community Services, and the board of the Texas Appleseed, an agency that promotes social and economic justice.

“We are privileged to have such committed, faithful people willing to serve on our Board,” said the Rt. Rev. Robert J. O’Neill, Bishop of the Diocese of Colorado and Chair of the Board of Episcopal Relief & Development. “We are especially blessed in the diversity of experience and background of these new members. I am very much looking forward to working with these talented individuals as we seek to serve our mission in the world.” (from ERD press release)


The MDG Inspiration Fund Campaign
Promoting health, fighting disease, saving lives.

The MDG Inspiration Fund was launched in 2007 by Episcopal Relief & Development, Jubilee Ministries and the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church.

Focusing specifically on achieving MDGs 4, 5 and 6, the Fund implements programs to fight malaria and other preventable diseases in Africa and Asia, and provides basic health care, health education, and sanitation systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. More

 

 

Episcopal Relief & Development is the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States, guided by the Episcopal Church’s principles of compassion, dignity and generosity as we work to heal a hurting world.


ERD programs work toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to cut extreme poverty in half by 2015.

ERD programs focus on the following areas:

*Alleviating Hunger and Improving Food Supply
*Creating Economic Opportunities and Strengthening Communities
*Promoting Health and Fighting Disease
*Responding to Disasters and Rebuilding Communities

Where Episcopal Relief & Development is at work

 

 

 

Edwin S. Davis edsalpc@yahoo.com