Latest news and feature stories from Church World Service http://www.churchworldservice.org/news Copyright 2010, Church World Service en-us Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:34:08 -0400 web@churchworldservice.org Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:33:44 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.1.8) http://www.feedforall.com web@churchworldservice.org en-us web@churchworldservice.org Copyright 2005, Church World Service Religion throughout the world hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Five years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, survivors and those working on their behalf say work is far from finished in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. But they are emphatic that what progress has been made is in great part due to the support, funding and labor of the U.S. faith community and of humanitarian agencies like Church World Service. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9929&news_iv_ctrl=1361 B5701AAB-A176-4572-A337-E9DD20FFCBBB Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:33:44 -0400 Church World Service officials urged a more robust response from the international donor community to Pakistan’s devastating flooding disaster. The global relief and development agency voiced even deeper worries over whether or not pledges will be fulfilled. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9880&news_iv_ctrl=1361 0373C662-8B77-4918-B2F3-9FB5FF57E7CA Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:08:56 -0400 In the remote Bolivian Gran Chaco countryside, a Guaraní teenager and an old man walk side by side through the dry brush, looking at the ground and the horizon, the boy taking notes to reconcile with a global positioning system (GPS) mapping project he has in progress. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9853&news_iv_ctrl=1361 07AB711D-F593-4B4C-8308-B812131D25C3 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:57:14 -0400 Of the current situation in Pakistan, Pakistan-based staff members of Church World Service offer the following reflection: In the five years since the 2005 earthquake devastated parts of Pakistan, not one year has gone by in which the people of Pakistan have not suffered from disaster. The years 2006 and 2007 brought floods; although not even close to the destruction brought by this year's floods, people still lost their lives, homes, crops and livestock. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9829&news_iv_ctrl=1361 CB105B20-58D9-46AE-9D7D-F71911D9C4D9 Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:16:41 -0400 With more than 3.2 million displaced or affected by monsoon rains and the worst flooding in north Pakistan in nearly a century, global humanitarian agency Church World Service has announced a U.S. and international fundraising appeal. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9809&news_iv_ctrl=1361 99BA5821-AA1F-4738-A442-D3C1287863BD Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:24:03 -0400 For millions of Pakistanis, floods during monsoon season are nothing new. But the scale and magnitude of this year's floods are far greater, resulting in tragic and deadly results, reports Pakistan-based staff of global humanitarian organization Church World Service. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9789&news_iv_ctrl=1361 21B526EA-2DF3-49D5-87C7-4AA78E11E43F Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:00:06 -0400 Church World Service is praising a UN General Assembly resolution on Wednesday (July 28) that recognizes the human right to access to water and sanitation. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9785&news_iv_ctrl=1361 089B3A87-8169-4BD6-A6D9-D73C6837418A Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:35:13 -0400 Massive shelter issues, the need for local procurement, improved engagement with civil society, and additional funding head the list of requirements for successful reconstruction in Haiti, a group of Haitian and U.S. advocates told members of Congress and interfaith leaders in two Washington events yesterday. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9775&news_iv_ctrl=1361 807ACDD0-892E-4B63-96C7-2854F7ED68C4 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:15:20 -0400 Church World Service welcomed U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton's temporary injunction against the implementation of parts of Arizona's controversial new immigration law SB 1070, scheduled to take effect Thursday (July 29), and reiterated its call for a federal fix of America's broken immigration system. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9772&news_iv_ctrl=1361 C1A8C93F-70DA-41B7-AFDC-F9D0593B27CA Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:14:49 -0400 In northern Haiti, members of a community-based group began a feeding program for those displaced by the January 12 earthquake. In the southern coastal city of Jacmel, a group of disaster survivors banded together and moved onto the grounds of a local church. And in Port-au-Prince, a woman who gave birth to her infant son twelve days after the quake wondered what she would do next. http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9769 8792321A-8CEF-42FC-876E-478F89DE4843 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:04:17 -0400