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Emergency Response
- CWS Emergency Response Program helps the faith community play its special role
in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response in the U.S. and around the
world.
Immigration & Refugee
- Nearly 35 million people around the world are uprooted from their homes and
communities by persecution and armed conflict. The Immigration and Refugee
Program of Church World Service (CWS/IRP)
is an ecumenical family empowering churches to show hospitality to strangers,
that is, to immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other uprooted people in
the United States and around the world.
Social & Economic Development
- Millions of people worldwide live on the edge of subsistence, at the will of
fragile economies, struggling to escape the crushing grip of poverty and
powerlessness. Most are hungry--and they need more than a handout. They need a
way out.
Mission Relationship & Worship
- People of faith the world over have the strength and knowledge to take the
leadership role in addressing their own challenges. So one of the best ways to
help is to talk... to listen... to learn... and to share resources appropriate
to people's identified needs.
Education & Advocacy
- Speaking out for those who can't.
Our connection to partners in over 80 countries informs and inspires our work in
education and advocacy. Confronting the root causes of hunger is an essential
complement to our overseas work. By raising awareness about poverty, the
HIV/AIDS epidemic, human rights and peace-building, CWS brings the voices of our
partners into the halls of churches, community groups and our government.
Water For All - More than a billion people worldwide lack clean water, and
more than 2.1 million people most of them children die each year from .....