CWS Emergency Response Program helps the faith community play its special role in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response in the U.S. and around the world -- which is to:

• Stand on the side of the oppressed through advocacy with and for those most in need.
• Seek out unmet needs of all survivors -- particularly people who were vulnerable and marginalized before the disaster.
• Provide a larger vision of life that includes emotional and spiritual care as well as physical rebuilding.
• Assist in long-term recovery of those in need.
• Restore and build community relationships.

Latest Emergency Appeals

• West Timor food security crisis
• 2008 Spring U.S. storms
• China earthquake
• Myanmar (Burma) cyclone Nargis response
• 2008 U.S. Winter Storms

Latest Emergency Updates

• CWS assisting one million people in Myanmar, now shifting focus to farm recovery and food security
• CWS responds to devastating spring storms
• 60,000 saved: How one church leader helped mobilize communities to survive the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis
• West Timor food crisis informational sheet
• Children, elderly now dying from dysentery in Myanmar, says CWS

CWS response to Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) A slideshow of CWS recovery efforts, with commentary by Stacey Winston/CWS, Bangkok, Thailand.

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