Haiti recovery: No room for complacency, no time for blame, says CWS
CWS staff and representatives of Haitian civil society organizations met with members of Congress and representatives of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department in Washington last week to address persistent problems in Haiti two years after the country’s devastating earthquake. Read more.
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American life 101: Pre-resettlement project boosts U.S.-bound refugees' skills, confidence
Imagine you’re a refugee who has never been to school and maybe never even held a pen or pencil. You don’t speak a word of English. And you’ve just been approved to resettle in the U.S. You might be feeling anxious. That pretty well describes the class of 91 Somali and Darfuri refugees who participated in a CWS pilot project. Read more.
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Photo: FEMA/Andrea Booher
Leaders in disaster ministry to gather for CWS forum, March 19-21 in New Windsor, Maryland
When the flashing lights of emergency vehicles have disappeared, faith communities stay for the long haul of recovery. Church World Service is bringing together the best minds to help make long-term recovery better at the 2012 forum, "Sacred Hospitality: Compassion and Community in the Wake of Disaster." Read more.
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