Paraguay: CWS emergency situation report: Chaco (Paraguay) floods
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: ParaguaySITUATION: Three weeks of record-setting rains have caused floods affecting more than 40,000 people in the Chaco region of Paraguay.The majority of those...
View ArticleBurkina Faso: CWS emergency appeal: Sahel (Africa) food crisis
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia (the), Mali, Mauritania, Niger (the), SenegalAPPEAL #: 642-NAPPEAL GOAL: $100,000May 9, 2012SITUATION: Unusually low rainfall has...
View ArticlePakistan: CWS Emergency Appeal: Pakistan Displacement 2012 (Khyber...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: PakistanCHURCH WORLD SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMCWS EMERGENCY APPEAL: Pakistan Displacement 2012 (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province)APPEAL #:...
View ArticlePakistan: Facing U.S. aid cuts, monsoons, Pakistan still in dire need of...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: PakistanChurch World Service issues flood recovery appeal following pallid 2010- 2011 international donations to worst disaster in Pak historyWith another extreme...
View ArticlePakistan: A Plea for the Women of Bara
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: PakistanWritten by Palwashay ArbabThousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from conflict-hit Khyber Agency have been experiencing increased hardship as...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya election preparedness: CWS DHA Appeal: 06-15-12
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: KenyaCHURCH WORLD SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMCWS DHA APPEAL: KENYA ELECTION PREPAREDNESSAPPEAL #: 642-O APPEAL GOAL: $200,000June 15,...
View ArticleWorld: Child Survival Summit: ‘We’ll be held accountable,’ says Church World...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: WorldNew York, N.Y. – Wednesday, June 20, 2012 -- In the afterglow of the energy that characterized last week’s two-day international “Child Survival Call to...
View ArticleUnited States of America (the): CWS Emergency Appeal: 2012 Summer storms and...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: United States of America (the)CWS EMERGENCY APPEAL: 2012 SUMMER STORMS AND WILDFIRESAppeal #: 627-U CWSAppeal Goal: $30,000SITUATION: In recent weeks, communities...
View ArticleEthiopia: Emergency appeal update: East Africa drought
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, SomaliaAppeal #642-LAmount: $1.2 millionAmount of funds received to date: $534,789July 16, 2012SUMMARY OF SITUATION:A severe drought struck the...
View ArticleHaiti: Church World Service, rights groups and NGOs hail Congressional call...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: HaitiWashington, D.C. -– Humanitarian agency Church World Service is among a coalition of human rights groups, faith-based organizations and NGOs working for just...
View ArticleHaiti: Haiti earthquake / long-term recovery expanded appeal (for Phase II of...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: HaitiAPPEAL #: 6762 (For Phase II of work)Appeal Amount for Phase II - $2,171,229 Funding to Date (carry-over from Phase I + additional funds received) - $1,757,728...
View ArticlePakistan: Enhancing Community Capacity toward Sustainable Livelihoods
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: PakistanWritten by Donna FernandesLast year, CWS-P/A implemented a livelihood project with funding through Mennonite Central Committee that focused primarily on...
View ArticleHaiti: In a joint earthquake response, "a lesson in working 'smart'"
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Dominican Republic (the), HaitiFriday, July 27, 2012By Chris Herlinger Church World ServiceEditors: Photos to accompany this story can be downloaded at...
View ArticleAngola: Angola returnees: CWS Emergency Appeal # 642-p
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), ZambiaCHURCH WORLD SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMANGOLA RETURNEES CWS EMERGENCY APPEAL #:...
View ArticleNicaragua: Growing food and protecting the land that produces it in Nicaragua
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: NicaraguaWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Even in the face of the grinding poverty that is a fact of life for indigenous people living in climate-challenged regions of northern...
View ArticleMali: CWS responds to hunger in Africa as hunger summit begins in London
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger (the), SenegalThe end of the 2012 Olympics in London on Sunday marks the end of one event but the beginning of another. British Prime...
View ArticleCuba: Cholera: CWS emergency situation report
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: CubaSITUATION REPORT: Cuba's Public Ministry has reported 158 cases of cholera, most in Manzanillo, a city located in Granma Province, located in southeast Cuba....
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic (the): Syria Humanitarian Crisis: Updated CWS Emergency...
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic (the)CHURCH WORLD SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMUPDATED CWS EMERGENCY APPEAL: SYRIA HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AUGUST...
View ArticleHaiti: CWS Emergency Situation Report: Tropical Storm Isaac
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: Cuba, Dominican Republic (the), HaitiSITUATION REPORT: Tropical Storm Isaac struck the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba over the weekend and continued into the...
View ArticlePakistan: Addressing Health Needs of IDPs
Source: Church World ServiceCountry: PakistanIn August, CWS-P/A began health assistance for the displaced population in Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KPK) and its surrounding areas....
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