Situation Since making landfall on Sunday, Hurricane Fiona has led to heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. In Puerto Rico,...
September 1, 2022 Appeal Code: 7104 Situation Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan have led to severe flooding and massive destruction throughout the country. The rains, which began in June, have...
Right now, 49 million people are at risk of falling into famine. In the next three months, life-threatening hunger is likely to expand for families in 20 hot spots around the world. The current...
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger, The undersigned civil society organizations write to express our grave concern regarding the amendments...
Introduction As an organization rooted in faith, Church World Service (CWS) believes that all people deserve to lead lives of dignity, wherever we find ourselves. In the context of climate change, we...
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McCarthy, Minority Leader McConnell, Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Vice Chairman Shelby, and Ranking Member Granger: As...
Appeal Code: 6642 Situation Russia launched an unprovoked attack on the sovereign neighboring nation of Ukraine on February 24. In the two months since, more than 11 million Ukrainians have fled...
Updated Situation Report: Russian Invasion of Ukraine March 30, 2022 This is an update to the March 1 announcement of the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund. SITUATION Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led...
Appeal Code: 6773 This serves as an update to the Preliminary Emergency Appeal, issued on August 20. Situation A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, August 14. This disaster...
Context On August 14 2021 a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck south-western Haiti affecting at least 800,000 people and resulting in 2,200 deaths and more than 12,700 injured. The commune of...