News & Updates | Posted Thursday, September 4, 2014
I am so glad to know that Church World Service is there to meet needs around the world – and just down the highway from where I live and work, among households now cleaning up following flash floods August 11 in eastern Michigan. That evening, I had a CROP Hunger Walk recruitment meeting in Grosse Ile, Mich. When it finished …
News & Updates | Posted Thursday, August 21, 2014
Recently, I was re-introduced to Monie. After the CROP Hunger Walk team captain rally in High Point, North Carolina, Monie approached me and introduced herself. She said, “I think we’ve met before…” Monie moved from nearby Greensboro, where she was a valuable team captain for her church and on the Greensboro Urban Ministry CROP Planning Team for several years. As …
News & Updates | Posted Thursday, July 24, 2014
Anyone dedicated to helping rebuild homes and lives in Central Arkansas following the April 27 tornado is invited to attend a day-long training event Tuesday, July 29, in Conway, Ark. It will be of special interest to long-term recovery leadership, faith-based groups, religious leaders, community leaders, social service organizations, disaster case managers and other persons concerned about recovery. Church World …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Church World Service’s next disaster recovery webinar will be on “Children in Disaster,” and will be live 2 to 3:15 p.m. (U.S. Eastern) Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Learn how you can support this important work with our most vulnerable and also resilient little ones. Presenters will include Kathleen Fry-Miller, Associate Director of Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) of the Church of …
News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Local disaster long-term recovery leaders who will be guiding their communities through the process of recovering from spring floods in Florida’s panhandle will gather July 23 in Tallahassee and 24 in Milton, Fla., for training in needs assessment, disaster case management, volunteer and construction management, volunteer hosting, and emotional and spiritual care. Church World Service, along with several other national …
News & Updates | Posted Thursday, June 26, 2014
Free day-long workshops on community-based long-term recovery from disaster will be held July 9 in Tupelo and 10 in Louisville, Miss. The focus will be on meeting unmet needs of survivors of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that struck the state May 28, affecting 2,390 homes, 1,119 of them with major damage or total destruction. More than 5,000 people …
News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2014
As originally published by The Zero Hunger Challenge, 6/19/2014 http://blog.zerohungerchallenge.org/the-zero-hunger-challenge-why-it-works-and-why-we-should-fight-for-it/ We are winning the fight against hunger and poverty. We are winning it in concrete, measurable ways. Ways most visible in the numbers of young lives saved and communities changed through targeted, sustainable and strategic programs. Global hunger has been reduced by more than 34 percent since 1990, an amazing …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, June 4, 2014
There is a hymn that begins: “It only takes a spark to get a fire going.” Lately, I’ve been thinking of that hymn when I speak to people who want to start a new CROP Hunger Walk in their community. These people, who we always say make our day and week and month, are the joy of every field staff. …
News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2014
WASHINGTON — Church World Service has joined with other US humanitarian organizations to sign a first-of-its-kind agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development to quicken the pace of the fight against hunger and malnutrition. The agreement was signed Monday (May 19) in Washington by Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID administrator, and Samuel A. Worthington, the president and chief executive officer …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2014
NEW YORK — CWS presented the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with the 2014 CWS Ecumenical Award at the its annual members meeting, April 29-30 in Chicago. The archdiocese was honored for its “significant contributions to the governance of CWS, visionary leadership and for its witness on matters of public policy.” In accepting the award on behalf of the archdiocese, …