News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Editors: Downloadable high-res photo of Rev. McCullough. TAMPA, Fla. – The Rev. John L. McCullough, executive director and chief executive officer of humanitarian agency Church World Service, was honored Tuesday evening (May 1) by his denomination the United Methodist Church for outstanding global ecumenical leadership. A tribute bestowed every four years, McCullough received the Council of Bishops Ecumenical Award for …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, March 30, 2012

KINANGO DISTRICT, Kenya — In the dry and poor east Kenya district of Kinango, humanitarian worker Sammy Mutua watched and listened as mothers recounted how their small children, suffering from malnutrition, had been listless and had little appetite, but now were eating heartily after only one month of daily multi-micronutrient powder supplements (MNPs) sprinkled in their porridge. Mutua, staff member …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, 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 …

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 4, 2012

NEW YORK – The number of children in poverty who are hungry could reach unparalleled levels in 2012 given the state of the global economy, Church World Service says in its annual New Year’s assessment. “Those numbers could be considerable and unparalleled, even in the so-called ‘First World,’” said John L. McCullough, CWS executive director and CEO. The increase in …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, November 18, 2011

Ceremony heralds World Toilet Day HASNASENII MARI, Moldova — Kids attending school in the small, northern Moldova village of Hasnasenii Mari today celebrated their school’s first toilet at a special ceremony. The new urine diverting dry toilet (UDDT), or composting toilet, is the first of its kind in northern Moldova, inaugurated a day before World Toilet Day (Nov. 19). The …

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Over the years the members of Wilson Congregational Church in Windsor, Conn have supported Church World Service programs with Blankets+ offerings, CROP Hunger Walks and other support. But their final gift might be the most meaningful. The congregation’s $175,000 gift to CWS came from the sale of their church building, a final act of philanthropy at the end of years …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, November 11, 2011

As an estimated 13 million people continue suffering the effects of a historic drought in the Horn of Africa, recent rains have given hope to some farmers in the region. In parts of Kenya, October rains have allowed farming communities to plant fields in anticipation of a harvest in January or February. Other areas are still dry – and the …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, November 4, 2011

Update, Nov. 9:  Church World Service client and boxer Angelo “La Cobra” Santana lived up to his nickname Saturday night (Nov. 5), successfully defending his WBA Super Lightweight title against Broderick Antoine.  Santana won by technical knockout in the first round.  CWS-Miami Office staff Mabel Hernandez and Oscar Rivera joined promoter Don King and others in the ring to congratulate …

News & Updates | Posted Friday, October 21, 2011

ELGIN, Ill. – Combining “faith with a plan of action,” the board of directors of humanitarian agency Church World Service unanimously approved a strategic vision to meet the requirements for superior performance in a changing global environment. Calling the moment “historic,” CWS CEO and Executive Director, the Rev. John L. McCullough said the changes will “ripple out from here to …