Program Highlights

CWS Social & Economic Development Program • Browse archive: 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008

Women in Nairobi slums empowered to earn income and feed their families
May 12, 2008 Ninety women from the Amani Women’s Group in Nairobi, Kenya, are learning to read and gaining small business skills.
[Full Story]

AIDS awareness training for young women students in the Middle East
May 12, 2008 Thirty young women students and 12 resource persons and trainers took part in an AIDS awareness seminar, July 2-6, 2007, near Alexandria, Egypt.
[Full Story]

Empowering low-income communities in Uganda, increasing food security
May 12, 2008 Three hundred girls and other community members are gaining leadership and livelihood skills in 20 rural communities/villages in Mbale, Uganda.
[Full Story]

China's Amity Foundation sheds light on environmental situation
March 28, 2008 The General Secretary of the Amity Foundation, a Christian humanitarian agency in China, says that while China looks as though it is thriving, major environmental concerns are detracting from development.
[Full Story]

CWS sand dams lessen Kenya-Uganda border water conflicts
March 26, 2008 World Water Day 2008 (March 22) is accompanied by increased regional water shortages in the United States and around the world.
[Full Story]

What you can do to celebrate International Women's Day
March 5, 2008 If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family. [Full Story]

Improving food security for rural families in Nicaragua
January 17, 2008 Some 170 rural families in six vulnerable communities in Mateare municipality, Nicaragua, are working to improve their food security.
[Full Story]

Empowering women through micro-credit in the Casamance, Senegal
January 17, 2008 Church World Service is helping rebuild communities in the Casamance, southern Senegal, destroyed by over two decades of conflict.
[Full Story]

Livelihood opportunities for rural women in Moldova
January 17, 2008 Some 120 vulnerable women in three rural communities in Moldova are receiving vocational and basic business education to help increase family incomes, thanks to the Church World Service Livelihood Opportunities for Rural Women project, begun in 2007.
[Full Story]

Biogas project in Hunan, China, underscores importance of environmental protection
January 17, 2008 Sixty families in Xincheng village, Longshan County of Hunan Province, China, are benefiting from a biogas project, thanks to Church World Service and long-time partner the Amity Foundation.
[Full Story]

Also see: Stories of HOPE from the Tools and Blankets Program.

Women in Nairobi slums empowered to earn income and feed their families May 12, 2008 Ninety women from the Amani Women’s Group in Nairobi, Kenya, are learning to read and gaining small business skills. [Full Story]

AIDS awareness training for young women students in the Middle East May 12, 2008 Thirty young women students and 12 resource persons and trainers took part in an AIDS awareness seminar, July 2-6, 2007, near Alexandria, Egypt. [Full Story]

Empowering low-income communities in Uganda, increasing food security May 12, 2008 Three hundred girls and other community members are gaining leadership and livelihood skills in 20 rural communities/villages in Mbale, Uganda. [Full Story]

China's Amity Foundation sheds light on environmental situation March 28, 2008 The General Secretary of the Amity Foundation, a Christian humanitarian agency in China, says that while China looks as though it is thriving, major environmental concerns are detracting from development. [Full Story]

CWS sand dams lessen Kenya-Uganda border water conflicts March 26, 2008 World Water Day 2008 (March 22) is accompanied by increased regional water shortages in the United States and around the world. [Full Story]

What you can do to celebrate International Women's Day March 5, 2008 If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman you educate a family. [Full Story]

Improving food security for rural families in Nicaragua January 17, 2008 Some 170 rural families in six vulnerable communities in Mateare municipality, Nicaragua, are working to improve their food security. [Full Story]

Empowering women through micro-credit in the Casamance, Senegal January 17, 2008 Church World Service is helping rebuild communities in the Casamance, southern Senegal, destroyed by over two decades of conflict. [Full Story]

Livelihood opportunities for rural women in Moldova January 17, 2008 Some 120 vulnerable women in three rural communities in Moldova are receiving vocational and basic business education to help increase family incomes, thanks to the Church World Service Livelihood Opportunities for Rural Women project, begun in 2007. [Full Story]

Biogas project in Hunan, China, underscores importance of environmental protection January 17, 2008 Sixty families in Xincheng village, Longshan County of Hunan Province, China, are benefiting from a biogas project, thanks to Church World Service and long-time partner the Amity Foundation. [Full Story]