On Wednesday, October 8, 2014, World Renew hosted a lively Q&A at www.facebook.com/worldrenew. Mary Crickmore, World Renew West Africa Team Leader, and Wayne de Jong, Director of World Renew Disaster Response & Rehabilitation, answered your questions about the Ebola Crisis.
This summer we decided to take the 9-hour drive to Xieng
(CANADA) What do river rafting, mountain biking, and Honduran water filters have in common? They were all part of the first ever “Re: Activate” youth convention in Abbotsford, British Columbia.
(CAMBODIA) The Khmer Rouge regime oversaw the murder of millions of Cambodians. Stories of loss and survival are common. Many who survived the Pol Pot regime live with memories of watching loved ones arrested, killed, or starved to death. In response to the mental health issues experienced in all 85 of the communities in which World Renew Cambodia is working, we are collaborating with Cambodian psychologists from the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) to offer training in ways to help people who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental illnesses.
Northern Iraq has been besieged by violent conflict as a
In Liberia, CHAL is training community health workers in the
Visiting these displaced families in Erbil Iraq was a heart
Rural population growth in Africa has resulted in smaller and smaller landholdings. Farmers in many areas of Tanzania are no longer able leave their fields fallow for several years, as they did in the past, to restore the soil’s fertility after a few years of growing crops.
(UGANDA) World Renew and PAG-Kaberamaido are piloting a conservation farming project among 150 farmers as a way of addressing persistent household insecurity caused by changing weather and deteriorating soil fertility. One of the families benefiting from this pilot project is headed by 44-year-old Jennifer Otija, a mother of four and a farmer who is reaping her harvest with a smile. This is her story.
HONDURAS - In the South of Honduras there is extreme poverty and food insecurity. Undernourishment is the result of these circumstances, especially in children under the age of five.