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Christian World Service is appealing for support for Syrian refugee families. With more than 5 million people now affected, much more help is urgently needed. CWS partners DSPR are working in Jordan and Lebanon with Syrian refugees providing practical help and support. The support is both medical and logistical. Families have been given medical check-ups […]
Read More...CWS staff and volunteers looked after the shoppers’ storage tents at the recent Ellerslie Flower Show in Christchurch. Providing storage service for keen shoppers gave CWS a chance to connect with new potential supporters. Included in the CWS presence was a draw offering one lucky winner a dining voucher to the value of $120 at […]
Read More...CWS wants to raise $2,000 for International Women’s Day on March 8 so EKTA can make the city of Madurai safer for women. EKTA is playing a key role in taking the campaign to the streets. After careful research by young college students, they have their eyes on one of the city’s main bus shelters […]
Read More...With autumn just around the corner CWS is inviting parishes to celebrate the harvest. New reflection and worship resources highlight the differences made possible by giving poor people the means to grow their own food on small plots of land in rural Nicaragua. Retired bishop John Bluck reflects on the blessings of a good garden […]
Read More...CWS has sent an initial grant of NZ$20,000 to meet immediate relief needs in Samoa hit hard by Cyclone Evan on December 13. The grant will enable locals to get on with the huge cleanup job and help families with food and shelter in the short term. Damage is reported as much greater than during […]
Read More...I recall Christmas in the early fifties of the last century when my family was a refugee from the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948. We were all living in one room; but crowded as it were with some ten members of the extended family, we were managing to live in community so to speak without […]
Read More...Samoa and Fiji need immediate and long term help to get back on their feet after Cyclone Evan’s destruction says Christian World Service national director, Pauline McKay. CWS have launched an appeal for donations for partner and associate groups in Samoa and Fiji.“There is a common need for both to get immediate short term help […]
Read More...CWS has launched an appeal for help in the south of the Philippines. CWS is raising funds for the ACT Alliance of which it is a member. ACT Alliance members are already providing food, blankets, first aid kits, cooking utensils, shovels for cleaning up and cash assistance in Mindanao and the Visayas. Help is needed […]
Read More...Western governments, unmoved by worsening climate predictions, have ended UN climate change talks in Doha, Qatar, by sticking firmly to their positions. ACT Alliance head of delegation, Mattias Söderberg, says developed countries have failed to reduce carbon emissions or to offer financial support to developing countries struggling with the effects of climate change. “The result […]
Read More...“We could not sleep last night, today we cannot go out of our houses, it is dangerous to move around,’’ says Dr Issa Tarazi from NECC/DSPR Gaza. (NECC stands for Near East Council of Churches, DSPR for Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees.)In an initial short message Dr Issa reported how that night soon after […]
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Christian World Service
PO Box 22652
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Christian World Service is recorded on the Charities Register. The Registration number is CC22288.
