Back in Honduras
What a pleasure to say that we are once again
World Renew Responds to the Persecution of Minorities in Iraq
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in northern Iraq, where minority groups are facing potential genocide. More than 1.2 million people have been displaced since January, including an estimated 650,000 people when the northern city of Mosul was seized by Islamic State fighters in June. This is just one of several violent conflicts going on in our world today. As in Gaza, Nigeria, South Sudan, the Ukraine, and the Central African Republic, World Renew is responding to the urgent needs of people affected by this escalating conflict.
World Renew Reaching Out to the Displaced in Ukraine
When a small group of university students began protesting a sudden move by Ukraine’s government away from an association agreement with the European Union and towards a closer relationship with Russia last November, nobody thought that the protests would swell to the hundreds of thousands, that in three months the government would collapse after a bloody crackdown that killed over 100 protestors, that Russia would covertly invade and annex the Crimean Peninsula, or that today Ukraine and Russia would be engaged in a bloody conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
On Working With Partners
(SENEGAL) Last month, with my colleagues Jatu and Ndeye and my daughter Djessou, I visited a potential new partner organization in Salemata in Eastern Senegal. Since the 1990s, World Renew has worked through partner organizations in most areas where we are present, with the exception of those places where that is not (yet) feasible. Examples of exceptions are South-Sudan and other (post-)conflict situations.
Cause for a Real Celebration
Many of the women wore dresses made from state-issued “jubilee
Who Told You That We are Poor?
(SOUTHERN AFRICA) I have always enjoyed biking around the city of Lilongwe on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. It is a great way to discover the nooks and crannies of this interesting but somewhat puzzling city that we now call home.
World Renew Responds to Burlington, Ontario Floods
World Renew Disaster Response Services (DRS) is responding to this past
World Renew Responds to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
The Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Margaret Chan, and Presidents
How to Best Help the Children at the U.S.- Mexico Border
The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.- Mexico border calls out for a response of justice and mercy from those who serve Christ—not only for the 52,000 children who are already in U.S. federal detention, but also among communities in Latin America.
An African Community Says, “Thank You!”
Back in April, in the African Brotherhood Church of Ngaamba, Kenya,