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Happy International Women’s Day!
Today on International Women’s Day and every day, we are proud to empower vulnerable women around the world with opportunities, skills, resources and a strong sense of their inherent dignity and worth. Women are often marginalized in many ways, sometimes lacking access to the most basic services. We know that the women we serve possess…
Read More#Enditmovement: Meeting Survivors’ Needs In The U.S.
Why are we a part of #enditmovement? At World Relief we seek to empower the local Church to serve the most vulnerable, which inherently includes the oppressed and exploited. We work to prevent trafficking in high-risk cities in our Asia offices, but we also provide comprehensive services to survivors in our U.S. offices. We are excited…
Read More(India) Pastor Sahariah’s Story
This is Pastor Sahariah. He was from a non-Christian background when he met Christ and has been a pastor for the past nine years. After attending World Relief’s Families For Life training, which addresses faithfulness, communication and issues like HIV/AIDS, he and his wife realized that they could improve their marriage. “After attending the program,…
Read More(Cambodia) Chan Sokha’s Story
Chan Sokha (56) learned about World Relief in 2011. Workers came to her community in Cambodia with messages of health, HIV/AIDS & human trafficking prevention and the Gospel. She had grown up oppressive regimes and in a family wounded by the death of her father. “I was just so sad,” she said. “I did not…
Read More(Malawi) Jovita’s Story
Jovita lives in Malawi and is a mother of four children. She was widowed in 2004 when her husband was murdered. Some months after, she developed epilepsy. Once, this caused her to fall unconscious and lose many of her fingers in a fire. The home where she lived was in disepair and unsuitable for her…
Read More(India) Pastor Daniel’s Story
This is Pastor Daniel Jayachandran, a local pastor in India. He is pictured with his wife, Amutha and their three children. In 2012, he attended World Relief’s Families for Life training and was so moved by the message of healthy marriages that he appointed a new pastor over his church and moved to an unreached…
Read MoreEmpowering the Local Church in Mozambique: Mrs. Cristina’s Story
The local Church is the best hope for transformation in Mozambique, where communities face deep spiritual and physical poverty. Life expectancy is 52.29 years because of the prevalence of diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. 52 percent of the population lives on less than $2 per day. Environmental stressors like droughts and floods exacerbate these…
Read MoreEnding Poverty Means Ending Violence
“Without an end to the violence that plagues so many in slums, labor camps, brothels, villages, and neighborhoods, our work to end extreme poverty, stop senseless disease among children, and create sustainable economic solutions could erode and even altogether unravel.” –Stephan Bauman, President & CEO of World Relief As World Relief empowers the local Church…
Read MoreEmpowering Vulnerable Farmers in Turkana, Kenya
World Relief’s mission, “empowering the local church to serve the most vulnerable,” is multi-faceted because Jesus instructs his disciples to share the good news of the Kingdom and meet people’s physical needs (Matthew 10:7-8). For the most vulnerable in Kenya, there is great physical and spiritual poverty, and World Relief is responding.According to the USAID,…
Read MoreEmpowering Family Farmers in Haiti
Derivaux Lesson is a young entrepreneur from Gressier, Haiti. He has a wife and a seven year-old son. Before the tragic earthquake of January 2010, he used to provide public transportation as a source of income, which allowed him to buy his own car and build houses for his family. But when he lost everything…
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