South Sudan
This month CRWRC is launching a new livelihood initiative for families in the Republic of South Sudan who have returned to the region after living as refugees for decades. In partnership with the World Food Programme,…
Uganda
There is joyful buzzing going on these days in the Nebbi Diocese of the Church of Uganda—both among the excited residents and around the beehives they are establishing as an ongoing source of income through the…
Mozambique
Bonifácio Agostinho and his family are grateful to God for their livelihood as farmers. Last year the family produced a large crop of cassava and 150 kg of rice on their fields in Nampila, Mozambique. But…
Kenya + 1 more
Starting in May, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) will have a new program to address the health and nutrition needs of women and children in Kenya thanks to the Canadian government, the University of…
Kenya + 2 more
This week, families and communities in Mwatate, Kenya will have a new source of water and a new hope for consistent supplies of food thanks to a borehole being drilled by the Christian Reformed World Relief…
Ethiopia
CRWRC is expanding its drought response efforts in Ethiopia. In 2011 the entire East African region experienced the lowest level of rainfall in 60 years. CRWRC responded with $10 million of programming, providing food and…
Kenya + 2 more
In late January, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) concluded its final food distribution in Kenya in response to the East Africa drought. In 2011 the region of East Africa experienced its lowest level of rainfall…
Kenya
They dig beneath the hot Kenyan sun, putting in a hard day’s work in a region where opportunity is often scarce, as is food, water – and hope. But they do not labour in vain. Their efforts put…
Kenya + 3 more
CRWRC Newsroom | November 16, 2011 Teraza Akai is struggling to find a shred of hope. Uprooted by post-election violence in Uganda and forced to return to Kenya, her homeland, Teraza and her husband and seven children are…
Uganda
The most reasonable solution was nuts. Struggling to cope with unpredictable and often unfavorable weather patterns emerging in Uganda, one group of farmers found that planting a specific variety of peanuts, a mainstay in the local diet,…