75% of the money raised by the Concord CROP
Walk is used for emergency relief;
for disasters in
the United States, such as floods, hurricanes, and
earthquakes;
and for relief and development programs
around the world.
Here are a few examples of the many programs
CWS supports:
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Serbia |
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Fifty displaced families are working
to improve their food security and incomes through establishment
of an agricultural cooperative, with the help of Church World Service.
The families received individual greenhouses to help them extend
the season for growing their vegetables. Now they have constructed
a large communal greenhouse. The communal greenhouse provides the
cooperative the means to raise and sell high-quality seedlings
to the members for their individual greenhouses and garden plots
at a discounted rate. |
Pakistan |
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A micro-credit enterprise has trained 750
women in various income-generating strategies, literacy training,
and leadership development exercises. At the end of training,
they received goats, and loans to start their own businesses.
150 well-established savings and credit groups in different
villages have generated an increase in income and savings
levels, more goats and other livestock being raised by families,
and increased literacy for women. |
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Haiti |
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Church World Service is helping to improve
the living conditions of members of rural cooperatives, helping
them to have greater access to farm tools by setting up a
revolving tool bank, by training 300 cooperative members
in the selection and production of seeds, in soil conservation,
and in community development principles, and to improve food
security by increasing access to seeds (corn, beans, white
cabbage) for cooperative members. |
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Gambia |
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Gambia is one of the poorest countries in West Africa with one
of the lowest rates of per capita income and highest rates of malnutrition.
Food deficits are chronic because most rural families depend on
grain crops cultivated during the rainy season. CWS supports Women's
Well & Garden Projects with improved well- digging technology
that allows wells to remain productive year-long. Through the production
of vegetables during the dry months, women are able to diversify
their family's diet and have a source of income from the sale of
part of their produce. |
Afghanistan |
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Conflict has displaced millions within Afghanistan and to nearby countries. Access to education and health care is limited, especially for women. Alarming numbers of women and babies die in childbirth, and many who survive die from preventable diseases. But dramatically fewer casualties are found in communities served by the Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan Community Health Project. More than 250,000 Afghans benefit from the project. Over its 27-year history, the CWS Community Health Project has helped foster significant shifts in Afghan communities' views of health and its importance. |
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