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New Zealand and other international emergency experts have been deployed to Christchurch to help with the disaster response. Usually they work across the world on humanitarian disaster management but since last Tuesday Christchurch has been their emergency focus. Working under the umbrella group the Non-Government Organisation Disaster Relief Forum (NDRF), the agencies were on the […]
Read More...On Tuesday 22nd February 2011 CWS New Zealand was rocked to its core. At 12:51pm a 6.3 earthquake shook the city to its foundations. The CWS office which is located in Manchester Street, Christchurch Central was evacuated and all staff who were in the building were accounted for. Those who were out of the office […]
Read More...Christian World Service is greatly encouraged by early reports from partners on the referendum in South Sudan that began on January 9. The critical referendum on whether to split from the north will continue until January 15. CWS is asking churches to accompany the Sudanese with prayers and support during and after the referendum. “I […]
Read More...Christchurch-based Christian World Service has just kicked off their annual appeal after a year notable for earthquakes, local and international. From Haiti to Christchurch New Zealand’s southernmost aid and development agency has had an incident packed year. Their first quake experience started in January when Haiti was hammered by a horrific 7.0 earthquake. That quake […]
Read More...“Human rights principles and processes are important tools for the protection of God-given human dignity,” stated Peter Prove, Executive Director of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), speaking on the occasion of International Human Rights Day – 10 December 2010. Prove stressed the need for churches and related organizations to “pick up these tools, and to […]
Read More...One of the world’s largest humanitarian and development networks is demanding heads of state lay the groundwork for a legally binding climate agreement in Cancun next week for the sake of the world’s poor and powerless. The demand was issued by ACT Alliance General Secretary John Nduna in the countdown to the Cop16 climate negotiations […]
Read More...Severe burns are amongst the Indonesian volcanic eruption injuries being treated in a hospital run by groups with ties to New Zealand’s Christian World Service (CWS). CWS has launched an appeal for support for the Indonesian victims of the double dip disaster of volcanic eruptions from Mt Merapi and the Mentawai tsunami this week. Christchurch […]
Read More...World leaders gathered in New York to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have failed to decide on the strong actions needed to alleviate the most pressing problems of our decade. The outcome document approved by the plenary session of the New York meeting today is an “action plan for the inert”, according to ACT […]
Read More...Government leaders need to make “concrete and clear strategies” at the UN Summit held 20-22 September, so that Millennium Development Goal targets will be met by 2015. Focusing on the issues of food and HIV and AIDS, members of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) of which CWS is a member, welcomed some aspects of the draft […]
Read More...A mix of global and local partnerships keeps Pakistan donations to Christian World Service free from risk of corruption says national director, Pauline McKay.The head of the Christchurch-based aid and development agency said that she was aware of concerns about donations to help flood ravaged Pakistan falling prey to corrupt Government officials.“I would like to […]
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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.
