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Changing the Reality in Haiti
By Jean-Baptiste Francois, Agriculture Manager, World Relief Haiti When I was a child, I had the opportunity to live in the rural area of Haiti with my uncle for two months every year during school vacations. For two decades, I saw my uncle always laboring the soil with a rake, pickaxe, hoe, and a cow…
Read MoreFollowing the Flood – Part 2
Paul Erickson continues his account of his journey through Gaza Province, Mozambique. To see more pictures, click here.It will take months and months for everyone to establish their normal lives again, if at all. But this will be unlikely if they don’t receive food and potable water and electricity soon. Those who stayed behind or…
Read MoreFollowing the Flood – Part 1
Thank you to Paul Erickson for this firsthand account and these pictures as he travels through the flood-affected areas in Mozambique. Saturday 26 January, 2013, Southern Gaza Province, Mozambique Just outside Chokwe, the road parallels an as yet swollen irrigation canal and Maposse comments that when he had last passed here, fleeing the rising flood waters,…
Read MoreSo Much Happening in Twenty-Thirteen…
by Larissa Peters, World Relief Communications Liaison I don’t know about you, but I have an especially good feeling about 2013. I admit, I keep a journal, and on the first of every year, I wonder what will fill its pages. The same is true in managing this blog – what will be the stories,…
Read MoreTransformation through Savings for Life™
In June, Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis, TN took a Vision Trip with World Relief to Mozambique and Malawi. One team member, Cory Brown, an attorney at Rainey, Kizer Reviere & Bell, PLC reflects on his trip: Our small team traveled to Malawi to explore a potential partnership with World Relief. On our second day…
Read MoreRecycling to Beauty: Un/Plastic Project
Ibu Aci is an Indonesian woman who is part of World Relief”s up-cycling program in Indonesia. This program, The Un/Plastic Project, teaches women to turn their plastic waste into beautiful products and income.Here in her own words, she shares how she gained confidence and pride in her work: Fifty percent of Indonesia’s population lives on…
Read MoreA Heart of Acceptance
One widow’s story exemplifies the transformative results of World Relief’s work through the local church in Malawi. Chrissy shares how she not only came to accept her HIV positive status but is now helping others do the same. My name is Chrissy Ng’ombe. I am 38 years old, mother of 5 children and a widow…
Read MoreThe Sounds of Cambodia
This summer, Caroline Macon, served in Cambodia on Bent Tree Bible Fellowship’s summer team. They and other US Church Partner teams taught English and photography to local staff, helping tell the story of the work of the church and World Relief in Cambodia. During my first car ride in Cambodia, from the airport to a…
Read MoreRIDE/365
We are a 1 1/2 weeks away from the start of RIDE/365. The team has been training daily for the last six months, with their recent 45 mile bike ride taking them through scenic northern Baltimore County. Kris Bailey is part of the crew and heads up Women Who Stand/Baltimore. She visited Cambodia last January…
Read MorePreventing, Not Just Treating, HIV/AIDS Must Be Our Priority
by Joanna Mayhew “The cusp of the end of AIDS.” That was theme echoed repeatedly at the International AIDS Conference last week in Washington, DC. The enthusiasm was palpable. The 23,767 participants from 183 countries represented the best minds addressing the epidemic around the world. Optimism abounded regarding the new era of using “treatment as…
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