Update – Oct 30 At the request of the New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, known as NJ VOAD, CWS will be shipping the following items this week to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey for use in the emergency response in New Jersey. The items are: 2,000 CWS Blankets; 3,000 School Kits; 3,000 CWS Hygiene Kits; 300 Clean-up …
Hurricane Sandy: Church World Service responds in New Jersey and Cuba
For the latest updates, visit our Hurricane Sandy emergency information page. NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastating path, humanitarian agency Church World Service has said its initial response is targeting those in immediate need in New Jersey and, in the Caribbean, in Cuba. An expansion of the agency’s responses is anticipated, as CWS assesses immediate …
DREAMers’ undocumented parents deserve legal status, too, activist says
October 26, 2012
New York City – Church World Service Thursday evening (Oct. 25) honored the struggles and achievements of immigrants to the United States, giving special recognition to Myrna Orozco, an “undocumented and unafraid” immigrant advocate for the DREAM Act, and Tony Hernandez, a broadcast entrepreneur passionate about capturing immigrants’ life stories in their own words. New York City’s Immigration Commissioner Fatima …
CWS emergency situation report: Hurricane Sandy: Cuba
October 25, 2012
Situation report: Hurricane Sandy is barreling through the Caribbean, causing damage in the Bahamas and Cuba, as well as Haiti. The Category 2 hurricane has killed four people and is expected to affect the eastern United States next week. In Cuba, the storm affected the eastern part of the country, particularly affecting the provinces of Granma, Holguin and Las Tunas. …
CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets: because we care
October 22, 2012
When hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, winter storms and other natural disasters strike communities across the United States, our natural urge is to reach out with the same compassion and support we’d give our next-door neighbors. The only question is “how?” Packed with sponges, cleaning supplies, trash bags, disinfectants and more, a CWS Emergency Cleanup Bucket offers essential resources for families beginning …
CWS remembers champion of the poor
John McCullough | October 21, 2012
George McGovern was a friend to humanitarian agency Church World Service and to anyone concerned about the issue of hunger and malnutrition in the world. As the one-time United Nations Ambassador to the Hungry, Senator McGovern had always made battling hunger a top concern, even when the political winds did not favor that fight as a topical concern. But, unfortunately, …
Silos in Nicaragua’s rural farm communities seeding the future
October 19, 2012
CARAZO DEPARTMENT, Nicaragua –– As of this week’s World Food Day (October 16-18), one in eight people worldwide suffer from chronic undernourishment. But a growing crop of small grain silos in the poor rural farming communities of Nicaragua’s Carazo department are icons and testament to the fact that hunger battles are being won. The community-scaled, zinc seed bank silos, introduced …
With immigration simmering as a 2012 elections issue, CWS to honor immigrants’ contributions at Oct. 25 event
October 17, 2012
As Americans prepare to vote and with immigration simmering as a 2012 elections issue, global humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) is preparing to honor both the achievements – and struggles – of immigrants to the United States. At a 7 p.m. cocktail reception October 25 at the Museum of the City of New York, CWS will present its first …
Community garden provides fresh vegetables for refugee farmers
October 16, 2012
The Pamoja (Swahili for “together”) Garden for refugees in Hudsonville, Mich., has its roots in Hudsonville’s Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, a co-sponsor of refugees since 1999. “We started with five of us in a men’s Bible study,” said member Marion Vande Steeg. “We were asked, ‘What have you personally done to help the poor and oppressed?’ and all five of …
On World Food Day, Haitian co-ops face struggles but persevere
Chris Herlinger |
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and New York – Today’s World Food Day has special poignancy for a humanitarian agency committed to improving life in rural Haiti. Though commemorated every October 16 to honor the founding of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization after World War II, the day has become a more expansive event about the need to alleviate hunger and …