Kenya Update: On the Horizon of Hope in Turkana
By Christina KlinepeterWorld Relief VP of Marketing With millions of people on the brink of starvation, Africa is facing the largest food crisis since 1945. While antecedents to the people’s hunger vary based on their specific context and location, one of the contributing factors to the hunger in Kenya’s northern part of Turkana county has…
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Thank God for Women is a blog series rooted in gratitude for the strength, courage, and incredible capacity women demonstrate. No one in their right mind would apply for a job that had no vacations, no pay, and a workload that more than doubles around the holidays—especially a holiday in your honor. More than any other…
Read MoreTransforming Lives and Communities Through the Local Church
For years governments and humanitarian organizations have poured money and effort into global aid. With the state of our world today, it’s no wonder people ask, “What has this accomplished? Is there a better way?” Over seven decades, World Relief has operated in more than 110 countries alongside governments and other humanitarian organizations. Over these…
Read MoreAgents of Peace Amid Despair
by Maggie KonstanskiWorld Relief Middle East Programs Technical and Operations Coordinator Last month, I stood in Iraq while looking out over Syria. My heart was heavy. New challenges emerged by the hour and all of our efforts felt insufficient when compared to the immense and ever-growing needs. As I stood in one land and looked…
Read MoreWhen God Makes All things New
For Christians around the world, Easter is a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection and the promise that God is making all things new. World Relief’s mission to empower the church to stand with the vulnerable flows directly from the belief that God can change people’s lives physically, emotionally and spiritually, and that God can also change…
Read MoreEvangelical Humanitarian Organization World Relief Issues Statement in Response to US Airstrikes in Syria
“World Relief condemns the use of chemical weapons of any kind and in any situation. We are heartbroken for the Syrian people. Our focus remains the same today as it has been, to serve the most vulnerable in the region, including refugees and those internally displaced by the Syrian civil war.” -Scott Arbeiter, World Relief President
Read MoreWorld Relief Responds to Blog Published By The Times Of Israel
World Relief CEO Tim Breene responds to an inaccurate blog posted on the website of The Times of Israel
Read MoreTurkana North, Kenya: One of the Worst Humanitarian Disaster You’ve Never Heard About
From Turkana County, Kenya—a remote and often forgotten region of Eastern Africa near the border of Ethiopia—CEO of World Relief, Tim Breene, has spent the last week meeting with local churches, pastors, government officials, and World Relief humanitarian workers to personally assess the dire situation on the ground.
Read MoreWorld Relief Statement on the International Affairs Budget
At a time of growing international humanitarian crises, it is important now more than ever, for the U.S. to continue its moral leadership in caring for the most vulnerable.
The Oven of the World — Food Crisis in Turkana North
It is hard to imagine a more isolated, inaccessible or hostile terrain than Turkana North, right up on the Kenyan border with Ethiopia, where World Relief is the only international NGOs to have a permanent presence in many parts of the region. “The oven of the world—even the stones on the ground are blackened by…
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