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CWS joins calls for the Israeli blockade of Gaza to be lifted. A fragile ceasefire has given the people of Gaza the chance to leave their homes and find food and other supplies. Gaza-based staff from ACT International, of which CWS is a member, report that the situation has been relatively calm as Palestinians begin […]
Read More...The Health Care Centre providing desperately needed primary health care and part of a programme funded by Christian World Service was destroyed by Israeli missile fire over the weekend. The owners of the building were warned 15 minutes prior to the attack by phone and the building was evacuated as the first warning missile was […]
Read More...CWS urges NZ Government to uphold humanitarian law in Gaza Disturbed by continued reports of extreme suffering in Gaza, Christian World Service believes that it is high time the NZ government lent its support to international calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. “It might seem easier for the new government not to side […]
Read More...CWS is launching an appeal to assist the DSPR health programme as it struggles to cope with emergency cases at its clinics. “The situation in Gaza is absolutely disastrous,” reports Bernard Sabella, Director of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), a long term partner of CWS. “The bombardments are inflicting civilian casualties and […]
Read More...CWS is deeply concerned at the latest outbreak of violence in Gaza and calls on the international community to demand an immediate ceasefire. “Violence is not the solution,” said Gillian Southey, Campaigns Coordinator. “Gaza was already in a desperate situation before the latest bombing. Food, medicine, fuel and electricity were already in short supply. The humanitarian […]
Read More...The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is worsening. The combination of economic collapse, six years of poor harvests, bad government policies, drought and lack of seeds and fertiliser are proving disastrous. There are fears famine is gripping the country. The World Food Programme has estimated that 28 per cent of children under five are malnourished and […]
Read More...The abduction of another leading Zimbabwe human rights campaigner is a cruel irony for Christchurch-based Zimbabwean Mandla Akhe Dube on international Human Rights Day. Today (December 10) is the 60th anniversary of the international declaration on human rights, which enshrined the basic rights of every person. Mr Dube says the abduction of Zimbabwe Peace Project […]
Read More...Sick and dying former workers of French Polynesian nuclear test sites have finally won a crucial victory in their campaign for compensation but fear it may have come too late.Three former workers and five widows accuse the French government and contractors of failing to protect workers from illness-causing nuclear fallout during France’s nuclear test programme. […]
Read More...New Zealand one of the First Countries to Sign Global Treaty banning Cluster Bombs New Zealand was one of the first countries to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions at a high-level signing conference in Oslo, Norway on 3 December. By the close of the first day of the two-day conference a total of 92 nations had signed […]
Read More...New antiretroviral drugs mean an HIV diagnosis is not the death sentence it once was for New Zealanders with HIV but access to the drugs is a dream to millions in developing countries. December 1 is World AIDS Day which remembers the 25 million who have died of AIDS and the 33m currently living with […]
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New Zealand
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