Church World Service recognized early in its history that to be genuinely fruitful, projects and programs must come from the people themselves, not be imposed by others.  Empowering self help is the key. 

For example - Habsu Abdu, a member of the women's cooperative in Balleyara, Niger, has learned how to read, write and do arithmetic through the Tagazar project's adult literacy classes.  Sixty women are attending this course, every morning for nine months of the year, in a classroom they constructed themselves.
Through the years local churches, in partnership with Church World Service, have resettled some 400,000 refugees here in the U.S.

Around the world, Church World Service assists people under duress from circumstances beyond their control - drought and dislocation, gunfire and guerrilla warfare, earthquakes and economic upheavals, high winds and high waters.  We're there in partnership as they labor to rebuild their lives.

 
Around the country, a quarter of all proceeds from CROP WALKS go to local hunger relief agencies.  Our agency beneficiary in Fort worth is the Tarrant Area Food Bank.  Click here for more information about the great work they do eliminating hunger in 13 counties in and around Fort Worth!