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Canadians Donate Backpacks for Literacy (June 15/05)
In 2004, Canadians donated more than 825 new and used backpacks, filled with basic school supplies, for shipment to underprivileged students in Ghana, Africa.
 
Literacy supervisors and volunteer teachers in Ghana began distributing the backpacks in February to...

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Evangelism Conference to Focus on Storytelling
(May 18/05)
Representatives from Wycliffe will join others from various mission organizations and Christian ministries this fall to explore new ways of communicating the gospel message orally.

The 2005 Consultation on Orality will be held Sept. 13-15 in Anaheim, Calif. Organized by the International Orality Network (ION), which includes Wycliffe International, the three-day conference will bring together...

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Slain Wycliffe Couple Laid to Rest in Guyana (April 11/05)
 
Canadian High Commission representatives, missionaries from several organizations, friends and members of the Wapishana language group attended the funeral Friday (April 8) of Richard and Charlene Hicks.

In late March, a friend going to visit the Hicks discovered...

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Wycliffe Aids in Tsunami Relief
(Feb.25/05)
Wycliffe has worked closely with its partner organization in Indonesia, Kartidaya, to aid victims of last December’s devastating tsunami. Funded by various Wycliffe organizations and Indonesian donors, Kartidaya is administering...

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Wycliffe Exec Takes on New Role
(Oct.14/04)
Wycliffe Canada's outgoing executive director, Dr. Roger Gilstrap, begins a new leadership role this January with Wycliffe Bible Translators International and its partner for training and language development, SIL International.

Gilstrap, 59, will coordinate leadership development efforts for...

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Wycliffe’s “100th Worker” Dead at 94 (Sept.22/04)

Hilda Whealy

Hilda Whealy, a Toronto native who died Sept. 17 in Weston, Ont., was the first Canadian woman to join Wycliffe Bible Translators—and an answer to prayer for Wycliffe’s founder Cameron Townsend.

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Wycliffe Canada is a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators International, an association of independent organizations serving in more than 70 countries. Wycliffe exists to help the Church translate God's Word.

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Literacy, Education & Development (LEAD) 

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Spread the Word Theatre

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SIL International (Wycliffe's key partner in field work)

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