News & Updates | Posted Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Everyone deserves access to clean water, yet for millions around the world, safe drinking water and proper sanitation remain out of reach. From collapsed infrastructure and poor management to conflict and climate change, several factors contribute to families being unable to access their right to safe water. Rising global temperatures and extreme weather events are making clean water scarcer and …
Impact Report 2024Download 2024 Impact ReportDownload 2024 Impact ReportDownload 2024 Impact ReportDear Friends Think back to a challenge that you overcame in your life. How did you do it? Maybe you did some research or learned new information that helped you craft a solution. Perhaps you tapped into some funding, tools or other resources that you needed. It could be …
News & Updates | Posted Friday, November 22, 2024
The CWS Indianapolis office, which opened in 2023, is a small but mighty team of ten staff members dedicated to making a meaningful difference in their community. The office’s primary focus is on the Home Study and Post Release Services program, which supports unaccompanied children as they settle into their new homes. While the team is packed with talented staff …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, October 2, 2024
For Duane Mevis, a retired United Methodist Minister, the notion of coming together to make the world a better place has been a lifelong guiding principle. At 90 years old, he reflects on a life shaped by values that first took root on his family’s dairy farm in Wisconsin; values that would end up guiding him through a life driven …
News & Updates | Posted Thursday, September 19, 2024
Kitui lies in the rolling hills of eastern Kenya, about three hours west of Nairobi. Highways lead to dirt roads, which lead to communities of people living in remote, difficult terrain. In the rainy season, the landscape comes alive with green grasses and flowing streams, but it is often dry with patches of red dirt and sparse vegetation. Growing crops …
News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, August 14, 2024
During July, CWS joined the United Church of Christ (UCC) in celebrating its long-time partnership at UCC offices in Cleveland, Ohio and marking a pivotal moment in CWS’ history: the creation of new Covenant Members. Earlier this year, on May 13, CWS members held a historic meeting where they voted to transition from corporate members to a new role as …
News & Updates | Posted Monday, July 1, 2024
Last November, CWS volunteer and advocate, Laura Stoner, was spending some time in Colorado when she was invited by her church, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, to participate in a pilgrimage to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso. When Laura said yes to the invitation, she didn’t know the profound experience and new connections that awaited her. Originally from another border …
“Why I Give” On this #CWSGivingDay we give thanks to all of our donors, volunteers, advocates and supporters who give faithfully to provide food, a voice, and a safe place to call home for our sisters and brothers around the world.Sana Yousuf, Refugee Community Sponsor I believe it’s important to give back to those who are finding their way in …
#CWSGivingDay Ambassador Toolkit Use the resources here to help demonstrate your CWS pride and spread the word about Giving Day. Every #CWSGivingDay post and email you share will contribute to the success of the day!Email and Social Templates for Giving Day Tap or click here to download a Microsoft Word document containing email templates you can use for Giving Day.Social …
News & Updates | Posted Friday, February 2, 2024
I’m bouncing around in the back of a 1970’s-style Jeep while rocks are falling from the hillside above, and I’m trying not to glance at the sheer cliff below. There are no guardrails, no passing zones, just a one-way path recently cut into the side of the mountain thousands of feet above the valley floor. I’m certain that the freshly-bulldozed …
