Ukraine Appeal Report June 2023 Download the Ukraine Appeal Report June 2023 Christian World Service is grateful to you, our supporters, for your gifts to the Ukraine Appeal. Together you have donated over $213,000 to assist displaced people in Ukraine and then in Poland with matched funds from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Poland […]
Read More...“Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me” Matthew 10:40 Each year on June 20 World Refugee Day, we celebrate the strength and courage of refugees and displaced people. Please make this a special time to pray for all people who seek refuge from harm and to share what you can with refugees who need food, shelter and care. […]
Read More...Are you passionate about pursuing a world without poverty and injustice. Are you committed to building peaceful, inclusive partnerships and the delivery of effective, life changing international development? Christian World Service (CWS) is seeking an energetic, strategic, National Director to lead their small, dynamic organisation. This role is critical as we work with, and on […]
Read More...Türkiye Syria Earthquake One Month On CWS is grateful to our donors for supporting people affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February 6 local time. Local partners immediately opened churches and other buildings to people who had lost their homes. In northern Syria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the Near East (GOPA-DERD) […]
Read More...CWS launches Operation Refugee 2023 Christian World Service invites people to sign up for this year’s Operation Refugee, the annual fundraiser to provide practical help to people who have fled their homes and communities. This year participants will have 12 hours to do one of three challenges: Food for Life, a Winter Walk or a […]
Read More...Andrew and Anna were at home with their children when Cyclone Judy struck Vanuatu on March 1. Anna was cooking Tanna Soup for dinner as the winds got stronger. As soon as the first piece of roofing iron went flying, they fled with their children and parents to a small cave nearby. Two days later […]
Read More...Karalaini operates a small canteen from her home in one of Fiji’s informal settlements where people do not know each other. She is grateful for the steady income and new family she has found. “I’m one of the lucky women because I was one of this group,” she says. Photos: CWS/Kathlene Soo and Rob Wayne. […]
Read More...You are invited to a time of sharing and celebration in memory of Elizabeth Mackie OP friend and longtime staff member of Christian World Service on Sunday, 21 May from 12:30 – 2:30 pm at the Aldersgate Centre 309 Durham St North Christchurch Central A lunch of soup and slices will be served, followed by […]
Read More...April 2023 Thank you for being a Partner for Life and part of Christian World Service. Together, we work hand in hand with our local partners to respond to the urgent challenges so many people face. Our partners are doing some extraordinary work to advocate for families and communities facing discrimination and injustice. Your regular […]
Read More...CWS invites you to pray for peace with us through the seven weeks of Lent, an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation. The campaign was launched on Ash Wednesday with a focus on Ukraine. In the second week we prayed for Afghanistan. In week 3 we prayed for Ethiopia and South Sudan. In week 4 we prayed for West […]
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