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African churches are urging governments to end the scandal of poverty as representatives from 100 countries prepare to meet for discussions on how aid is organised. The High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness takes place this week, 2-4 September, this week in Accra, Ghana. The General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) […]
Read More...The worst floods in over 50 years have devastated the Indian state of Bihar. Nearly three million people have been affected. Houses, infrastructure and farmlands have been swept away. CWS is receiving donations for the work of partners through ACT International, which are already distributing food, household goods, blankets and temporary shelters. Much more will […]
Read More...An Opawa schoolgirl who busked for East Timor has had an unexpected reward for her efforts. Caitlin Ryburn, 10, a year six student at St Martins School, busked for a total of seven hours outside a St Martins supermarket at Christmas to raise money for a Christian World Service partner, Dominican Missionary Sisters, in East […]
Read More...The war in Darfur was the focus of vigils around the country on August 1, launching the joint Christian World Service-Caritas appeal for the Sudanese region.Timed to coincide with the opening of the Olympics in a week – China has a powerful role in Sudan – the vigils were times of prayer, reflection and education. […]
Read More...The Aucklander heading a New Zealand-funded Darfur aid operation keeping 350,000 people alive says it’s his most challenging overseas operation. Wayne Mitchell directs the Darfur Emergency Response Operation (DERO), one of the largest humanitarian operations in western Sudan. DERO is supported by New Zealand aid organisations Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand and Christian World Service (CWS), […]
Read More...Sri Lanka man Sandun Thudugala has known from an early age that he might be killed without warning. “It is not easy to keep seeing and hearing people killed brutally and unnecessarily every day. It’s difficult to move around when bomb explosions kill innocent people and to know that we might be among them any […]
Read More...Zimbabweans living in Christchurch did on Saturday what their compatriots at home can not – speak out. About 50 people marched to condemn the increasing violence in Zimbabwe, joining a series of weekend events around the world. Zimbabwe is wracked by political violence and repression, and poverty and unemployment are endemic. Save Zimbabwe Campaign general […]
Read More...A former UN staff member who has come home to head aid agency Christian World Service (CWS) says New Zealand must maintain levels of overseas aid now more than ever. Pauline McKay has returned from 15 years in Geneva working for the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies to run Christchurch-based CWS, an […]
Read More...South Islanders will march from Bluff to Picton in a journey to wake the nation to the world’s dire environmental plight. Church leaders have organised the 945km journey up State Highway 1 during the Christian season of Lent to highlight the dangers of climate change, the high demand for South Island water for irrigation and […]
Read More...The situation in the Democractic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is calm but tense following the arrest of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda. Rwandan soldiers arrested Gen Nkunda in Rwanda just days after other Rwandan troops crossed the border into the DRC. The surprise arrest is an about-turn by Rwanda, indicating Rwanda is apparently now […]
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