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. Covenant World Relief is an effective, efficient, respected and flexible humanitarian aid ministry in Christ’s name, with a sixty year history. CWR works through local churches, collaborations, and partnerships. This increases local presence in service, controls and reduces overhead, empowers local ministry, and grants immediate response to disaster and human suffering.CWR works largely in partnership with other relief agencies. We work closely with Community Development groups that have the guidance of staff persons/missionaries from the Department of World Mission of the ECC. Some of our other long-term partners are World Relief (to which CWR is the largest denominational donor), Church World Service, Bread for the World, Mercy Ships, Project Mercy (Ethiopia), and Foods Resource Bank. These partnerships enhance CWR’s ability to maintain a very low overhead cost.

Look at all we've been doing together through Covenant World Relief this year!

Africa
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; Production of educational DVDs that will go to all communities
Malawi: Agriculture (with Food Resource Bank)
Niger: Food relief and crop storage
Sierra Leone: Women's medicine
South Africa: HIV/AIDS education and patient and orphan care; After-school programs in townships; Land purchase for orphan center.
Sudan: Food; Agriculture development and garden tools; Fish nets; Land purchase; Good Hope School with 2,200 students (CHIC Project); School supplies; Medicine; Academic scholarships (projects in Darfur, Unity, and Upper Nile)
Uganda: Medical assistance in rural clinics among displaced peoples

Central Asia & East Europe
Central Asia: Orphanage; Agriculture; Medicines
Moldova: Agriculture
Romania: Dentistry among children in the HIV/AIDS community

South America
Columbia: 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); North Park Theological Seminary mission project in church school construction

Southeast Asia
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; North Park Theological Seminary mission trip; Tsunami recovery projects
Viet Nam: Education for street children; Youth ministry; Vocational development; Medical assistance; Housing

Middle East
Afghanistan: Water (wells)
Gaza Strip: Christian School (Christian and Muslim students)
Iraq: School
Lebanon: Orphanage and disaster relief during and following the One Month War
Pakistan & Kashmir: Emergency relief and housing
Tajikistan: Agriculture; HIV/AIDS education