The following story was relayed by one of our fieldworkers, Jane Gunningham, who is currently serving in South Sudan. Marco and his wife live in a recent “housing development” near Kuajok, South Sudan, for returnees from Sudan. The first time he met our staff, he told us that his dream is to have the car that drives in the field… Continue Reading »
Crisis is brewing in the Sahel
There’s a crisis brewing in the Sahel – a swath of dry land that cuts through Central Africa. The people who live in the Sahel are familiar with crisis. They ...
5 Ways to Fundraise for Your Cause
Whether you’re passionate about bringing clean water to thirsty African villages, or want to ensure children living in poverty get an education for a better future, personal fundraising is a trend that enables you to make a bigger impact. It’s pretty simple: Ask friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances to donate to your cause. You can do this by dedicating your… Continue Reading »
Crisis is brewing in the Sahel
There’s a crisis brewing in the Sahel – a swath of dry land that cuts through Central Africa. The people who live in the Sahel are familiar with crisis. They face ongoing challenges – armed conflicts, drought, poverty and lack of resources. It rarely rains in parts of the Sahel. Nevertheless, entire populations are dependent on rain-fed crops for survival…. Continue Reading »
Baby Adey’s Story of Survival
Baby Adey’s mother must have felt desperate as she lay sick and bedridden in her home in Garissa—an area of Northeastern Kenya badly affected by the Horn of Africa drought. But as a mother, her own illness was surely not as frightening as her child’s. Our health workers in Garissa—where one in three infants is underweight—discovered Adey and her mother… Continue Reading »
Feeling led to help protect the vulnerable? Here are some ways to get involved
World Concern helps protect children and empower people living in poverty to improve their lives, and protect themselves from becoming victims of injustice. If you’ve been feeling led to help the poor and oppressed, here are some simple ways you can take action. Help transform a village in South Sudan by providing education, job skills, food security, clean water and… Continue Reading »
KONY 2012 — One piece of the poverty-injustice puzzle
The viral KONY 2012 awareness campaign around Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is succeeding in breaking through apathy and engaging people with the atrocities taking place in South Sudan, Congo and Uganda. For that I am very grateful. It misses the nuances of the issue, but it still brings light to this injustice. I see the effects… Continue Reading »
Horn of Africa crisis is far from over
World Concern is expanding its drought response in the Horn of Africa into several new communities near the Kenya-Somalia border, reaching a larger number of displaced, hungry families and refugees who often travel through or settle in these towns. We’re providing vouchers for emergency food, supplies and access to water through repaired wells, rehabilitated water pans and construction of rainwater… Continue Reading »
Why we go to the remote corners of the planet
Sometimes we get asked, “Why do you help people in other countries instead of the poor right here at home in the U.S.?” Good question and one I think is worth answering. Every nonprofit has a mission – a calling they aim to fulfill through their work. There are more than a million nonprofits based in the U.S. Many help… Continue Reading »
From one scarred hand to another
This week we received a donation of $60. While that might not seem worthy of its own blog post, it is. Trust me. The check was sent by Kim Kargbo, the director of Women of Hope International, a fellow Christian nonprofit that helps women with disabilities in Sierra Leone improve their lives. I called Kim to learn why another humanitarian… Continue Reading »
Witnessing the transformation two years after the Haiti earthquake
Loueze Berlien proudly shows visitors around her one-room 12-by-12-foot transitional shelter she received from World Concern. It’s simple, she admits, but it’s much safer and far more comfortable than the tent on her cousin’s property she’s been living in since the earthquake. She was pregnant when the earthquake destroyed her house. She escaped with only minor injuries from falling debris,… Continue Reading »
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World Concern is a Christian humanitarian organization working to lift people out of poverty thru disaster response and community development. As an organization, we strive to be transparent and effective in how we help, this blog is a lens into our work.