(1994) World Relief responds to the genocide in Rwanda, assisting 42,000 traumatized and displaced people. Vital relief also helps war victims in Croatia and Serbia during the Balkans crisis.
(1997) World Relief launches its microfinance program – called LifeLoans – providing credit services to 34,642 vulnerable people in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
(1998) Mobilizing for Life – World Relief’s church-centered program to confront AIDS – gets under way in Rwanda and Mozambique, focusing on AIDS awareness, prevention and care.