In many areas of the world, education is incredibly expensive, even in public school. Many families cannot afford school fees (uniforms, books, etc.) and other children drop out in order to work to help provide income for their families. We …
Community Development
Violence and conflict resolution in Mexico
The city of Monterrey, Mexico, is home to one of our partners, the Foundation for Family Development (FDF). This project joins with families and individuals in finding solutions to the problems of poverty and violence in this community. For more …
Women of Cameroon
Back in April, we wrote this post about our chicken raising project in Cameroon. ECC missionary Sharon Davis, who is heading up this project, recently emailed us with more background information about some of the beneficiaries of the …
Saving lives with clean water in Central Asia
Water by the numbers:
- More than one billion people lack clean water around the world
- 3.6 million people will die this year from diseases related to drinking unclean water
- 2.6 billion people have little to no access to proper sanitation
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A Sustainable Future in Haiti through Agriculture
On our recent trip to Haiti it was evident that Haiti is still recovering from the devastating earthquake of January 2010. However, CWR partners have long since moved from relief and recovery to long-term transformational development. Three of CWR’s four …
