Emergency Appeals

Appeal Name: CWS’ Emboldened Commitment in the Face of Adversity   Date Issued: 14 February 2025 Date Updated: 6 August 2026 Appeal Code: 6210 Appeal Amount: $5 million over 24 months   Church World Service was born in the wake of the devastation of World War II to do in partnership what none of us could hope to do as …

Two catastrophic earthquakes have devastated Venezuela, and families urgently need help to recover, rebuild, and return home. On June 24, 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within seconds of each other, collapsing buildings across Caracas and the surrounding region. More than 4,300 people have died and nearly 17,000 have been injured. Almost 18,000 families have lost their homes. Thousands more …

Our neighbors are under threat. The time to act is now. Across the United States immigrant and refugee families are living in fear while facing increasing violence, mass detention, forced deportations and dangerous dehumanizing rhetoric. These inhumane and illegal actions are tearing families apart, depriving people of constitutional rights and closing off legal pathways to safety – threatening the livelihoods of not only undocumented immigrants, but also legally present refugees, asylum seekers, green card holders and naturalized citizens. Together Americans of …

Worsening conflict across the Middle East has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis. People in Palestine and Lebanon need immediate, lifesaving support. Elderly people, pregnant women, infants and young children are the most vulnerable and urgently need protection from violence as well as shelter, clean water, food, sanitation facilities and health care. In Gaza, more than 80 percent of homes have …

Last Updated: December 3, 2025 Situation: On Sunday, October 26, Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm as it moved northwest through the Caribbean Sea, setting its sights on Jamaica in what the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned “could be the strongest direct landfall” Jamaica has ever recorded. The storm has since strengthened into a Category 5 …