Benefit 4 Change 2017
Join us in New York in early October
Photo: Paul Jeffrey
Transforming communities around the globe.
CWS has worked for seven decades with one goal: building a world where there is enough for all. We affirm the power of individuals and communities to take ownership of their future. We meet them right where they are, helping them create solutions they can maintain – and build on. That means a refugee family who is able to start a new life. Or someone rebuilding after disaster finds safety with dignity.
Saad Omar Adam, who fled violence and turmoil in Sudan and Libya, is making a new life in the U.S.
Photo: Edwin Harris/CWS
Pich Khorn's used a small cash grant to start a garden and a small grocery shop, saving her family from disaster.
Photo: Sok Touch
Amal found psychosocial support and education services - and new hope - in Cairo, her family's new home.
Photo: Kirsten Fryer
Marta Gutierrez, a community leader in Carazo, Nicaragua, is pioneering innovative agricultural techniques.
Photo: Amber Blake
We are making an impact. Together.
We believe that there is enough food, water and justice for everyone in our world. Our work to build alliances among faith groups, civil society, advocates and those in need, and provide programs and services that are impactful, is as critical now as it ever has been. In the past year alone, we've been able to make differences in tens of thousands of lives in more than 30 countries.
Over 28,000
people in Vietnam benefited from WASH, education and hygiene programs.
14,388 refugees
from sub-Saharan Africa resettled to the United States in FY 2015.
More than 10,000
families in Central America are more food secure and resilient to climate change.
Latest Updates and Action Alerts
Tell the White House & Congress that you OPPOSE Trump’s Announcement to Grind Refugee Resettlement To a Halt and Bar Refugees from Certain Countries
CWS Decries White House Plan to Divide Immigrants and Harm Dreamers
August 22, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 22, 2017 CONTACT: media@cwsglobal.org CWS Decries White House Plan to Divide Immigrants and Harm Dreamers CWS urges White House to end its anti-immigrant agenda Washington, D.C. – Today, media reports revealed a White House plan to use DREAM-ers – undocumented young people – as a “bargaining chip” to enact anti-immigrant legislation. […]
CWS Opposes the Administration’s Termination of Parole in Central American Minors (CAM) Program
August 16, 2017
As a 71-year old humanitarian organization representing 37 Protestant, Anglican, and Orthodox communions and 34 refugee resettlement offices across the country, Church World Service (CWS) opposes the administration’s termination of parole in the Central American Minors (CAM) program and urges the administration and all Members of Congress to affirm the need for robust protections for […]
Photo: Paul Jeffrey