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Pray for Peace

Post a Comment » Written on January 15th, 2014     
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If you follow our social media (facebook, twitter) or are watching the news, you have likely heard of the unrest and violence in the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Here are some links to stay updated:…

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Truly Partnering in Transformation

Post a Comment » Written on January 13th, 2014     
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I appreciate that the tagline for Covenant World Relief is “Partners in Transformation,” because in my time volunteering here I have become more and more attuned to what that means. Before spending time here I had this underlying assumption that …

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Learning to Pray in India

Post a Comment » Written on January 8th, 2014     
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As I reflect back on our time in India with the our CWR partners in Asia and the CWR associates (Covenant missionaries who work closely with CWR projects), one of the highlights was Usha teaching our group a prayer method. …

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The Little Red Can

Post a Comment » Written on August 7th, 2013     
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Below is a Covenant World Relief soup can story from Community Covenant Church of Scotts Valley, CA:

My now 8 year old daughter, Amy, was practicing her reading skills at the dinner table as a first grader. She read ‘the …

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How to Reduce Vulnerability When Disasters Strike…

Post a Comment » Written on July 15th, 2013     
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OK Tornado Dave Husby May 2013 (5)When disasters occur, it is the poor who suffer the most. For sixty-eight years, Covenanters have been responding generously to the poor through Covenant World Relief. In 2011, severe flooding affected more than twenty million people in Pakistan. Crops and …

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