The Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCSS) has been working to provide relief for refugees from heavy flooding in South Sudan.
Over 2000 internally displaced people fled to a refugee camp after loss of their homes, food crops, and …
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ECCSS Provides Relief for South Sudanese Refugees
How to Reduce Vulnerability When Disasters Strike…
When disasters occur, it is the poor who suffer the most. For sixty-eight years, Covenanters have been responding generously to the poor through Covenant World Relief. In 2011, severe flooding affected more than twenty million people in Pakistan. Crops and …
Surviving in the camp of Mugunga 3
“Since we’ve been here, we live thanks to the aid brought to us by HEAL Africa” says Kyakimwa Belinda.* This 30-year-old woman has been displaced by war. She has been living for 5 months with her 4 children in …
Standing on One’s Own Two Feet
God is doing amazing things through the work of our partner organization, Zimele. “Zimele” is a Zulu word that means, “to stand on one’s own two feet.” Currently in South Africa, Zimele is working to empower impoverished women in the …
World Refugee Day
What is a refugee?
Around the world, people have been displaced, forced from their homes, or simply—fearing the worst—have fled their neighborhoods and villages ahead of waves of violence. Some people have lost the right to claim a nationality as …
