Church World Service (CWS) - HQ
Faith-Based Disaster Recovery & Relief
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Donations, Financial/Monetary Donations
How to Help Financial support is critical in enabling us to respond immediately and effectively. Donations can be made online at cwsglobal.org/hurricanes-20...
Campaigns 10
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2020/2021 Pandemic, Coronavirus/COVID-19
https://cwsglobal.org/appeals/updated-emergency-appeal-coronavirus-response-fund/
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About this facility
- Mission
- Church World Service is people reaching out to neighbors in need near and far--not with a hand out, but a hand up. So, if you’re looking to help build a better world—a world were there’s enough for all—you’ve come to the right place!
We’re working with partners in the U.S. and around the world to build interfaith and intercultural coalitions to eradicate hunger and poverty and promote peace and justice. Together, we’re supporting sustainable grassroots development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance.
In the United States, we’re helping communities respond to disasters, we’re resettling refugees, we’re promoting fair national and international policies, we’re providing educational resources, and we’re inviting you and others to join a people-to-people network of local and global caring through participation in CROP Hunger Walks, the Blankets+ program, and the CWS Kits program.
Mission Statement
Christians working together with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice around the world.
Core Values Church World Service seeks to express all of these values locally and globally throughout its life and work: * Embodying the love of Jesus Christ
* Respecting all faiths and traditions
* Working with the most vulnerable
* Promoting the dignity and rights of all people
* Advocating a social, political and economic order based on peace and justice
* Working ecumenically
* Working in partnership
* Supporting the integrity of creation
* Being responsible stewards of resources - Service
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From the NYVOAD Member Directory:
Disaster Program
The Church World Service (CWS) Emergency Response Program assists disaster survivors through support of local faith-based partner organizations. CWS achieves this mission by helping the faith community play its special role in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response in the United States and around the world. One aspect of this mission is enabling its 36 member communions to collaborate in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. CWS encourages religious organizations to coordinate with others in the faith community so that when disaster strikes, those affected will receive efficiently the most effective assistance.
CWS trains and equips faith-based partners to mobilize resources for survivors of natural and human-caused disasters, as requested, through:
• community organizing for disaster recovery
• seed grants for developing recovery organizations
• pastoral care to support survivors and care-givers in the recovery process
• material resources such as blankets, clothing, basic health care supplies, school supplies, and household supplies
CWS Disaster Response & Recovery Liaisons work year-round in planning for and mitigating against disaster impact as well as in response and recovery. This year-round responsibility is carried out in liaison with the inter-religious community, the American Red Cross, State and Federal Emergency Management Agencies and VOAD's.