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September 12, 2025

In Indiana, high school senior Krish Gajaria recently contacted CWS Indianapolis Office Director Terri Morris Downs about donating books to the unaccompanied children in our care through a nonprofit he founded, Pages for Progress, whose mission is to increase book accessibility for refugee children within underserved communities. Krish donated more than 200 books to unaccompanied to help them learn English …

September 11, 2025

The Trump administration’s indefinite refugee ban and funding halt have had a devastating impact on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, communities welcoming refugees across the country and tens of thousands of vulnerable refugee families stranded overseas and who have recently arrived in the United States. Below are some of the refugees and communities who have been impacted by recent Executive …

August 29, 2025

The world is currently experiencing a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. Conflict, climate extremes and poverty are among the primary drivers that have caused up to 319 million people across 67 countries to face chronic hunger. What causes global hunger? The world produces enough food to feed everyone on the planet. The issue isn’t supply—many of our global neighbors are …

August 19, 2025

The below testimonial is written by Santina, a participant of the Growing Hope Project*, supported by CWS.  Improving Food Security and Income My name is Santina*, and I live in Lisadila village [in Timor-Leste] with my husband and our four children. We have always relied on farming and raising livestock to support ourselves. However, with an income of about $50 …

August 14, 2025

On August 15, 2021, when Kabul fell to the Taliban, around 200,000 Afghans evacuated to safety in the United States, while many more remain in danger. Today, as we mark four years since the fall of Kabul, we share the testimony of one individual who was on track to become one of the first female light attack helicopter pilots in …