CONTACT: media@cwsglobal.org Greenbelt, MD –This morning the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland heard arguments in the case filed by CWS, HIAS and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee...
Marvin Pannell You may have heard about CWS and the ACT Alliance before. ACT is a coalition of churches and faith-based organizations that work in countries all over the world. It’s a platform for...
Our team in Jakarta, Indonesia, is on a mission to protect urban refugees through empowerment (which is why our program is named PURE). Protection often starts with making sure that refugees and...
Taufiq and his family know all too well how devastating an earthquake can be. A series of earthquakes struck his village in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, last year. “I was inside the house with my...
Ten years ago, 17-year-old Farah’s home in Mogadishu, Somalia, was burned down. Farah and her family were still inside. Farah was the only survivor. She was severely burned and spent a long time in...
It’s dark inside Fatima’s apartment in Cairo. She always keeps the shutters and doors closed, and everything is always locked. It’s for security that her apartment resembles a fortress. But it’s not...
Abdulaziz Ibrahim has been through hell. You wouldn’t know it by talking to this gentle 18-year-old. When members of our team visited him at his home in Cairo a few weeks ago, he was quick to offer a...
Nazif Abubakar is the youngest program coordinator on staff at St. Andrew’s Refugee Services, CWS’s local partner in Cairo. A refugee from Nigeria, Nazif graduated from the Adult Education Program...
Appeal code: 642XAppeal amount: $500,000 SITUATION Kenya’s rainy season is from October through December. While the rains can improve pasture conditions in arid or semi-arid regions and recharge...
Church World Service Praises Introduction of Refugee Protection Act CWS urges all Members of Congress to cosponsor this legislation, protect refugees and asylum seekers. Washington, D.C. – Church...