Anglican Missions is encouraging Anglicans in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia to direct their Lenten giving to support community resilience-building on the climate-change affected Pacific atoll of Ontong Java, and to Anglican humanitarian aid and development work in Gaza and the West Bank. 

Ontong Java climate resilience | Anglican Church of Melanesia

This year Anglican Missions' Pacific project for the Lenten Appeal works through the Anglican Church of Melanesia to help residents of Ontong Java build resilience to the impacts of climate change, so that their communities not only survive, but thrive. Anglican Missions is working on this project linked to a New Zealand Government aid allocation, which will maximise donations by matching every $1 NZD donated to the Ontong Java project with another $5 NZD. 

Gaza/West Bank humanitarian aid
Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem & the Middle East

With Gaza's ceasefire holding, more people are seeking help from the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem's Al Ahli Hospital, as they return to the devastation of their former neighbourhoods in Northern Gaza.

The Anglican-run Al Ahli hospital offers shelter and support for people in need of medical care, with triage tents set up in its courtyard to receive the those arriving back.

Chronic illnesses are a serious concern with Gazan people's conditions going untreated during the months of bombing attacks, leading to severe consequences (for example amputations of limbs due to lack of diabetes treatment).

Al Ahli Hospital's ability to respond has now increased with the ceasefire in Gaza, enabling the hospital to get fuel and supplies so that staff can offer healthcare to more than 600 outpatients a day. The hospital has also begun to repair some of its damaged infrastructure. 

This year the Anglican Missions' Lenten Appeal supports the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East's work in Gaza and in the West Bank to provide

- Emergency health services and rehabilitation
- Education services, including psychosocial support to children facing trauma
- Emergency support to affected communities 

Find out more about the Lenten Appeal here Lenten Appeal 2025

Donate to the Anglican Missions' Lenten Appeal here (via Anglican World Aid - AWA).

Al Ahli Hospital Video report from November 2024 here.