May 17, 2012
- Due to increasing military operations against militants in tribal regions and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (northern Pakistan), residents have begun evacuating to safer regions. The city of Peshawar and its surrounding areas as well as Jalozai camp in Nowshera are the primary destinations for these displaced people.
May 14, 2012
- Not many people can claim to have resettled thousands upon thousands of refugees to their hometown - but Sheila McGeehan can. Since she began her work with the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program (CWS/IRP) 25 years ago, she has introduced refugees from all around the world to Lancaster, Pa. - the "tranquil, prosperous, safe, pretty" city she loves.
May 9, 2012
- Unusually low rainfall has devastated food crops across the Sahel, a vast African region south of the Sahara desert. An estimated 15.5 million people are now affected by food insecurity in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, the Gambia, Mauritania and Senegal. As conditions continue to deteriorate, more than 1 million children under the age of 5 are expected to experience severe malnutrition in the Sahel this year, according to UNICEF.
May 2, 2012
- The Rev. John L. McCullough, executive director and chief executive officer of Church World Service, was honored Tuesday evening (May 1) by the United Methodist Church for outstanding global ecumenical leadership.
April 26, 2012
- On May 1 and 2, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time, the Emergency Response Specialists from Church World Service will present a series of free webinars covering the basics of disaster long term recovery. Each webinar session will be 60 to 75 minutes long, with a 15-minute break between sessions.