diff --git a/www/conservancy/__init__.py b/www/conservancy/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..648278312b89233be6fc9da08f2b30f24991a0a4 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/__init__.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.template import RequestContext
+
+def render_template_with_context(request, template_path, context_dict):
+    return render_to_response(template_path, context_dict,
+                              context_instance=RequestContext(request))