Your contribution brings help and hope to a hungry world, empowering people to grow food and rebuild their lives and livelihoods. Together we're reaching out to meet needs in places like Darfur, Pakistan, Central America, Indonesia and the U.S.

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Delivering supplies by boat in Burma.

Meet emergency needs, nurture sustainable self-help development, aid refugees, and help address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.


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Emergencies Food and Sustainable Development Water for All
Simona and her children.
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Simona and her children received CWS emergency assistance in the wake of a hurricane in the Caribbean.		 Marcela with tomatoes.
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Marcela and her neighbors in the chilly highlands of Guatemala are learning to grow tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers in simple greenhouses.		 Woman getting water.
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Families can access nearby water for drinking and hygiene via a CWS-supported water tap and community training.
Women and Children Refugees Education and Training
Women in class in Angola.
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Mariana and Laurinda are participants in a CWS-supported literacy class in a village in Angola. If you teach a woman, you really do teach a family.		 Two refugee children.
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Children in a CWS-supported refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border. Less than 1% of the world's refugees are permanently resettled in another country.		 Children in classroom.
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Students at a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, for children who have experienced trauma and violence. CWS also supports job training for women, men, and youth.

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Church World Service
28606 Phillips Street
P.O. Box 968
Elkhart, IN, 46515

Recognized as one of America's Most Efficient Charities, Church World Service has earned an A rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy and was named one of the Top 100 Highly Rated Charities by GiveSpot.com.

  

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Church World Service works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world.

Recognized as one of America's Most Efficient Charities, Church World Service has earned an A rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy
and was named one of the Top 100 Highly Rated Charities by GiveSpot.com.

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