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Rural Haiti: The issue is food
It was nearing the end of another hot, sunny day near Petite Riviere in the northern department, or province, of Artibonite, and Arnold Alcimé stood on his two-acre plot of land and shook his head in frustration.

On the fifth anniversary of Katrina, survivors and advocates praise work of humanitarian agencies
Five years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, survivors and those working on their behalf say work is far from finished in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. But they are emphatic that what progress has been made is in great part due to the support, funding and labor of the U.S. faith community and of humanitarian agencies like Church World Service.

Five years after Hurricane Katrina
As New Orleans and the Gulf Coast prepare to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, those who have worked tirelessly on behalf of the most vulnerable assert that much of the progress made so far could not have been accomplished without the support of the U.S. faith community and of humanitarian agencies like Church World Service.

Pakistan: Providing assistance to 100,000 people
How much more can Pakistan take? That is one of the questions farmer Sawan Khan and other disaster survivors are asking in the wake of the worst flooding in Pakistan's history - a disaster that has prompted a large-scale response of food, shelter materials and medical assistance from Church World Service.

Haiti: New opportunities for a resilient people
SERVICE asked several in the CWS and ecumenical family either working in Haiti or having visited Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake to respond to a question about next steps: What needs to happen next in Haiti for the country to recover from both the immediate disaster and the earlier, deeper structural problems that hobbled the country for years?