Valentine lifesavers: 'Candy's dandy but alternative gifts are quicker and grander'

For Valentine’s Day, alternative gifts are quicker, go farther, and don’t show up on the bathroom scales, says CWS.  An affordable, “alternative gift” in your sweetheart’s name helps people in the world’s poorest communities rise out of poverty, hunger and childhood malnutrition – and can say more than a box of chocolates about the love you share for one another and the world you live in.  Read more.

Situation report: Eastern Europe weather

More than 120 people, many homeless, have died in recent days due to recent frigid temperatures in eastern Europe. The weather has also stranded people in Serbia and Bosnia, where snow levels have trapped residents in villages.  CWS is intending to respond with relief in Serbia and Moldova.  Read more.

Photo: copyright UNHCR/B. Ntwari

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.
 

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