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CWS emergency appeal: Sahel food crisis

Unusually low rainfall has devastated food crops across the Sahel, a vast African region south of the Sahara desert, and an estimated 15.5 million people are now affected by food insecurity. CWS is supporting emergency assistance and other efforts to help communities supply their own food.

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Photo: Jackie Sahd, CWS-Lancaster

25 years of resettlement success stories

Sheila McGeehan doesn’t take the credit, but she’s introduced refugees from all around the world to Lancaster, Pa. And those newcomers have transformed her hometown into “a very cosmopolitan” community.

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Staff, clients and volunteers in the computer lab

Photo: Sarah Ivory, CWS/Greensboro

CWS Greensboro, generous congregation help refugees get 'connected'

Refugees in Greensboro, N.C., are now able to search for jobs, practice their English, learn about U.S. culture and prepare for their citizenship exam online thanks to a new computer lab.

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