January 12, today, will mark 2 years since the devastating Haiti earthquake that left more than 1.5 million people homeless. Most of these have had to live in small crowded tent communities, hoping someday to have a house of their …
The Blessing of Home Ownership in Haiti
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Written on January 12th, 2012
Filed under: Community Development, Disaster Relief
Tags: Haiti
Filed under: Community Development, Disaster Relief
Tags: Haiti
Updates from Burma
We recently received an update from our partner in Burma (read more about this project here):
The political situation in Burma has been very cautiously improving. The government may even let the pro-democracy party register officially to contest future …
Updates from Hindustani Covenant Church
The town of Chopda, which is located in a western state of India, is the target of one of CWR’s projects. In this tribal area of India, there are 23 small villages that have no recognized identity with the government …
Zimele – South Africa
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Written on December 16th, 2011
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: South Africa, Women
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: South Africa, Women
KwaZulu-Natal, a community in South Africa, faces a frightening statistic: more than 78% of its population is victim to severe poverty. This number is even more staggering for women in the community. Yet there is hope: in partnership with Zimele, …
Updates from Japan
Gary Carlson has had some great blogs from recent relief efforts in Japan. Here’s an excerpt from their blog:
After my time in October helping out in the tsunami areas of the Pacific coast of Iwate prefecture, I was …
