CWS supports local partners working to improve their livelihoods and prepare for disaster.  When a cyclone, tsunami or other disaster strikes, we will respond if needed. We have a long commitment to peace and self-determination for the region.

CWS works in  Fiji and Tonga.  We have recently responded to cyclones in Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.  We have supported partners in Solomon Islands and Timor Leste, as well as indigeneous people in Kanaky and Tahiti.

Tonga

Our Partner: Tonga Community Development Trust (TCDT)

TCDT focuses on women’s and community development including:

• Providing training and support groups on family nutrition, organic vegetable gardening, home based piggery and poultry, income generation, budgeting, small business development, credit unions, sanitation, water supply, mental health
• Improving and increasing the informal sale of traditional/cultural products such as tapa and fine mats to family and community members living overseas, and to the growing tourism market
• Integrating disaster risk assessment and preparedness into the programme’s activities by providing workshops and enhancing traditional coping mechanisms.

Fiji

Our Partner: Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC)

The PCC is a fellowship of churches that comes together to fulfill their true calling in building a safer societies for the Pacific people’s, they focus on:

• Promoting ecumenism in Pacific
• Advocating for justice, climate action, child protection, and empowering youth and women
• Self-determination for Pacific peoples including Kanaky (New Caledonia), Tahiti (Maohi Nui) and West Papua
• Education and awareness of Human Rights
• Climate Change and Resettlement, including advocating at national and international levels
• Women’s and youth empowerment in church and society

Our Partner: Social Empowerment & Education Programme (SEEP)

SEEP is a social justice network in the Pacific Islands the works with indigenous communities in Fiji, they focus on:

• Community development
• Promoting organic agriculture, including market development for rural producers, and traditional agricultural products
• Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Local economies project targeted employment in marginalised communities through the establishment of small businesses and canteens