Posts Tagged ‘World Relief’
Desperate People – We Go Fix It?
Tina O’Kelley, World Relief Communications, serving in Haiti Christians help people, right? It is our privilege to step in when there is a need and respond with compassion and our abundant resources. Desperate people – we go fix it. Isn’t that what Jesus called us to do? Here is a story that might end differently…
Read MoreRefugees in Indonesia: Ministry of Presence
By Mikey and Jeana Master, Church Engagement Coordinators for World Relief Indonesia Stepping out the door of the detention center, into the courtyard shared by the asylees’ rooms, we were greeted by twenty faces waiting to see ours. Twenty men: all with different stories, all from broken places, all carrying disappointment. Literally trapped between the…
Read MoreSuffering and Celebrating Together: MOD 2012
by Meg Lavery, Volunteer Mobilization Coordinator for World Relief DuPage In 2010, jeggings made their triumphant debut, South Africa hosted the World Cup, and Haiti was devastated by a 7.0 earthquake. 2010 was also the year I went to my first Mission on Your Doorstep Conference in West Chicago, IL- most likely wearing jeggings. There I…
Read MoreQuotes from The Justice Conference 2012
By Isaac Barnes, Marketing and Communications Manager at World Relief It’s been two weeks since the Justice Conference, and I am still processing the many moments of clarity and insight that I experience along with 4,000 other people. The breadth and depth of the speakers and facilitators brought a profound life and expression to the…
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day
By Larissa Peters, Asia Church Engagement Specialist at World Relief We don’t celebrate International Women’s Day in the United States, but my World Relief co-workers in Cambodia have a day off as the government has declared it a national holiday – a well-deserved one in my opinion. A little over a week ago, I attended…
Read MoreWorld Relief Responds: Typhoon Sendong
From midnight on December 17, 2011 to dawn the next day, Typhoon Sendong swept through northern Mindanao in the Philippines. The resulting flash floods claimed more than 1,000 lives and left over 51,000 displaced persons regrouping in temporary evacuation centers. Most of these centers are in the city of Cagayan de Oro where World Relief…
Read MoreHaiti Now: This Feels Like Progress
Driving through Port-au-Prince after the earthquake on January 12, meant seeing every version of brokenness imaginable; collapsed buildings, flattened cars, and streams of people ready to tell their stories of loss. World Relief Haiti with its staff of over 40 national employees did not escape the trauma. Befriending the staff meant entering into their stories. …
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day 2011
Kandal Province, Cambodia: A sea of matching white hats filled the tent in Kohtaom District early this morning. More than 200 secondary school students dominated the crowd, and were joined by government officials, religious leaders, police, medical personnel and NGO representatives. They had gathered together to demonstrate the same message printed clearly on their red-ribbon…
Read MoreM. Chey – A Story of Transformation
M. Chey has witnessed Cambodia’s many changes over the past few decades, and his own story of transformation is a powerful witness to what the Lord can do with a committed life. As a young man, Chey says that Buddhist teachings showed him he was a sinner, but even though he prayed to the gods…
Read MoreNomadic Kenyans suffering from drought, famine
By Gabe LaMonica, CNN (CNN)–World Relief, a Christian evangelical aid organization, is collaborating with Kenyan churches and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stem the tide of acute malnutrition across the northern region of Kenya called Turkana. Famine today “is rarely mentioned anymore,” said Don Golden, a senior vice president for World Relief based out of Baltimore.…
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