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World Relief and Mother's Day
In two remote corners of Indonesia, fifty mothers learn how to effectively teach their children to read. It seems a small thing.
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Snakebites and Peacemaking
Joe Johns could never have guessed that a painful snakebite would help him connect with a group of Congolese pastors. But as the American pastor led a peace building session in war-torn Congo – his snakebite-swollen foot raised on a chair – the Congolese pastors listened with gripped attention.
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America's New Abolition Movement
Nearly 150 years after slavery was abolished in America, a battle to free America’s new wave of slaves is under way – a movement to eradicate the horror of sex trafficking and the injustice of forced labor. America’s new abolition movement is being led by the Church.
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World TB Day
March 24th is a day to remember those who suffer with tuberculosis around the world as well as celebrate our progress in fighting the disease. Because, tuberculosis has taken the lives of millions infected with the TB bacillus, the World Health Organization has declared it a global public health emergency.
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World Water Day: Bringing Change
The first thought on celebrating World Water Day may be about access to wells. Yet the reach of water can come as a surprise. The impact of clean water goes beyond being able to satisfy thirst.
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Difficult but not Impossible
Bertain can seem almost impossible to access by truck¸ certainly by heavy equipment. Chosen as one of World Relief’s target communities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it is clearly the most vulnerable as well as the most difficult to visit.
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International Women's Day
An official holiday in countries such as Uganda and Nepal, International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8. The UN themed this year as “Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty”
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Combating Human Trafficking
As World Relief’s slogan is to STAND/FOR THE VULNERABLE, we take seriously the missionary call to stand for issues that are close to God’s heart.
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Rebuilding the Walls
On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered devastation from a 40 second earthquake and in subsequent days, frequent aftershocks. Houses, schools and hospitals, government infrastructure and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost.
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