Each year, Bethesda Covenant Church supports the work of Covenant World Relief by collecting funds in our CWR Banks and receiving an offering.
Covenant World Relief is the international humanitarian aid arm of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Its mission is to offer relief, rehabilitation, and development in Christ’s name to the “poorest of the poor” in our world community. It serves through its own projects, local churches, collaborations and partnerships, which increases local ministry presence through service, reduction of overhead, empowerment of local ministry, and allows immediate response to disaster and human suffering. It's low overhead allows 95 cents out of every donated dollar to be used in ministry.
During 2006-2007, CWR:
- supported disaster relief in 21 countries.
- participated in agricultural programs in 15 countries.
- helped establish clean water systems in Afghanistan, India, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.
- provided and partnered for relief, rehabilitation and developments across the globe, including
Burkina Faso: Food relief
Cameroon: Food and benevolence
Central African Republic: Fruit trees and gardens in twenty-five villages; Training (both Christian and Muslim); Pygmy outreach and five projects; Nutrition Center (Food Resource Bank partnership).
Ethiopia: Water (wells); Emergency food; Mosquito nets; Medicine in Sudan border region; Agricultural development; Vocational rehab in men's prison; Bibles for prison ministry (inmate request).
Kenya: Water; Ministry with orphans; HIV/AIDS education
Lesotho: HIV/AIDS education and care;
Malawi: Agriculture (with Food Resource Bank)
Niger: Food relief and crop storage
Sierra Leone: Women's medicine and Fistula Clinic
South Africa: HIV/AIDS education and patient and orphan care; After-school programs in townships; Land purchase for orphan center.
Sudan: Food; Agriculture development & garden tools; Fish nets; Land purchase; Good Hope School w/ 2,200 students (CHIC Project); School supplies; Medicine; Academic scholarships (projects in Darfur, Unity & Upper Nile)
Uganda: Medical assistance in rural clinics among displaced peoples
Central Asia: Orphanage; Agriculture; Medicines
Moldova: Agriculture
Romania: Dentistry among children in the HIV/AIDS community
Afghanistan: Water (wells)
Gaza Strip: Christian School (Christian and Muslim students)
Iraq: School
Lebanon: Orphanage and disaster relief during & following the 1 month war
Pakistan & Kashmir: Emergency relief and housing
Tajikistan: Agriculture; HIV/AIDS education
Bangladesh: Food relief; Fish ponds
Burma/Myanmar: Medical clinics and supplies
India: Agriculture; Schools; Water (wells); Fish ponds; Emergency flood relief; Tsunami projects (microenterprise, food, housing)
Laos: Agriculture (with Food Resource Bank)
Sri Lanka: Tsunami relief and recovery; Food and school fees for orphaned children; Fish nets and boats; Furniture and housing
Thailand: Fish ponds; Flood relief; Tsunami recovery projects
Viet Nam: Education for street children; Youth ministry; Vocational development; Medical assistance; Housing
Colombia: Micro-enterprise for women in sewing, store, and handicrafts; Poultry farm; Farm land purchase; Agriculture; Covenant Kids child sponsorship; Street youth ministry
Ecuador: Micro-enterprise for women in sewing and community stores; Brick making; Covenant Bible College Ecuador food distribution garbage dump (and other programming); mission project in church school construction
Cuba: Hurricane reconstruction; Housing
Granada: Hurricane relief; Roofs
USA: Hurricane relief; Evacuee support; Clean-up and reconstruction in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida
This has only been possible through the partnership of thousands of people and their churches. We will be collecting our Covenant World Relief offering on Sunday, November 18. Please give generously so that the work of relief, aid, and develop might continue in those places which need our partnership.
