Hope at Work in a Community

Hope at Work in a Community By: Kohima Daring COVID-19 has presented many challenges, but it has offered opportunities for creativity and growth. Through one of World Renew’s partners in Bangladesh, the members of the Ku-Chalsan Federation have received trainings—including leadership, literacy, health, and income-generating activities. The members of the federation took what

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Hope at Work in a Community

Hope at Work in a Community By: Kohima Daring COVID-19 has presented many challenges, but it has offered opportunities for creativity and growth. Through one of World Renew’s partners in Bangladesh, the members of the Ku-Chalsan Federation have received trainings—including leadership, literacy, health, and income-generating activities. The members of the federation took what

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God’s unexpected blessings

God’s unexpected blessings “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 In answering God’s call for justice and mercy, World Renew has often seen God step in and gently direct us along a different path than the one we originally intended. This

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Loving our Neighbor: A Net Zero Lent Challenge

Loving our Neighbor: A Net Zero Lent Challenge Most of us in the West are largely cushioned from the worst effects of climate change for the immediate future. But the most recent IPCC report states that our planet is warming at a rate faster than anything we’ve experienced in the last

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It only takes a spark of hope to transform a life

It only takes a spark of hope to transform a life Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. – Romans 12:12 While vaccine rollouts earlier in 2021 delivered the hope that the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic could be behind us, as the end of the

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From Ruin to Restoration

From Ruin to Restoration The realities a disaster leaves families and communities with are daunting. Not being prepared to experience a disaster, life quickly changes not only after the terror of disaster like Hurricane Florence, but in the destruction that follows. Hurricane Florence swept through North Carolina in 2018 and damaged

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A Haitian Earthquake Survivor’s Joy

A Haitian Earthquake Survivor’s Joy Evens Desir, 30, lives in Gorgette in the region of Grand’Anse in Haiti with his mother, Elanie Clerge, 62, and his sister Josephie, 7. The family makes and sells bread for a living. Grand’Anse was hit hard by the earthquake that rocked Haiti on August 14th.

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Climate Change Advocacy at the Community Level

Climate Change Advocacy at the Community Level With the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, a future of increasingly extreme weather appears to be a reality. And it is in communities that can least afford mitigation where the burden of climate change will fall the

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The Difference Good Nutrition Makes

The Difference Good Nutrition Makes Five years of punishing drought and excessive rain have left millions across Central America’s “dry corridor” food insecure. They’re hungry and scared and COVID-19 is making their suffering worse. Vilma Lezama feels these burdens keenly. A preventative health volunteer for World Renew’s local partner, and

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