Western Wildfires Keep People on High Alert
Background The following is data from the Insurance Information Institute 2020: From...
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September is Disaster Preparedness Month
Written by Ken Skalitzky Hurricane Laura struck the Louisiana Coast with brute force causing...
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When Life Gives You Scraps
“It’s so good making masks because it helps the community,” said Sandra, a Congolese refugee...
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Tornadoes, flooding, other disasters beset U.S.
More than three dozen major disasters have been declared across the United States so far in 2019....
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Pennsylvania couple lives out commitment to others through OGHS, Disaster Ministries
Meet Bill (William) and Ellen Matten of St. John's United Church of Christ in Boalsburg,...
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Mohammed: Work or School
One day, 13-year-old Mohammed and his friends told the coordinators of the local community...
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Cyclones Idai and Kenneth
Updated May 1, 2019 On the night of 14 to 15 March Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall near...
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Responding to Food and Nutritional Needs
Responding to the food and nutritional challenges of families living in extreme poverty in a remote...
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El Porvenir, Honduras: Lesby builds a Future for Her Daughter
It is not a coincidence that Lesby lives in the town "El Porvenir" which means the future. She has...
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OGHS travel makes our work in the world through the United Church of Christ come alive. Listen to...
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OGHS and Global Ministries Delegation to Ghana
Our Pilgrimage to Ghana (September 23 - October 3) was very successful. Our group of 12 learned...
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Growing Strong in the Face of Challenge
Victor Masdrico is a 17-year-old teenager of Haitian nationality and a beneficiary of the...
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Building Awareness to Reduce Child Trafficking
Children’s Future Inc. (CFI) serves 251 vulnerable children and their families in Battambang,...
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Help put an End to TB
The World Health Organization, like the World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance...
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Collective Efforts to Keep Girls in School
Nia Sullivan runs a girl’s Safe Center and Boys and Girls Club in the Mathora village, Sierra...
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TANIA ORELLANA: “I am who I want to be, and I can achieve so much more.”
The morning I was invited to participate in a healthy eating workshop, I was going through a very...
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Helping Kenyans Survive After Floods
Written by Carol Fouke-Mpoyo Severe Spring storm floods in Kenya displaced more than 311,000...
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The Christian Council of Ghana Fights for Women’s Rights
The Christian Council of Ghana was founded on October 30, 1929, by 5 mainline churches. Its goal...
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From Dance to Building Peace
Written by Silimanotham Halsana (Sili) I attended school at Donkoi primary school, which is near...
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