James Tang, a Covenant Missionary, was recently in South Sudan and Ethiopia. He shared this video that has Mathew, the project and social development director of the ECCSS/E (Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia) along with several of …
Community Development
Video from South Sudan — Hope for Widows; Vulnerable and Orphaned Children
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, South Sudan, Widow, Women
Aney Majock Kur’s Story: A South Sudanese Refugee in Ethiopia
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Children, Ethiopia, Refugee, South Sudan
FACT:
Since the beginning of 2014 the fighting in South Sudan has claimed more than 10,000 lives,1.4 million people have fled their homes, and 300,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. These include members of the 365 Covenant churches in …
Law Eh’s Story: A Burmese Refugee
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Burma, Children, Medical, Refugee
FACT:
More than 51 million people are now forcibly displaced worldwide, the largest number since World War Two. Half of the worldwide refugee population in 2013 were children—the most in a decade.
STORY:
Law Eh is a nine-year-old boy who …
Change happening in Haiti
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Agriculture, Children, Education, Haiti
Fond-des-Blancs is a rural town in Haiti that has been agonized by a lack of care and education, unemployment, and natural disasters. Several years ago, CWR was able to partner with the Haiti Christian Development Fund and through them help …
Samira, Alia, and Layla’s Story: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Children, Lebanon, Refugee, Syria
FACT:
The refugee camp in Lebanon is very crowded. Yet more people come every day, fleeing from the war and violence in their homeland of Syria. It’s nothing like the homes and apartments people are used to. There is food …