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April 13, 2023

Church World Service is honored to have received the Bravo Award from the State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, recognizing the outstanding community engagement efforts of our local offices. In the first quarter of FY23, our network hosted or participated in an impressive average of 30 events per office! For more than 75 years, CWS has worked closely …

April 5, 2023

Members of the Romani community in Belgrade, Serbia  For centuries, the Romani have been one of Europe’s most marginalized and discriminated groups. While they are most known for their presence in Europe, the people in this group live all around the world and may even be neighbors in your community. Unfortunately, due to their long history of oppression and stigmatization, …

Mariana Gama | March 31, 2023

Scroll through the gallery to see photos of this year’s CROP Hunger Walk in Austin! Behind all the work that CWS does, there’s an underlying value that drives everything we do: community. This is such a recurring theme, that I’ve even had to pull out a thesaurus every now and then to ensure I don’t use this word too many …

March 27, 2023

If you step foot in the countryside in the Republic of Georgia, you will likely notice the luscious greenery, magnificent mountains, and diverse vegetation. Unfortunately, the changing climate threatens many people’s way of life in these regions. Driven by their love for their communities and our environment these small rural towns are part of the movement to protect not only …

March 22, 2023

No matter who you are, where you live, where you grew up, what you look like, or how old you are, you need water to survive. So what happens when you live in an area with hardly any water? A grassroots movement to scale up rainwater harvesting and other water solutions in hard-to-reach communities is gaining momentum in South America. …