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In West Africa’s hungry Sahel millions need immediate help…..Over twice New Zealand’s total population in Africa’s Sahel region need immediate help as hunger tightens its grip on their region.Christian World Service (CWS) has today issued an appeal for funds to help avert impending disaster in the Sahel.Ten million people are already struggling to find food. […]
Read More...Lent reawakens in me the energies made dormant by winter. Usually it coincides closely with the arrival of the first days of spring, a season of lively reemergence of the wonders of the earth in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth with almond blossoms and other wonders of the flora of the Holy Land. As Lent obliges […]
Read More...CWS is looking forward to the visit of Claudette Habesch, Secretary General of Caritas Jerusalem and board member for the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR). DSPR is a longtime partner. Claudette is touring the country as a guest of Caritas and will speak at a joint public event in Christchurch on March 1. […]
Read More...Christian World Service has launched an appeal to provide immediate assistance for those who live in Fiji’s informal settlements affected by severe flooding. The Fiji government has declared parts of the Western District an emergency. Long term partner, ECREA (Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy) has assessed the needs of those made homeless by […]
Read More...Christian World Service is waiting for the results of an assessment by local ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together) members in the Philippines. They are inspecting the damage wreaked by Tropical Storm Washi on December 16, with one member focusing on the area where Washi made landfall, in preparation for appropriate humanitarian response.Washi caught thousands […]
Read More...ACT (Action by Churches Together) Alliance General Secretary John Nduna welcomed the Danish and German pledges of nearly €55m to the Green Climate Fund in Durban, South Africa. He said it was a strong political signal that showed commitment to the fund even before it was operational. The Green Climate Fund is a pot of […]
Read More...World leaders are naïve if they believe blanket exploitation of the earth’s resources can continue, says the ACT Alliance of which CWS is a member. The ACT Alliance is a global coalition of agencies working to alleviate poverty in almost every developing country. On the second day of political leaders’ meetings at UN climate talks, […]
Read More...Statement on Violence Following Third Papuan People’s Congress, October 2011 We the undersigned New Zealand human rights, development and peace organisations call for the Indonesian government to immediately investigate allegations of excessive force and human rights violations by police and military personnel in breaking up the Third Papuan People’s congress on 19 October 2011 in […]
Read More...Defence contribution to mine action headquarters in New York is withdrawn The New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (CALM) welcomes the government’s decision to contribute $2.8 million to mine clearance efforts in the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It is disappointed that at the same time a long-standing contribution of New Zealand defence personnel to […]
Read More...Two months after large scale flooding Christian World Service is appealing for more help in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Many of the 8.9 million people affected in Sindh and Balochistan remain at high risk of hunger and disease, but global fundraising efforts are falling short. This is the second year in a row that monsoons have […]
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Christian World Service
PO Box 22652
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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