Kevin is normally a calm unruffled man, but he spent a terrifying night riding out Hurricane Harvey in his boat in his garage. He heard a banging on the garage throughout the night. In the morning, he realized it was his truck floating in his yard, knocking against the garage. Almost everything in his house and garage was ruined by water.
The Canadian Government has approved its support of a $1 million joint response to the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh through Canadian Foodgrains Bank, led by World Renew and Emergency Relief and Development Overseas (ERDO).
Since April, World Renew has been responding to hunger caused
It didn’t take long for me to get immersed in the magnitude of the Rohingya refugee crisis. The day after being welcomed by the World Renew Bangladesh staff in Dhaka, I flew down to Cox’s Bazar with two other World Renew staff and three Tearfund staff to see the needs firsthand. We almost didn’t make it due to the thick cloud cover. Unable to see the runway, the pilot decided to land in the nearby city of Chittagong where we had to wait out the bad weather. As we waited to leave again, I could only imagine all of the Rohingya people living in makeshift camps in such rainy conditions.
Extreme violence against the Rohingya people is tearing families apart.
This project, begun in 2015, introduces girls to peer mentors,
Eighty-five percent of the residents in Port Arthur, Texas, were left with severe damage to their homes after Hurricane Harvey.
Another school year has begun—can you believe it? You may have seen (or even taken) photographs of children setting off on their first day of the year—sometimes eagerly, sometimes not so much. I recall moments like these well from my years as an educator and as a parent of school-aged children. I still find myself hoping and praying that schools will continue to give young people plenty of opportunities to learn about God’s world and to use their God-given creativity, abilities, and potential to make a real and important difference.
World Renew is helping families overcome poverty through Free A Family® programs. The Mansaray family in Seduya, Sierra Leone continues to make progress in their journey towards a healthier and more financially stable future.
Yum, vegetables!! This isn’t something you commonly hear in Honduras. Rice, beans, cheese and tortillas are much more appreciated – and of course, when available, meat is king.