ANNUAL REPORT 2025-2026
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Hope springs forth Inside 2
A Message from the President and the Executive Director
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Our impact at a glance
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The Reslience Fund: Helping partners bounce back
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Health and Healing
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Resilient Livelihoods
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Creation Care
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Indigenous Partnerships
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Humanitarian Response
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Creative Ways to Connect
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2025-2026 Financial Statement
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Lessons Learned: It all comes down to partnership
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Alongside Hope is grateful for the prayers and financial gifts of Canadians who demonstrate a deep compassion for neighbours near and far. In this past year, Anglican individuals and parishes — and many more — gave funds for clean water, for nutritious food, for peace building work and for livelihood programs. Your generosity demonstrates how impactful it is when communities work together, even amid the stress and strain of conflict. Thank you. This past year, we saw inspiring results across 28 countries where Alongside Hope and our partners are working. In Ukraine, youth traumatized by losing family members in the war are attending camps that offer respite and foster longterm resilience. In Ecuador, Indigenous midwife elders are supporting new generations of midwives, passing along their ancestral ways of caring for newborns, moms and communities. In Zimbabwe, water is being channeled to support drip irrigation and healthy gardens, and community members are building solarized boreholes and gabion dams to 2
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A 15.5 km water conveyance system is bringing clean water closer to communities in Zimbabwe. TSURO Trust Photo control erosion and contribute to a more bio-diverse ecology. UNESCO has recognized this work in climate resilience and disaster risk reduction. It was amazing to see our partners in Burundi turn the challenge of dealing with abrupt USAID cuts into opportunity and hope. Their plan for local farmers to grow peanuts and make their own nutritious peanut porridge for malnourished children, creating sustainable local jobs in the process, is the very model of resilience. Our partners this year have suffered far too much. Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza, whose very name means ‘community’, withstood bombs and shooting to continue to care for those who needed medicine, surgery, or a place to sleep and be safe. In Tanzania’s
Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, where funding shortages and food ration cuts continue to put immense pressure on displaced families, communitymanaged nurseries are producing seedlings for sustainable vegetable farming, helping families improve their food security and build resilience together. Even in a refugee camp, hope grows. To our volunteers, donors, staff and partners, we thank you. Because of you, Alongside Hope is more than a name — it is a promise kept every day. Through your compassion, generosity and commitment, you are working alongside our partners for change in Canada and around the world. Thank you for praying and walking with us in the promise and hope for a truly just, healthy and peaceful world.
Will Postma Executive Director, Alongside Hope
Mark Hauck President, Board of Directors 3
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Impact at a Glance
Nova Scotia 144 important
British Columbia 40 people were supported
Mi’kmawey cultural artifacts are being prepared for their return home.
through the Métis citizenship application process.
Haiti
350 women received
training to advocate for clean water, gender rights and food security.
South Sudan 2,008 households
received emergency food aid amid conflict and violence.
Mexico 7,300 people learned the
DR Congo 1,571 households
importance of women and youth in the community, food sovereignty and Indigenous leadership.
received food aid during lean harvest.
Lesotho 40 youth learned
Ecuador
1,211 community members
gender-based violence prevention and leadership skills.
were trained in ancestral midwifery to support maternal and child health.
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In 2025-2026, Alongside Hope supported 64 projects in 28 countries • •
$2,125,523 allocated to Humanitarian Response $3,049,956 allocated to Sustainable Development
Ukraine
20 youth with disabilities were supported by a renovated rehabilitation facility in Lviv.
Palestine 6,061 patients received emergency health care at Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.
Philippines 45 households
restarted rice planting with repaired water and irrigation systems.
Uganda 240 people learned
how to make and sell eco-friendly charcoal briquettes.
Kenya 660 women
received 1,980 chicks to develop a business and earn an income.
Mozambique 35 Solar Suitcases were
prepared for health clinics to make childbirth safer for moms and babies.
Tanzania 19,574 fruit trees were planted to improve refugee food security.
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Nepal
950 people received support or training for their small business.
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Helping partners stay strong A flicker of hope becomes the flame of generosity In February 2025, the world watched in astonishment as the United States government dismantled USAID, a program that was a leader among nations in foreign aid for more than 50 years. As that thread was yanked, other aid programs around the world that relied on that funding began to unravel.
Parwin and Mohammad and their four children fled to live in a cave to survive. USAID cuts put their lives in further peril. PWS&D Photo
While Alongside Hope does not receive funding from USAID, many of our partners did. Suddenly — overnight — many of their programs were in jeopardy: • In Tanzania, Church World Service lost funding to support refugees at the Nyarugusu settlement camp who were about to resettle in the United States. • In Burundi, Village Health Works’
supply of fortified peanut paste ended, leaving malnourished children without the life-saving treatment. • In Uganda, Rape Hurts Foundation lost funding used to support women who had survived abuse and sex trafficking. • In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Panzi Foundation had to shelve plans for another program 6
The first peanuts planted in Burundi are being harvested. Village Health Works Photo. to support women recovering from gender-based violence. As these perilous situations roiled, Alongside Hope asked ourselves, how could we walk alongside our partners? When staff and volunteers met with Church World Service in Kenya, Country Director Mary Obiero spoke of resilience — the determination to keep going despite enormous challenges. Her words inspired the creation of the Resilience Fund, giving Anglicans in Canada an opportunity to stand with partners navigating this unprecedented funding crisis. During a spring webinar, supporters heard directly from Dr. Jennifer Furin of Village Health Works in Burundi. She described the heartbreaking work of deciding which child was more in need of being treated for malnutrition as supplies dwindled. And then, a flicker of hope. Our community responded with
extraordinary generosity. Inspired by the courage and commitment of our partners, one donor offered to match gifts to the Resilience Fund with a remarkable pledge of $250,000. Donors across the country answered the call, contributing more than $600,000 by the end of June. Refugees in Tanzania have received mental health supports and cash to get back on their feet; farmers in Burundi are growing their own peanuts and a plan to locally produce fortified peanut paste is underway; women in Uganda have access to much needed shelter when they escape violence. We were also able to sustain a food relief program in Afghanistan, ensuring families survived the winter. More than that, Canadian Anglicans are bringing hope to people around the world, reminding them that they are not alone — especially in times of despair. 7
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Health and Healing “I’m grateful for the support I found here.”
Delivering hope to new moms in Lesotho After a seven-hour trek, Moliehi Mohare reached the Bobete Health Centre’s maternal waiting home in Lesotho. Alongside Hope and Partners In Health provide funding for toiletry kits for moms and baby starter packs that ease women’s fears when they arrive with limited belongings for themselves and their babies. “I didn’t know that Bobete Health Centre provided these things,” she said. “I had brought what I could from home, but it wasn’t enough. I’m really happy and grateful for the support I found here.”
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Moliehi Mohare awaits the delivery of her baby in the safety and comfort of the Bobete Health Centre. Partners In Health Photo 8
Staff at Pivot Health in Madagascar learn how to use the Solar Suitcase. We Care Solar Photo
A light shines in Madagascar In 2025, with the generous support of Alongside Hope donors, Pivot Health and We Care Solar installed 14 Solar Suitcases in health clinics in Madagascar. These devices are mounted to a wall inside the clinic and attached to a solar panel on the roof. They provide light, a fetal Doppler, cell phone chargers and more to patients and health care workers. “Babies decide when they are ready to be born,” said Maothaline Antonie Raharilalaina, a midwife and head of Fanivelona Health Centre in Nosy Varika District. “Before, when a birth happened at night, we would use the flashlights on our phones for light. It is such a relief to know that we no longer have to manage nighttime deliveries in the dark.”
Ending child marriage in Zambia Child marriage in Zambia is often a last resort to escape poverty. The Zambia Anglican Council Outreach Program (ZACOP), funded in part by Alongside Hope, has been trying to change that. In 2025, eight peer educators between 18 and 24 were trained in psychosocial counselling. The peer educators gained a deeper understanding of adolescent mental health, relationships and social pressures. They were also given resources and strategies to promote healthy behaviours and positive relationships among adolescents. Since completing the training, the peer educators have begun offering counselling and HIV testing at two local clinics. The project has made an impact on almost 13,000 adults and 15,000 children. 9
LGBTQ rights in El Salvador Despite commitments to anti-discrimination policies in El Salvador, the LGBTQ community continues to face violence, arbitrary detentions, and a legal system that rarely investigates hate crimes. Many feel unsafe and are forced to flee. Local rights group CoCoSI has created a safe haven in its rural community. With support from Alongside Hope, CoCoSI trained 45 young people in gender leadership, hosting parents’ information sessions, and working directly with 377 young people. Radio programs broadcast through Radio Victoria in nearby Sesuntepeque are estimated to reach the homes of more than 37,000 people.
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Resilient livelihoods
The strength of partnership and love in Nepal In the remote foothills of Surkhet, newlyweds Lalmati Rana Magar and Bhakta Bahadur Sarki have built a life that proves partnership and perseverance can overcome physical disabilities. They are two of the roughly 800 participants in a project run by Lutheran World Federation Nepal and the Social Awareness Center Nepal, co-funded by Alongside Hope and the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation. The support made it possible for Bhakta to open a barber shop. Lalmati helps run the shop and also operates a small grocery store and cares for their poultry. The stable income allows her to pay the tuition for her 16-year-old son, a victory she once thought impossible. They also participate in a local advocacy group for people with disabilities, which the project helped them establish.
Bhakta Bahadur Sarki and Lalmati Rana Magar run a barber shop in their village despite their disabilities. LWF Nepal photo 10
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“This business has given me confidence. Now I participate in decisions and my work is valued.” Mariela Roncancio and her husband making compost. ECLOF Photo
Support and training for women drives change in rural Colombia Mariela Roncancio has transformed her life. After years of working only at home and on her family farm in Boyacá, she became a rural entrepreneur with support from ECLOF Colombia, a partner of Alongside Hope. Through ECLOF’s training and support, she and her husband improved their farming practices, created a home garden, and began producing organic fertilizer. Roncancio then started selling fresh foods and homemade products, turning small ideas into a steady income. Today she runs a market cart in Cómbita while inspiring other women to start their own businesses. “This business has given me confidence,” she says. “Now I participate in decisions and my work is valued.”
“Your belief in us has changed everything.” In Burundi, a project known as Magara Meza, designed to treat malnutrition in children, has also improved the lives of 280 local farmers. Through Village Health Works (VHW) and with funds from Alongside Hope, farmers have sown more than 1,000 kg of ground nut seeds, transforming the landscape into knee-high bushy green plants in bloom. “Before the Magara Meza project, I did not know about improved peanut seeds or modern farming techniques,” says Gerard Simbogoye. Peanuts were a secondary crop, unpredictable and low-yielding. VHW introduced certified seeds adapted to the Burundian climate and provided in-depth training. Simbogoye learned about crop rotation, natural fertilizers, and early pest detection. Now he has income to repair his house, pay school fees, buy tools, care for the sick, and even begin saving. “Your belief in us has changed everything.” 11
A hand up inspires bright futures in Uganda Aleper Felister, 20, operates a successful home baking business in Uganda, thanks to business and skills training from ARUWE. “What inspires me most about this journey is that I realized I don’t need a shop or expensive machinery to run a business. I use the resources available to me, like charcoal and ordinary saucepans at home. Through this small business, I am now able to support my family by covering small household expenses and contributing to food at home. My mother no longer bears all the costs alone.”
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Creation Care
“My vegetables are safe. I know my family is eating clean food.”
Using water wisely yields bumper crops in Kenya In Katwala, Kenya, creation care is “taking root” through the determination of small farm farmers like Rachael Mbili, a 57-year-old widow who once relied solely on rain-fed farming. “When the rains failed, everything failed; no food, no income. It was a struggle to provide for my family.” Through training from Anglican Development Services-Eastern, funded by Alongside Hope, she learned how to build water-saving kitchen gardens using local and repurposed materials. Her organic kale, spinach and amaranth now feed her family, while the excess provides a steady income. “My vegetables are safe,” she says. “I use cow dung manure and organic pesticides as we were taught during the project training. I know my family is eating clean food and my neighbours love buying from me because they trust my produce.”
Rachael Mbili harvests greens from her garden. ADS-E Photo 12
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Protecting the land from resource extraction in the Philippines In 2024, most of the province of Apayao in the Philippines was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, the fourth such designation in the country. Yet it’s not enough to protect the area from large-scale, high-impact development. Two mega hydroelectric projects have been planned on the Apayao River and its immediate tributaries, and 11 applications have been submitted to mine almost 240,000 hectares for copper, gold, silver and related minerals. Working with the CorDisDRS (Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services Inc.), Alongside Hope is supporting a three-year project to support the Save Apayao People’s Organization (SAPO) and the United Apayao Environmental and Cultural Community Organization. The organizations will broaden awareness of the impending hydroelectric and mining projects, their implications and the foreseeable impact on the environment. They will also be able to reach more people and gather more data for future advocacy, protecting the diversity of organisms that thrive in Apayao.
Advocacy in the Amazon Three Anglican dioceses in the Amazon region of Brazil supported Indigenous peoples and traditional communities with rights training, public advocacy, and community-led action to protect the environment. Through online and in-person training, about 400 people became engaged in monitoring legislative and policy threats affecting land, environmental and Indigenous rights. Indigenous and traditional communities gained a stronger voice in defending land, dignity, and the future of the Amazon, with women’s participation becoming visible and more influential. 13
Traditional seeds have been revived. TSURO Trust Photo
Restoring the land in Zimbabwe with naturebased solutions In the hills of Zimbabwe’s Chimanimani region, Victoria Masimo is a living testimony to the effect of the Nature+ project, funded by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, the Government of Canada and Alongside Hope, implemented by TSURO Trust. In 2023, she valued traditional rain making ceremonies and hoped for a bumper harvest. But by 2025, water scarcity had become her biggest obstacle. “I did not harvest as much … due to competition for irrigation water from the river,” she explains. Now, she uses homemade bokashi (compost), which has improved the health of her soil. Fish farming, beekeeping and conservation agriculture have made it possible for families to pay school fees for their children. Masimo proudly notes the revival of traditional seeds such as kenga, madzande and njera. Environmental stewardship has also improved. “People would randomly chop down indigenous trees … they no longer do that,” she explains. Traditional leaders now enforce penalties for environmental violations.
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Indigenous Partnerships
The heartbeat of Mother Earth
Alongside Hope provided a $15,000 grant to Circle of Creation in Winnipeg to host weekly drum circles and provide traditional teaching on Indigenous sacred medicines. Many of the youth and adults who attend Circle of Creation struggle with making positive choices in their lives. Circle of Creation is dedicated to healing from addictions, second- and third-intergenerational trauma and the impacts of the residential school system. The gift of drumming — the heartbeat of Mother Earth as a healing medicine — is a way to for Indigenous people to reconnect to their culture and community, says Tim Barron of Circle of Creation. The gift of songs also gives youth the chance to find their voice.
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A weekly drum circle is part of the healing process. Circle of Creation Photo. 14
Doña Juana Jiménez Cruz (far right) is mentoring the next generation of Inidgneous midwives. Jose Zarate Photo.
The birth and life of a midwife in Mexico Following a vivid dream from an ancestral spirit, Doña Juana Jiménez Cruz decided her calling in life was to use Indigenous midwifery skills to bring life into the world. Encouraged by her mother, Cruz assisted her first birth and soon became known as la partera of her Tzeltal community in Ocosingo, serving the nearby villages as well. Through the Tejiendo el Buen Vivir initiative supported by Alongside Hope, she developed her leadership skills, even starting a small bakery with her daughters. After 28 years of service, she now mentors the village’s younger women, ensuring Indigenous midwifery endures and remains central to community health and cultural continuity.
Cultural hub grows in Quebec Alongside Hope has partnered with Kanien’kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KORLCC) in Quebec for decades, providing funding for several language reclamation projects including its award-winning puppet television show. The vision and planning for a new centre, to address space and resource challenges, has been ongoing. From July 2025 until 2028, an Alongside Hope investment of $150,000 is helping transform a new physical location into a fully functional, community-centered language school and cultural hub. Through staged infrastructure improvements, communications, and the rollout of new community-based programming — including a culturally rooted Community Kitchen pilot — this funding will help them grow their reach, build community capacity, and create culturally grounded learning environments for current and future generations. 15
A journey home to Nova Scotia gets shorter The return of priceless Indigenous artifacts from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. to Mi’kmawey First Nations has been an ongoing project. In 2023, Alongside Hope invested $150,000 over three years to support the work. In the past year, that included sending two master beaders, three master basket makers and one master quill worker to inspect the stability of artifacts, confirm inventory and prepare them for return.
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Humanitarian Response
“CWS and Alongside Hope rescued me.”
Cash and seeds restore food security in Democratic Republic of the Congo Jeannot Lumgonzo Tshimanga lives in Kasai Central province, where the scars of violence a decade ago are still fresh. In 2016, his father was killed amid land disputes. Orphaned and landless, Tshimanga says he still finds it hard to articulate what he and his brothers have survived. Tshimanga’s family of 13 people lived mainly on foufou, a dish made from maize and cassava leaves. Thanks to a cash distribution project through Church World Service (CWS), funded by Alongside Hope and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Tshimanga was able to buy a variety of food to feed his family. Tshimanga also planted amaranth, okra, eggplant and Chinese cabbage seeds that he received through the project. “I lost my father, but my other family — CWS and Alongside Hope — rescued me.”
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Jeannot Tshimanga and his family improved their nutrition by using the money to buy food and 16seeds for planting. CWS Photo
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Ghulam and Sabira faced severe food insecurity before additional funding kept the response going. PWD&D Photo.
“For the first time in years, my children went to bed with full stomachs.”
Alongside Hope’s Resilience Fund supported partners that were affected by the USAID cuts in 2025. In Afghanistan, Alongside Hope added much needed funds to a cash-for-food program run by Presbyterian World Service and Development, a fellow member of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Families facing severe food insecurity in Mamyan province received money to buy food. Ghulam and his wife Sabira said, “For the first time in years, my children went to bed with full stomachs. It may sound like a small thing, but for us, it is everything.”
After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica rebuilds On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, causing massive destruction. Alongside Hope provided an immediate solidarity grant of $10,000, then worked with staff at the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands to see where support was most needed. The Diocese created satellite distribution hubs through the local congregations, who knew their neighbours and could identify individuals most in need. Volunteers became the heart of the response, sorting supplies, loading vehicles, and delivering aid across difficult terrain. With support from local and overseas partners, immediate needs for food, water, and personal care items were largely met. As urgent needs stabilized, the focus shifted to longer term shelter concerns. Phase 2 of the response will include building permanent shelters for those in need, with support from Alongside Hope, the Anglican Alliance and Episcopal Relief & Development. 17
Wildfire relief in Saskatchewan In 2025, more than 500 wildfires raged in Saskatchewan, burning 2.9 million hectares of land. More than 10,000 people were evacuated at the height of the fires, which destroyed 400 structures in the province. With a $15,000 In-Canada Emergency Response Grant from Alongside Hope, the Diocese of Saskatchewan provided emergency assistance to community members who were affected by the wildfires, including those who were evacuated. Support included food, clothing and toiletries.
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Creative ways to connect Youth Council bakes a World of Difference $1,700 for Colombia and the Holy Land
During Advent, the Alongside Hope Youth Council and alumni rolled up their sleeves for a festive gingerbread house fundraiser in support of the World of Gifts. Ten participants each assembled and decorated their own unique houses, cottages and even churches. Participants invited supporters to vote for their favourite creation with a donation. Funds supported rural beekeepers in Colombia and essential healthcare for families in the Holy Land.
The Advent of Healing 870 subscribers
The 2025 Advent resource was written by the Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred (Cree, Swan River Band, Treaty 8). Ray invited readers to consider what it means to heal yourself, to heal others, and to heal God’s creation so we might live into right relationships. His poignant reflections opened the door to thinking about big concepts like “truth, healing, reconciliation, right relationships” in our everyday lives.
Wild Paths of Peace 749 subscribers
In 2026, we welcomed Martha Jarvis as our Lenten resource writer. As the Anglican Communion’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jarvis creates partnerships between churches and UN teams responding to conflict. In this resource she explored the unexpected hope of peacemaking during this time of conflict in the world and in our personal lives.
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members of the Legacy of Hope Society — supporters who have named Alongside Hope in their will.
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Praying with Alongside Hope gatherings and webinars on Zoom
1,067
monthly donors
Lighting the way to safe births in Mozambique and Madagascar Alongside Hope’s 2025 Wild Ride supported our wider campaign to install 49 Solar Suitcases in Mozambique and Madagascar. Thirteen teams and 56 participants came together to raise an impressive $67,000 — or 10 Solar Suitcases — bringing clean and affordable solar power to health clinics without reliable electricity. 18
A sweet way to raise funds
$2,400 for Colombia
Parish of St. George Fort Langley, B.C. Parishioners turned their Lenten Appeal into an opportunity to support World of Gifts, raising funds for beehives in Colombia. They learned how beekeeping supports women’s livelihoods and benefits the environment. Parishioners explored the impact of the project through a bee-themed quiz, listening to RimskyKorsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, and a presentation from the Outreach Committee, some of whom keep their own hives.
Alongside Hope Sunday feeds body and soul
the Páramos Project in Colombia and the Resilience Fund, connecting parishioners to the work their gifts support. Following the service, a soup-and-bun fundraiser in support of the two initiatives.
Parish delivers eggs-cellent workshop Support for Ukraine
St. Paul’s Anglican Point Edward, Ont. A centuries-old Ukrainian tradition became an act of solidarity at this workshop to support Alongside Hope’s Ukraine relief efforts. Parishioners and community members learned the art of decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs, each one carefully written with wax and dye to symbolize prayer and the triumph of light over darkness.
$1,700 for Colombia and Resilience Fund Emmanuel Anglican, Saskatoon, SK At an Alongside Hope Sunday, the congregation watched a video presentation from Alongside Hope’s Executive Director Will Postma about
This fundraiser really sticks $3,200 for Haiti
Diocese of Montreal While most people celebrate their birthday 19
with cake and candles, the Rev. Roslyn Macgregor marked her 79th birthday on Halloween with a crowdfunder for Alongside Hope. The former representative for the Diocese of Montreal invited friends to join her “Hallowe’en Broomstick Ride,” an online event that mixed imagination with a longing for healing in our world. “I have so much to be thankful for,” she said. “I don’t need more stuff.” The campaign supported the World of Gifts “Pump It Up” project, which provided solar panels to power water pumps in Haiti.
A small light makes a big change $1,420 for Cuba
St. Andrew’s Anglican Dartmouth N.S. When folks were looking at ways to support Alongside Hope’s World of Gifts, a light bulb went on. For every $50 donated towards a generator and solar panels for families in Cuba, a light bulb was added to a display. What began as a small glow grew brighter each week, becoming a symbol of their generosity.
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Financial Statement Supporting the work of Alongside Hope improves the quality and daily life for vulnerable populations by promoting global justice and self-sustainability. Your commitment is transforming lives.
REVENUE
(Financial Statement April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026) Actual % of Revenue Parish, foundation and individual contributions $5,307,274 58.41% Canadian Foodgrains Bank contributions 1,705,928 18.77% Bequests 1,001,486 11.02% Realized Gain on Sale of Marketable Securities 492,341 5.42% Interest and Dividends 446,881 4.92% Other 132,354 1.46% TOTAL REVENUE $9,086,264 100.00%
EXPENSES
PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS Canadian Foodgrains Bank program Development Program Humanitarian Response and Refugees Supporter Relations Program Partners and Ecumenical Relations Strategic Plan Initiatives
Actual % of Expenses $2,133,355 25.07% 1,630,893 19.17% 661,231 7.77% 333,222 3.92% 124,767 1.47% 0.00%
TOTAL PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS $4,883,468 PROGRAM DELIVERY Program Personnel $1,570,325 Program Occupancy and Office 147,435 Travel 54,052 TOTAL PROGRAM DELIVERY $1,771,812
18.46% 1.73% 0.64% 20.83%
TOTAL PROGRAM
78.23%
$6,655,280
57.40%
ADMINISTRATION Personnel $778,070 9.15% Occupancy and Office 159,115 1.87% Professional Fees 108,866 1.28% Governance 77,692 0.91% Travel 10,555 0.12% TOTAL ADMINISTRATION $1,134,298 13.33% FUNDRAISING TOTAL EXPENSES Excess of revenue over expenses from operations Unrealized gains on marketable securities EXCESS OF REVENUE OVER EXPENSES 20
$718,499
8.44%
$8,508,077
100.00%
$578,187 211,729 $789,916
Bequests 11.02%
Interest and Dividends 4.92% Other 1.46%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank contributions 18.77%
Realized Gain (Loss) on Sale of Marketable Securities 5.42%
Alongside Hope Revenue Parish, foundation and individual contributions 58.41%
Fundraising 8.44%
Administration 13.33%
Program Delivery 20.83%
Alongside Hope Expenses
Canadian Foodgrains Bank program 25.07%
Partners and Ecumenical Relations 1.47% Supporter Relations Program 3.92% Development Program 19.17%
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Humanitarian Response and Refugees 7.77%
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Lessons learned and looking ahead
Emergency food relief was welcome in Gaza. Al Najd Photo
It all comes down to partnership By Jackie Koster, Director of Programs and Partnership In a year of significant disruption across the global relief and development sector, many partners faced heightened uncertainty. International funding priorities shifted, and long-standing systems of support came under intense pressure. But amid this instability, Alongside Hope’s way of working — where partner priorities are our priorities — was affirmed. Our donors’ generous response to the Resilience Fund meant that we could support new and innovative approaches and fill critical gaps. This included meeting the immediate needs of refugees returning to camps in Tanzania and investing in a new locally-managed factory producing highly nutritious food for malnourished children. The Resilience Fund addressed partners’ immediate needs, but also created space for planning, adaptation and long-term sustainability. These were bright
moments of hope. In this changing world, Alongside Hope continued to walk alongside communities affected by conflict. We supported the provision of food and vital health services in Gaza and the West Bank, food relief in the Democratic Republic of Congo and summer camps in Ukraine so that children could have a moment of childhood unaffected by war. Through initiatives in Canada and internationally, partners delivered practical responses to urgent challenges while contributing to the foundations of sustainable development. The rapid changes in the world have destabilized many contexts but have also reaffirmed the importance of partnerships. Looking ahead, Alongside Hope remains grateful for the trust of our supporters and the strength of our partnerships. 22
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