Church World Service-Asia/Pacific

Assisting Thailand’s flood-affected communities

CWS-Asia/Pacific is working through the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT) to provide some relief to victims of last year’s floods. CCT has an extensive network of churches in Thailand. These play an active role in the relief committees, comprised of Christian and non-Christian members, established to identify local needs and distribute the available assistance accordingly.

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CWS-Asia/Pacific Newsletter – May

Read about CWS’s new research project in Myanmar investigating the causes of a much under-reported menace, snakebites, in our newsletter for May. Inside you’ll also find updates on our Japan and Thailand programs, including a donor visit to affected communities in Japan’s Tohoku region.

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Visiting the Tohoku region with our donor, the United Church of Christ

At the end of March, CWS undertook a field trip to the disaster-affected area of Japan, along with one of our donor partners, the United Church of Christ (UCC). Susan Sanders from UCC had the opportunity to see for herself the good work conducted by CWS’s Japanese partner organizations in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.

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CWS-Asia/Pacific Newsletter – April

Learn how CWS is helping local partners tackle radiation and nuclear issues in Japan and supporting childcare facilities in the Tohoku region in our April newsletter. Learn also about our integrated projects for the dryzone in Myanmar, which seek to address some of the causes of communities’ vulnerability to a range of hazards, potential insecurities and health risks.

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New integrated programs planned for the dry zone of Myanmar

CWS-Asia/Pacific’s Myanmar program will focus on three townships, seeking to address some of the root causes of their susceptibility and vulnerability to a range of hazards, insecurities and health risks.

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Welcome to Church World Service-Asia/Pacific

Church World Service (CWS) is one of the oldest and largest ecumenical organizations in the Asia/Pacific region.

Dedicated to providing humanitarian and development assistance to the world’s most disadvantaged, it has close to 1,000 organizational partnerships that go back decades.

In the region, CWS-Asia/Pacific works in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. Our regional office is in Bangkok, Thailand.

Further afield, CWS also has offices in Africa, South America and the Caribbean, Europe and North America.

In collaboration with a range of key global, regional and local partners, CWS-Asia/Pacific provides support to some of the most vulnerable communities, both in emergency situations and for longer-term development, to enhance their ability to safeguard themselves from a range of threats and help them prepare for future challenges, be them natural disasters or man-made.

CWS-Asia/Pacific is a member of ACT, an alliance of 125 churches and related organisations that work together in humanitarian assistance, advocacy and development.

It is also a member of The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), and an associate member of Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network (ADRRN).

CWS-Pakistan/Afghanistan, who we collaborate closely with, is a regional partner of The Sphere Project and The Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP).