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“The 7.3 billion people on our planet are intensely, intimately connected in ways previous generations could never have conceived”, says business journalist Rod Oram. “If a community fails, its country suffers. If a country fails, our world suffers.” “Severe income inequality, ill health, political and social suppression and ecological disasters know no geographical or […]
Read More...Christian World Service is asking the government to stop hiding behind the promised review of the refugee quota and respond to the grim situation facing families fleeing war and persecution. It is supporting calls to Double the Quota. “There is no reasonable excuse for its inaction. Under international law, refugees have the right to protection […]
Read More...On World Refugee Day Christian World Service is pushing for new action to address unprecedented numbers of refugees. CWS is supporting calls to increase the number of refugees resettled in New Zealand and the overseas aid budget. Under the current quota system 750 people are admitted into the country. National Director of Christian World Service […]
Read More...Humanitarian aid organisations are calling on the New Zealand government to advocate for the immediate and unconditional cancellation of Nepal’s foreign debt. Ian McInnes, chair of the NGO Disaster Relief Form, says NZ NGOs are adding their weight to a growing global call for debt relief in Nepal and have banded together to ask […]
Read More...Christian World Service asks churches to remember refugees on Refugee Sunday. CWS has prepared resources for Refugee Sunday on 21 June in the Methodist and Presbyterian calendar and 5 July in the Anglican tradition. John Bluck has written a reflection: “Their only Security is Us”. Record numbers of refugees are a sign of deep […]
Read More...CWS has launched an appeal to provide relief supplies in Nepal. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake has caused widespread damage throughout most of the country. The death toll is approaching 2,000 people and continues to rise. Many people are remaining outside as large aftershocks continue. Rural areas were particularly badly hit and it will take some […]
Read More...CWS acknowledges the major contribution of Philip Potter. He died on 31 March in Germany at the age of 93. He served as the third General Secretary of the World Council of Churches from 1972-1984 and the first from a developing country. Credited for increasing the WCC’s commitment to justice and peace, he is remembered […]
Read More...Easter is a Resurrection Process. While the event itself stands by itself the death, agony and suffering that precede it are all part of the process. We cannot understand Resurrection and celebrate Easter without reflecting on the events that led to it. This is why in the midst of agony, suffering and the fear of […]
Read More...Christian World Service launched an appeal on Sunday for the people of Vanuatu in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Pam. The money raised will go to local people providing food, water, healthcare, emergency shelter and non-food items in the short term. In the weeks ahead the focus will shift to rebuilding homes and livelihoods wrecked […]
Read More...The action/2015 movement in New Zealand is urging the government to use its weight to support action on poverty, inequality and climate change at crucial negotiations next week in New York. The negotiations in New York (17-20 February 2015) will set the overall vision for the set of sustainable development goals – key agreements that […]
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Christian World Service
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New Zealand
Christian World Service is recorded on the Charities Register. The Registration number is CC22288.
