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Pacific Tsunami and Indonesian Quake Appeal
Friday, 2 October 2009, 3:50 pm | Christian World Service
CWS is appealing for funds to assist with long term support and reconstruction plans in American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga after the devastation of Wednesday’s 8.3 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. At the same time CWS is asking for donations to ... More >>
Christian World Service launches flood appeal
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 9:46 am | Christian World Service
Christian World Service PO Box 22652 Christchurch Ph: 03 366 9274 media@cws.org.nz www.cws.org.nz More >>
Agency urges support for Pacific climate refugees
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 5:11 pm | Christian World Service
New Zealand aid agency Christian World Service is calling on New Zealanders to support a strongly-worded petition from the Pacific that lays out bluntly the effects of climate change on Pacific people. More >>
French government decision unfair
Monday, 29 June 2009, 4:26 pm | Christian World Service
Former workers and widows of Morurua workers failed in their bid for compensation from the effects of nuclear testing from the French government. The industrial relations tribunal in Papeete found against the eight cases, although one family has received ... More >>
Plea to NZers to help Pakistani women in crisis
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 5:22 pm | Christian World Service
A Pakistani aid worker is pleading for New Zealanders to help women forced from their homes and living in fear. Shama Mall, of aid agency Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan, which provides aid for the most vulnerable people in camps for internally displaced, ... More >>
NZ Govt Urged To Support Sri Lanka Resolution
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 2:01 pm | Christian World Service
New Zealand-based overseas aid agency Christian World Service has called on the government to pressure its Sri Lankan counterparts to negotiate an end to the quarter century conflict. More >>
CWS launches appeal for Sri Lanka
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 5:12 pm | Christian World Service
Christian World Service is calling for support for local organisations working to meet the immediate needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The priority is to provide food, shelter and medical care to those in transit camps. More >>
NZ overseas aid agency welcomes Clark appointment
Friday, 27 March 2009, 10:02 am | Christian World Service
Helen Clark’s appointment as head of the UN Development Programme recognises her strong commitment to overseas development, says Christian World Service. “Her government undertook seriously the question of how we administer our overseas aid by establishing ... More >>
Sri Lankan joins Cantabrians for Earth Hour
Friday, 27 March 2009, 9:21 am | Christian World Service
An international commentator on poverty and the environment will be at Earth Hour in Cathedral Square joining calls to reduce pressure on the planet. More >>
Maintain overseas aid budget says agency
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 2:37 pm | Christian World Service
In tough economic times, the New Zealand government must keep up its commitment to the world’s poorest, says New Zealand overseas aid agency Christian World Service (CWS). More >>
Former UN staffer home to lead NZ aid agency
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 2:39 pm | Christian World Service
A former UN staff member who has come home to head New Zealand aid agency Christian World Service (CWS) says New Zealand must maintain levels of overseas aid now more than ever. More >>
Poor state of Earth focus of South Island journey
Monday, 2 February 2009, 3:20 pm | Christian World Service
South Islanders will march from Bluff to Picton in a journey to wake the nation to the world’s dire environmental plight. Church leaders have organised the 945km journey up State Highway 1 during the Christian season of Lent to highlight the dangers ... More >>
Israeli Missiles destroy Gaza Health Care Centre
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 10:04 am | Christian World Service
The Health Care Centre providing desperately needed primary health care and part of a programme funded by Christian World Service was destroyed by Israeli missile fire over the weekend. More >>
NZ Church Leaders’ statement on Gaza
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 5:28 pm | Christian World Service
The leaders of New Zealand churches are deeply concerned about the dire situation in Gaza and support the call for an immediate ceasefire in the region More >>
CWS urges NZ Govt to uphold humanitarian law
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 5:02 pm | Christian World Service
Disturbed by continued reports of extreme suffering in Gaza, Christian World Service believes that it is high time the NZ government lent its support to international calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. More >>
CWS partners need urgent help in Gaza
Tuesday, 30 December 2008, 6:17 pm | Christian World Service
CWS is launching an appeal to assist the DSPR health programme as it struggles to cope with emergency cases at its clinics. More >>
Human Rights Abuses hit home for NZ Zimbabwean
Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 10:56 am | Christian World Service
The abduction of another leading Zimbabwe human rights campaigner is a cruel irony for Christchurch-based Zimbabwean Mandla Akhe Dube on international Human Rights Day. More >>
Millions missing out on life-saving HIV drugs
Friday, 28 November 2008, 5:18 pm | Christian World Service
New antiretroviral drugs mean an HIV diagnosis is not the death sentence it once was for New Zealanders with HIV but access to the drugs is a dream to millions in developing countries. More >>
Congolese Desperately Need More Help
Friday, 28 November 2008, 4:33 pm | Christian World Service
New Zealand aid agency Christian World Service (CWS) is appealing for funds to help some of the 250,000 people forced out of their homes by horrific fighting in the DR Congo. More >>
Philippines aid worker to visit Wellington
Monday, 17 November 2008, 5:09 pm | Christian World Service
When Typhoon Fengshen slammed into the Philippines in June, a longstanding local organisation whose director is visiting New Zealand next month, was at the forefront of recovery. More >>
