Nyakong Adwok Obach is a widow who has been training with the Hope for Widows project for tailoring and clothes design for six months. She is from the Shiluk tribe and was married to her Dinka husband in Baliet County. …
Community Development
Hope for Nyakong in South Sudan
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: South Africa, Women
Water Quiz
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Ethiopia, Water
What is the difference between water points and a water pump? How much time is saved by having water close to your home? What is the dollar amount that saved time adds up to? How deep should a well be …
From Abandoned to Self-Sustaining
The Evangelical Covenant Church is very active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has a long history of activity there. Covenant World Relief serves on the eastern side of the country, a different region than where Paul Carlson …
Education in Haiti
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, Education, Haiti
Covenant World Relief partners with the Haiti Christian Development Project in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti. Together, we are partnering on Kids Helping Kids: Haiti and the Haiti Agriculture project. This blog post is written by Cheri Lane, a Covenant Church youth …
Ministering to the Abused and Exploited in Mexico (MAEM)
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Education, Human Trafficking, Mexico, Women
Recently, the MAEM Coordinating Committee, committed to ending sexual exploitation in Mexico, met with South American missionaries and pastors, and North Park Theological Seminary students to learn and discuss the problems that face communities in regards to human trafficking. …