Category: Africa

Where All Creation Flourishes

6/23/2022

highlights from the World Council of Churches Central Committee, June 2022

Vy Nguyen, Ana Maria Melilla de Medio, Terri Hord Owens, Paul Tche, Nathan Day Wilson

“Joyful to share the work of the church with these Disciples leaders as part of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.” With one sentence and a photo from the General Minister and President, the whole Disciples church came into the room in Geneva, Switzerland, joining global ecumenical partners for a week-long conversation and discernment about the church’s direction and faithful witness in turbulent times.

The Work Of Our Hands: Responding to Compound Crises in South Sudan

10/5/2021

Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands--
O prosper the work of our hands! ~Psalm 90:16-17

In South Sudan, a major protracted humanitarian crisis is unfolding, with nearly 70% of the population in need of urgent assistance. Tens of thousands of people are living in famine-like conditions and malnutrition is at critical levels, while more than 7 million are food insecure.

Hope In Hard Places

12/3/2019

Photo: CWS Japan: Moriya, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, was severely impacted by the typhoon. This window captures the light and color still present in hardship

In the dark winter months, Advent is a season of hope. As people of faith, we seek light and life in that darkness, trusting that God is giving shape to new life even when we can’t yet see it. We are also called to actively embody that hope. As the Church, we offer hope to others who are living through dark times. The work that you support through Week of Compassion reflects the hope, peace, joy and love of this season in tangible ways. Here are just a few of the places that hope travels through some of our recent responses.

Mozambique Emergency Response Update

10/1/2019

Mr and Mrs Mauguese in front of their shelter in Muchambonha village, Manica Province of Mozambique. Photo: LWF

Francisco Thuboy Mauguese is a farmer who lives with his wife and six children in Muchambonha village. He is one of the residents in Manica Province, Western Mozambique, who received help from Week of Compassion through our ACT Alliance partner after cyclone Idai. His family had been hard-hit by the storm: their harvest of sorghum, ground nuts and corn was completely destroyed, and all their livestock were swept away by the floods.

Cyclone Idai devastated Mozambique and the surrounding area in March of this year. The intense tropical storm left more than 1,200 dead, and hundreds of thousands displaced.

Response To Crisis In Lake Chad Basin

8/20/2019

The Lake Chad Basin area-- which includes parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon-- is facing one of the most severe humanitarian crises of our time. Already impoverished, the region has been struggling under the negative impact that shifting climate has on living conditions and livelihoods. In addition to the environmental factors that make life challenging, escalating violence in the area has reached a tipping point. To date, at least 2.5 million people in the region have been displaced because of protracted conflict.

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