Frontline Reports
All My Hope: A Refugee Story
Long Distance Love On the morning of February 17th, Rafia woke up and prepared a feast for the arrival of her husband, Abdinasir. But when an unprecedented snowstorm hit the Mid-south, Abdinasir’s flight was canceled and he got stuck in Chicago. Rafia, however, was undeterred. The next morning, she woke up and cooked another welcome-home…
Read MoreThe Secret Behind Her Smile
Never Again April 7th marks the beginning of 100 days of commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. This is a special time to remember more than a million people that were murdered because of the way they were created. It is a time to grieve but also to unite and rebuild…
Read MoreBreaking Barriers in Burundi: Women Who Make It Happen
World Relief opened the door for women to lead and they said yes! Read how one woman in Burundi is building a more equal world and creating change for her entire community.
Read MoreCrisis in Sudan: Responding to Violence and Empowering Women
How World Relief has responded to violence in and empowered Women in Sudan
Read MoreSupporting Small Businesses in Cambodia: The Lion’s Den
World Relief is supporting small businesses in Cambodia through a partnership with Bent Tree Bible Church.
Read MoreHow it Started, How it’s Growing: World Relief Sacramento’s Welcome Club
World Relief Sacramento is creating welcoming communities for refugee youth through weekly Welcome Clubs
Read MoreGet to Know Our Staff: Kenya
In 2021, we’re giving you the inside scoop on the work that World Relief is doing in communities around the world through a new series called, Get to Know Our Staff…
Read MoreMaking Change for Girls in Malawi
Each year, 12 million girls across the globe are married before the age of 18. Every minute, 23 young girls are married off, putting their personal development and wellbeing at risk. That’s 12 million girls — 12 million dreamers and artists, future doctors, teachers and community leaders — whose opportunity for childhood and education has…
Read MoreRwanda Responds to COVID-19
It’s been a difficult season here in Rwanda. Like many places around the world, Rwanda experienced a total lockdown from mid-March to mid-May as cases of COVID-19 began sprouting up in communities across our country. Today, though some communities have begun to reopen, things have not completely returned to normal. Most church buildings are still…
Read More3 Neglected Global Humanitarian Crises
World Humanitarian Day Every year on August 19, we celebrate World Humanitarian Day — a day that commemorates humanitarian workers who, despite all odds, continue to provide life-saving support and protection to those most in need. Around the world, people suffer daily from extreme poverty, violence, famine, displacement and much more. At World Relief, we…
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