Stand in the Gap!
The World Renew 2017-2018 Gift Catalogue is a way to
Cleaning Up Ella’s Home in Port Arthur, Texas
Ella later heard from her neighbors that other homes in
Finding a Way to Stay in the Village
In Cambodia, the pull is strong for people to migrate from their rural communities to cities like Phnom Penh, and neighboring countries like Thailand, where jobs are available with a steady wage. Unable to earn a living wage in their communities, men and women leave their families to survive.
After Hurricane Irma
“We don’t have initial damage estimates yet but we know
Small Scale Farmers Find Farming Profitable at Long Last
Niassa province in northeast Mozambique in particular has the ideal
Talking about the Realities of Child Marriage in Malawi
In Malawi, one in two girls marry by the time they reach 18 years old and 9% marry before the age of 15. Malawi has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This is not surprising because poverty is cited as one of the biggest contributing factors to child marriage and Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries. In April of this year, the Malawian constitution was amended to raise the legal age of marriage with parental consent from 15 to 18 years old. This is a huge first step to ending child marriage. But there is a lot more work to translate this law into reality in the villages.
Whose Story is Being Changed?
You’ve probably seen World Renew use the phrase “Changing the Story” to describe their mission. In the field, we think of this primarily as changing the story of the most poor and vulnerable, those that need a helping hand to move from sheer existence into safety, security, and resilience.
Perma-Gardens
My colleague Faye and I were visiting the homes of
Happy, Healthy, and Dressed in Pink
Dayana Arely is two years old, and standing proudly to
World Renew Responds to Devastating Storms
Hurricane Irma left a trail of destruction in its wake as it barreled through the Caribbean and made landfall in Florida. Photos from the islands of St. Martin and Barbuda testify to the sheer force of this storm.