Christian Relief Poised for Quake-Hit Peru
One of the world’s largest Christian relief and development organization said Thursday it was ready to respond to the magnitude-8.0 quake that struck central Peru Wednesday night.
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Aid Group Buildings in East Timor Set Ablaze
The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called for calm in East Timor amid the violence that has rumbled on since Xanana Gusmao was appointed to be the new prime minister by the country’s new president, Jose Ramos-Horta. -
South Asia Flood Victims Loot Relief Camps, Assault Officials
Angry flood victims looted food from relief camps, assaulted officials and held them hostage in eastern India on Tuesday, as fresh rains brought more misery to tens of thousands of people in South Asia. -
Christian Aid Groups Persist in Frantic Relief Efforts in South Asia
Leading Christian aid agencies are continuing their tireless efforts to rush food, drinking water and medicine to help the millions of people forced to flee their homes in India and Bangladesh following the worst flooding there in living memory. -
Health Crisis Looms Over Flood-Wracked South Asia; Children Most Vulnerable
South Asia's ruinous flood, which have affected millions and forced many to become homeless, is becoming a greater health concern as the threat of waterborne continues to rise. -
New Report on Mideast, Eastern European Children Aims to Boost Christian Efforts
A new report on children has been released by World Vision to help Christian organizations plot a brighter future for the most vulnerable people in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region (MEER). -
World Vision Expands Darfur Operations; Has No Intention of Leaving
World Vision is expanding its operation in Darfur, Sudan, to cater to the influx of new people, and its spokeswoman has expressed the Christian aid agency’s commitment to stay in the war-ravaged region. -
Christian NGOs Helping Millions of Flood Victims in South Asia
NEW DELHI – Christian organizations are doing their best to help the victims of South Asia’s fierce monsoon flooding, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives. -
Flood Deaths Rise to 78 in Central China
State media on Friday reported that 78 people are dead and 18 missing in China’s central province of Henan. -
World Vision Bangladesh Partners with Government to Deliver Aid
In the past few days, the Bangladesh Government and World Vision Bangladesh have partnered to ensure much needed relief items are delivered to communities severely affected by recent flooding. -
S. Asia Monsoon Kills Over 1000, Displaces 19 Million
The heaviest monsoon rain said to hit South Asia in over three decades has killed over 1,000 people and driven some 19 million locals from their flooded homes. -
World Vision China Responds to 'Devastating' Floods
A World Vision China Humanitarian Emergency Affairs assessment team has arrived in the hardest hit counties of Shou and Fengtai in Anhui, China, where floods have brought widespread chaos and devastation. -
World Vision Aids Flood-Stricken China
A World Vision emergency team has arrived in Guang'an City of Sichuan in response to the disastrous floods that have brought havoc to central China. -
World Vision, Japan Embassy Partner Up to Rehabilitate Azerbaijan Hospital
A partnership between Christian relief agency World Vision and the Embassy of Japan to rehabilitate a hospital will benefit over 40,000 internally displaced people in the western region of Azerbaijan. -
Chinese Government Should Serve More, Says Amity head
The head of a China-based social welfare organization urged Chinese government officials to act more as “servants” of society than that of rulers. -
Women Take Center Stage at Landmark HIV/AIDS Conference
The first-ever international conference on women’s leadership in the battle against HIV/AIDS opened Thursday to over 1,500 women and men – including some of the world’s leading experts on the pandemic. -
World Vision India Responds to Monsoon Disaster
World Vision India field staff are responding to floods and heavy rainfall during monsoon season, which have claimed the lives of 57 people and forced another 100,000 from their homes in south and southwest India. -
Rains Blamed for 76 Deaths in China
A southern Chinese province was rushing to shore up dams eroded by weeks of heavy rains and high waters that already have killed at least 76 people, state media reported. -
Amity Foundation Urges More Aid to China Earthquake Victims
A week after a devastating earthquake shook the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan, a local aid agency urged the international community to help homeless survivors. -
World Vision Partners Provide Education for Young Iraqi Refugees
Despite the challenges hindering humanitarian operations in Jordan, three World Vision partners have started up education programs for young Iraqi refugees in the region. -
World Vision Aids Yunnan Earthquake Victims
World Vision's Hong Kong office has begun relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated Chinese province of Yunnan, planning to distribute food and quilts enough for 9,000 people. -
World Vision Taiwan Brings Delegation to Uganda
World Vision Taiwan organized (WVT) a delegation of leaders from the region’s major denominations to visit Uganda to witness firsthand the devastation of armed-conflict, poverty and AIDS. -
Christians Race to Overtake Poverty on Memorial Day
Christians devoted to overcoming child poverty are organizing themselves under the banner of Team Compassion on Monday to run one of the largest road races in the world. -
Thousands Petition Against Trafficking on World Vision Tour
Over 1,100 handprint ‘signatures’ have been added to a petition led by World Vision during its national anti-trafficking music tour. -
Kansas Tornado Attracts Heavy Equipment, Compassion
Just days after a tornado with winds up to 205 mph ripped through a small farming town in central United States, Christian groups are on ground lugging in heavy equipment.
