MWINGI DISTRICT, Kenya –– In a country facing some of the highest malnutrition rates in more than a decade, global humanitarian agency Church World Service announced today that it has launched a nutritional supplement initiative aimed at reaching thousands of malnourished children in eastern Kenya whose physical and mental development and health are permanently at risk. Working in collaboration with …
Advocating for Pinhook
CWS flood response in Missouri: Debra Tarver – YouTube Video CWS Emergency Response Specialist Bryan Crousore traveled to the Missouri House of Representatives on Feb. 22 to show support for the people of Pinhook, a Missouri village that was deliberately flooded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a flood control program. Debra Tarver, Chairman of the …
CWS Emergency Appeal: Eastern Europe weather
February 14, 2012
Overview: Europe continues to do battle against extreme weather, as plunging temperatures and heavy snowfall sweep through large parts of the continent. The cold snap that has killed 480 people to date – about a quarter in eastern Europe, and many of them homeless – shows no signs of stopping, while hundreds of Eastern European villages remain cut off because …
Valentine lifesavers: ‘Candy’s dandy but alternative gifts are quicker and grander’
February 10, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. – For Valentine’s Day, candy’s dandy but alternative gifts are quicker, go farther, and don’t show up on the bathroom scales, says humanitarian agency Church World Service. The relief, development and refugee protection agency says giving an affordable, “alternative gift” in your sweetheart’s name helps people in the world’s poorest communities rise out of poverty, hunger and …
Situation report: Eastern Europe weather
February 9, 2012
Situation: More than 120 people, many homeless, have died in recent days due to recent frigid temperatures in eastern Europe. The weather has also stranded people in Serbia and Bosnia, where snow levels have trapped residents in villages. Elsewhere in eastern Europe, the cold has closed schools and airports, paralyzing parts of the region. Sub-zero temperatures have gripped the region …
CWS emergency appeal update: 2012 severe storms and tornadoes
February 3, 2012
Appeal Number 627-T Update Appeal Goal: $30,000 Situation: Severe storms impacted the south on January 22 and 23. States impacted were Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. Alabama was the hardest hit with an EF-3 tornado causing significant destruction. FEMA has declared a Major Disaster Declaration (FEMA-4052-DR-Alabama) for Chilton and Jefferson Counties in Alabama. The declaration is for individual assistance. …
Zion UCC promotes Blankets+ in the Advent-Christmas season
January 27, 2012
“Zion U.C.C. in Henderson, Ky, schedules the Church World Service Blankets+ appeal in the Advent-Christmas season. We use posters to announce the effort and publish it with a list of mission projects. We have a CWS blanket displayed and used in our youth and children’s sermon during worship. During the presentation, which frankly is just as much for the adults …
Albion, Michigan, Church Makes School Kits for Storm Survivors
January 24, 2012
The youth at our small church took on the huge task of putting together 30 School Kits to help children who lost their schools and places of education through the storms and floods. Our children, who call themselves “Helping Hands,” collected change from the congregation every Sunday morning and then decided how to put the money to good use. Church …
CWS emergency appeal: 2012 severe storms and tornadoes
January 23, 2012
Appeal Number 627-T Appeal Goal: $30,000 Situation: Over the last 24 hours, widespread storms hit the Middle Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Large hail, high straight line winds and tornadoes have been reported in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. There are power outages in Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee. The storm system is still very significant and could bring on …
Coalition of U.S., Haitian non-profits staging “Haiti Advocacy Week” Jan. 23-25
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Church World Service and other members of the Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG), a coalition of major U.S. non-profits committed to Haiti, aren’t stopping their efforts because the second anniversary of Haiti’s shattering earthquake has passed: The coalition has scheduled a battery of events in Washington this week (January 23 – January 25) to press for a …