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New Zealand aid agency Christian World Service (CWS) is appealing for funds to help some of the 250,000 people forced out of their homes by horrific fighting in the DR Congo. The aid, development and justice agency of New Zealand churches says recent atrocities in the eastern DR Congo add urgency to calls for extra […]
Read More...These two fantastic supporters gave it their all recently fundraising for CWS. Fionnaigh McKenzie overcame a prolapsed disk to swim the 2.8km Auckland Harbour Crossing, raising funds for CWS’s Nicargua partner, CEPAD. Fionnaigh, 27, who works for NZAID, attends St Andrew’s on the Terrace in Wellington which supports CWS. Two years ago, Fionnaigh was inspired […]
Read More...When Typhoon Fengshen slammed into the Philippines in June, a longstanding local organisation whose director is visiting New Zealand next month, was at the forefront of recovery. Developers Foundation, a community development organisation working in poor and isolated rural communities on Panay Island in western Visayas region, went from development work with 33,000 people a […]
Read More...New Zealand international aid organisation Christian World Service is taking donations for the tens of thousands of Congolese driven out of their homes by fighting in the eastern DRC. It is also calling for diplomatic pressure to end the conflict and immediate steps to improve the United Nations’ ability to protect civilians. The UN’s […]
Read More...Residents in Pakistan’s eastern Balochistan province suffer aftershocks and nights in freezing temperatures following Wednesday’s earthquake that killed at least 236. The shallow 6.4 quake on Wednesday left over 4000 people injured and 50,000 homeless. Aid workers believe the number of dead, injured and homeless could rise as more bodies are dug out of the […]
Read More...Christian World Service’s new national director says the role and its possibilities will be the pinnacle of her career. Two-term chair of the Council for International Development, Pauline McKay, has been announced new Christian World Service national director. She replaces Jonathan Fletcher. Pauline currently works in Geneva in human resources for the World Health Organisation. […]
Read More...Two months after the Bihar-flood in India, people are still trying to survive on small islands in the middle of the river, or in crowded camps without clean water, proper food or safe shelter. They have been stripped of all personal belongings. The journalists and the media attention has are gone, but 2,4 million Indians […]
Read More...A new report compiled by the United Nations Environment Fund is warning the pace and scale of climate change is even more rapid than scientists have predicted. The Climate Change Science Compendium is based on peer reviewed research published since 2006, when the last International Panel on Climate Change Assessment was completed. The next assessment […]
Read More...Representatives of faith communities around the world are calling on world leaders “to accept the reality of the common danger we face”. They want leaders to take “responsibility for immediate and decisive action and [accept] the opportunity to change.” In a statement to the UN summit on Climate Change in New York, the Religious Traditions […]
Read More...The World Council of Churches salutes Africa’s new nuclear-weapon-free status. A September 2009 statement highlights the new treaty as a sign of hope for nuclear disarmament. The Treaty of Pelindaba was ratified in July when Burundi recently became the 28th state to join. The WCC has been sending delegations to African states to encourage the […]
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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.
