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Choosing Life in Rwanda
In October 2012, one of our Church Partners, Bethany Community Church in Washington State worked with World Relief and the local church in Rwanda to organize a community event. This event called “Choose Life” used songs, sketches, poems, dramas and soccer games to teach youth about HIV prevention. One of the Rwandan youth attending shares…
Read MoreFor the first time…
By Emily Roenigk, intern with World Relief in Baltimore, shares her new perspective: Last year, I could have counted on one hand the number of times I had thought about the concept of global justice. I had never looked beyond my own privileges to desire restoration for a world that is broken in ways I…
Read MoreA New Hope for Elube
In the Mzimba District in Malawi, the local church is making a difference in its communities. One member, Elube Makwakwa, is part of the St. Joseph Support Group for those living with HIV/AIDS. In January, she lost her 45 year old son and is now taking care of her grandchildren. She has faced many…
Read MoreThe same Gospel story
Each summer, US Church Partners take summer ministry trips to Cambodia. Taylor Strickland from Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, TN, a long time Church Partner with World Relief, shares a bit about her experience: On the sixth day of our time in Phnom Penh, I and another member were able to go on a field…
Read MoreTogether we can stop HIV
Debbie Dortzbach is Senior Health Advisor at World Relief and has spent 16 years with us. Here she shares how it’s possible to achieve the unbelievable:In the next 1,000 days we can stop HIV from infecting babies—worldwide! Unbelievable. This is the goal set by a task force from UNAIDS and the United States Office of …
Read More“Mama Claudia”
For over 6 years, Claudia has been volunteering with World Relief in the Tri-Cities area in Washington. She mentors refugees from Burma, Columbia and Somalia. Many of the younger refugees who have lost their own mothers or may never see them again know call her “Mama Claudia.”Here, Claudia shares why she has chosen to stand…
Read MoreThe DR Congo in May – “We pray and carry on”
Jesse Thornburg, World Relief Volunteer in the DRC, tells the story of DRC’s most recent uprising: For eastern DR Congo, this has been a scary and puzzling week. The new leader of the M23 rebels, Sultani Makenga, has for the past month been openly threatening via radio to attack the city of Goma, but no…
Read MoreRiding (& driving) for the vulnerable
Park Street Church is a Church Partner with World Relief and is raising funds by riding 500 miles from Baltimore to Boston. Stephanie Coleman, member of Park Street Church, shares why she is passionate about Papua: On May 25, fourteen cyclists will jump on their bikes to pedal 500 miles over the course of one…
Read MoreUnited As One Body: The Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action
Gabriel and Vanesa Dávila-Luciano, a dynamic brother-sister music duo called Dexios, joined World Relief and other organizations on April 17 for the Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action. Here, Vanesa shares her reflections on the day: On April 17th, our music ministry, Dèxios was part of the Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action in Washington,…
Read MoreCelebrate Mom with a Gift of Hope
World Relief celebrates mothers around the world who daily rise to the challenge of raising healthy children and changing their families. This Mother’s Day, why not celebrate your mom by giving her a gift in honor of these incredible women? Giving a gift from World Relief’s Catalog of Hope will empower moms in places like…
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