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Ceasefire Negotiations Bring Hope, Health to Burmese

Written on September 23rd, 2013 by
Categories: Community Development

For over a year, increasing violent conflict in Burma has caused many communities and thousands of people to become displaced within their own country.

But recently the Karen National Union has participated in talks of peace. While concerns still remain …

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Flood Relief Continues in India

Written on September 18th, 2013 by
Categories: Disaster Relief

Covenant Social Services (CSS) of the Hindustani Covenant Church continues to send updates to Covenant World Relief regarding the devastating floods in India and current disaster relief efforts:

Recent natural calamity due to cloud burst, followed by flood and landslides …

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Weaving Leads to Youth Empowerment

Written on September 11th, 2013 by
Categories: Community Development

Gulamuddin Baba - KashmirBaba is a teacher in the carpet-making class offered for youth in northern India. The classes began a year ago for the youth of these villages. The interest among the youth to learn the skill was encouraging; within six months …

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‘Kenya Women Building Sustainable Communities’

Written on September 9th, 2013 by
Categories: Community Development

Regina left home after 6th grade. Her father was planning to marry her off to an elderly man, without Regina’s consent. The dowry her father would have received amounted to several heads of cattle, the price for a child bride. …

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Benefits of Health Centers

Written on September 4th, 2013 by
Categories: Community Development

maria ssudan world reliefBelow, one mother in South Sudan, Maria, shares her story of taking her child to a new health center. For many years, Maria’s community has been living in tension. Government instability and conflict between North Sudan the new country of

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