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CWS "Neighbors in Need" program looks at urban refugees and their host communities

Roughly one-third of the world's estimated 10.6 million refugees live in cities. CWS is documenting what fosters good refugee-host community relations with the ultimate goal of recommending replicable “smart practices” that help strengthen assistance and protection for urban refugees. Read more.

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 in late January to address persistent problems in Haiti two years after the country’s devastating earthquake. Read more.

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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."
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