On May 31, the CWS Raleigh/Durham office was visited by the Nuns on the Bus tour, a group of Catholic nuns traveling around the country to raise support for compassionate immigration reform. In Durham they learned about refugee resettlement, had a chance to meet refugee clients, and held a press conference. The following post was written by Sister Judy Best …

The lack of access to water close by is not just a threat to health and hygiene and livestock.  It can also put at risk the lives of people looking for water to graze their livestock.  Fifteen-year-old Ngura Kapalee gives an account of what he endured before a CWS project made water easily available in his village in Kenya’s semi-arid West …

In the indigenous Guaraní language in Bolivia, chorequepaio means new flower.  It is also the name that ten families gave their community when they moved here seven years ago.  Most had worked as labourers on large private estates – long hours under difficult conditions for wages well below the minimum.  With support from CWS Chaco Program partner CERDET, they received …

Those of us at CWS lucky enough to have spent time with our colleagues in Pakistan and Afghanistan know that theirs is a very special part of the world. In the last decade, of course, since the events of 9/11, the region has taken on great geo-political significance. And if you look at the website of our Pakistan/Afghanistan program, you …

When a natural disaster strikes such as Hurricane Sandy or most recently the Oklahoma tornado, how do you respond? There are those who go on social media such as Facebook and Twitter to express their thoughts and send out prayers. While there are others who sit patiently by the television and wait for an update from their local news broadcast. …