Appeal # 6762 Appeal Amount for Phase II – $2,171,229 Funds Remaining As of August 2011 for Phase I – $880,884 Funds Needed – $1,290,345 CWS response: A year and a half after the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, CWS continues to support Haitians in rebuilding their country. During the first phase of work ending in December 2011, and …
Updated CWS emergency appeal: Japan earthquake and tsunami
September 21, 2011
Appeal # 699-Y New appeal amount: $6,901,476 Amount of funds received or pledged as of Sept. 16, 2011, for the appeal: $6,439,077 Summary of situation: A devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, triggering a massive tsunami that washed away several coastal cities, destroyed critical infrastructure, crippling more than 7,000 businesses and was primarily …
Bearing witness to Africa’s suffering
Joe Moran |
We live in a global society. If ever I needed proof of that I got it two weeks ago when Joe Moran, Jr. became unemployed. Jobs that once provided steady employment are dwindling with many going abroad. My son has worked hard for 13 years at different things: He’s a certified Tech-10 Toyota technician; he’s a licensed commercial deep-sea diver …
CWS climate change project receives international award
September 16, 2011
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – A Church World Service project that addresses the energy demands of rural households in the nation of Georgia has been honored with the 2011 ACT Climate Award, which recognizes humanitarian work focused on climate change adaptation. The project, based in the Chokotauri and Khobi districts of Georgia, is carried out in cooperation with two Georgia-based partners – …
Housewife and refugee turns businesswoman
September 13, 2011
“Now there are many customers buying cakes and cookies from me,” says Amina Abdi Muhammad, 32, a Somali refugee and mother of eight. Amina is one of many refugees who received assistance from Church World Service for her cake and cookies business. Amina first arrived in Jakarta five years ago with her husband and her six children, not as an …
Church World Service, affiliate agencies featured in CBS Television refugee resettlement special
September 8, 2011
Update: Watch Refugee Resettlement: Faith Communities Making a Difference here! NEW YORK – CWS Immigration and Refugee Program Director Erol Kekic is featured in Refugee Resettlement: Faith Communities Making A Difference, the upcoming CBS religion special about refugees who resettle in the United States and the key roles that voluntary agencies like Church World Service and local faith-based agencies play …
Initial emergency appeal: Hurricane Irene
August 31, 2011
Situation: Hurricane Irene has left extensive flood and wind damage from Puerto Rico to Maine, as well as causing at least 40 deaths; more than 4 million homes are still without power and more than 10,000 people are in FEMA shelters. Preliminary damage assessments are just starting so there are no numbers yet available of homes destroyed and damaged. In …
CWS: Water, food security solutions must be linked to climate change
August 29, 2011
STOCKHOLM — Water, food security and the effects of climate change are now inexorably linked and need to be at the top of the global agenda, say participants at last week’s international World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden. In Africa alone, by 2050 half of the continent’s people will be living in urban areas, experts say. But most African …
Chronicling the East African drought
Tim Shenk/CWS | August 23, 2011
There are an endless number of stories to tell about this year’s devastating drought in East Africa. Across much of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and beyond, 13.3 million people are struggling to survive the failure of seasonal rains, the scarcity of water and the skyrocketing price of food. “This time is the worst drought we ever faced,” an Anglican priest, Rev. …
Church World Service applauds Obama mandate on deportations
August 19, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Humanitarian agency Church World Service applauds the Obama administration’s announcement Thursday that it would suspend deportation proceedings against many undocumented immigrants who pose no threat to United States national security or public safety, and instead would exercise prosecutorial discretion to focus enforcement efforts on cases involving criminals. “This is a big and important step toward fair, humane, …