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With Mother’s Day coming on May 9, it is a good time to think gifts. Choose a special gift from Gifted for your mother or in her memory. We will send you an attractive card or e-card and your gift becomes a donation to the programme you choose. Gifts like bestseller, Send a Child to […]
Read More...“God is with me. My family will soon be liberated from all forms of water suffering,” says Specioza (pictured centre). A bi-monthly news bulletin exploring development, global justice and the work of CWS. Past issues can be read here Even though we cannot visit Uganda, we can share in Specioza’s story. A grandmother caring for […]
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Christian World Service is appealing for funds to respond to the rapidly escalating Covid-19 crisis in India. “Our partners are anxious to protect the communities they work with from infection and hunger in this second wave. They have asked for urgent funding to deliver emergency food assistance and hygiene supplies as well as support community […]
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Christian World Service has sent $13,000 to our partner the Department of Service to Refugees Lebanon to assist people recover after the explosion at Beirut’s port in August last year. The money will be used to provide cash vouchers for food and non-food items, school materials, repairs and psycho-social support to people affected by the […]
Read More...35 of the leading aid agencies have joined together to warn of the suffering and increased, irreversible, damage if the growing humanitarian needs in Syria are not met and a political solution is not found. The 35 agencies have highlighted that a decade since the outset of the conflict, living conditions for many Syrians are […]
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Life is Now Easy Last week Charles Rwabambari made the four hour motorbike trip from the Centre for Community Solidarity office to Katembe to report to you on what difference a rainwater tanks in Uganda. Specioza lives in Katembe, a small community in Uganda’s southwest. In 1985 her husband died from AIDS. Later her two […]
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CWS give thanks for the life and contribution of Chris Butler who died on February 4. He was a faithful and enthusiastic volunteer who also worked as our cleaner for many years. He very much felt part of the organisation and the work we do together. Chris was involved in Delta lunches, the Oxford Terrace […]
Read More...Christian World Service is seeking more signatures for a joint petition to boost overseas aid and increase funding for climate action. The petition will be presented to parliament in mid-March as part of a joint campaign to put New Zealand’s commitment to countries most vulnerable to climate change and with the lowest incomes. When the […]
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Donations to the Coronavirus Appeal helped fund the distribution of dry rations to teapickers. (Photo: Women’s Centre) Women who work in Sri Lanka’s plantation sector have been hit harder than many others under Covid according to new research from Christian World Service partner, the Women’s Centre. When the government imposed lockdown and a curfew in […]
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World Day of Prayer on Friday, March 5, 2021 A series of devastating tropical cyclones form the backdrop to this year’s World Day of Prayer services to be held on Friday, March 5. Services are being organised by local committees throughout the country. All are welcome. Through the resources they prepared for this global event, […]
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Aldersgate Centre at Durham Street Methodist Church,
309 Durham Street,
Christchurch
The office is open 9-5, Monday to Friday.
Christmas Hours
The office will close from 5 pm Friday 20th December and reopen Monday 6th January.
Christian World Service
PO Box 22652
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Christian World Service is recorded on the Charities Register. The Registration number is CC22288.
