Ron Willett Named Director of World Renew Disaster Response Services
Today, Ronald Willett begins his tasks as director of Disaster Response
Update: Disaster Response in Nebraska, Iowa, and Florida
World Renew Disaster Response Services (DRS) is focusing its response to several disasters this week after tornadoes and severe storms hit neighborhoods in a half-dozen U.S. states during the week of June 9, 2014.
World Renew DRS Active in Late-Spring Storm Response
After heavy storms, tornadoes, and flooding in several areas of the U.S. last week, World Renew Disaster Response Services (DRS) is deploying volunteers to address early response needs among those who were most affected.
A Messed Up World, and Doubts About Renewal
I have an old friend, let’s call him Kevin, a nominal Christian; he goes to church for weddings, funerals, Christmas morning, and maybe once in a blue moon. He and his wife are skeptics and suspicious of churches, but they admire and respect regular Christian ethics.
House #81, Street 456
(CAMBODIA) I am telling myself this was an exceptional quarter, with the Regional Assembly and rare visits. But who knows. Maybe this is just life at House #81, Street 456, and we’d better get used to it. Here are some of the highlights from the last three months.
Case Manager Helps After High River Flood
Linda Clarke of High River, Alberta, is a disaster survivor.
Preventing Human Trafficking
(LAOS) Last year, a group of 27 young people from Pho village were tricked into working in a sugarcane plantation in Thailand. Everyone was caught by surprise: the village leaders, World Renew staff, and district social welfare officials. It is first time we’ve heard of a major human trafficking incident in one of our target villages.
Education + Chickens = Transformation
Tanzania is a largely rural country, with approximately 80% of the workforce engaged in agriculture. However, there is a strong current of migration into towns and cities where people seek greater perceived opportunities.
Final Farewell
In April I had the privilege of visiting Hyde County,
Freedom from Opium: Changes Gender Relationships
(ASIA) One of the scourges that keeps people poor everywhere in the world is addiction to drugs.