Thirty years of violence from civil war and inter-tribal conflict in South Sudan has resulted in a large number of children who are orphaned or have a single parent, typically only a mother. With funding from Covenant World Relief, the …
Home-Based Care
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Written on September 30th, 2013
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, Education, South Sudan
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, Education, South Sudan
Escaping Human Trafficking
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Written on September 25th, 2013
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Human Trafficking, India, Women
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Human Trafficking, India, Women
Gangubai Shinde comes from a middle-class family. When she was fifteen, her parents forced her to marry a man twice her age. Her husband accused her of being unfaithful, and he began beating her. Although Gangubai realized that she was …
Ceasefire Negotiations Bring Hope, Health to Burmese
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Written on September 23rd, 2013
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Burma, Refugee
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Burma, Refugee
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 …
Flood Relief Continues in India
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 …
Weaving Leads to Youth Empowerment
Baba 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 …
