The tsunami that resulted from the earthquake in Indonesia on December 26, 2004 killed nearly a quarter of a million people. Even after five years many are still trying to recover from the tremendous losses of family, home, and livelihood. …
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Transformation of the Poor and the Non-Poor
“Shouldn’t we expect that those who receive will eventually become givers?” This was a comment made by a young leader in the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya in October when we were discussing principles of transformational community development.
We sometimes …
Breaking Out!
Last week Ronna and I visited the Deonar Landfill in Mumbai, one of the largest dumps in Asia. Everyday 1200 trucks dump 6000 tons of garbage in this 320 acre dump. Deonar is the home and worksite of thousands of …
Empowered for What?
For the past two days Ronna and I have visited a CWR program in Gujarat State in India among tribal people in the forests. After landing at Mumbai airport, we drove for nearly eight hours to the beautiful mountains and …
Dave from Bangladesh
Written on November 22nd, 2009 by Covenant World Relief
Categories: Community Development, Disaster Relief
Categories: Community Development, Disaster Relief
I’m currently traveling in Bangladesh visiting two of our CWR partners. While serving as the regional coordinator for Asia with Covenant World Mission I visited Bangladesh six or seven times. I am always struck by several things. First is the …
