Random Quotes

"I used to work as a domestic. Now with my own fruit trees I will be able to depend on my own work and not on people outside. I don’t want to depend on other people. I want to depend on myself"

— Sorroco Sanchez

Useful Links

For more information on the issues CWS works on:

 CWS Networks

 Topics

International:

Climate Change
ACT Alliance: a global alliance of churches and church-related organisations that work together in humanitarian assistance and development. IPCC Intergovermental panel on climate change
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance campaigning against global injustice

Fair Trade

Jubilee UK: Drop the debt campaign

Jubilee USA: Debt campaign

Fair Trade Association of Australia & NZ

Trade Aid

World Council of Churches

Decade to Overcome Violence: Churches seeking reconciliation and peace

Food

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

New Zealand

International news
Council for International Development IRIN UN Humanitarian news service

Anglican Social Justice Commission

Anglican Missions Board

Mission and Ecumenical (Methodist Church)
Global Missions Office (Presbyterian Church) 

 Alert Net

New Internationalist

Inter Press Service Journalism for global change

Cluster Munitions Coalition: campaign to ban cluster bombs

 

Supporting Churches

Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia 

Methodist Church of New Zealand

Poverty

Millennium Development Goals

Human Development Reports

UNDP UN Development Programme

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

Refugees

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

The Salvation Army

UNRWA UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
Christian Churches New Zealand

UNHCR UN Refugee Agency
Uniting Congregations of Aotearoa New Zealand

Water
  UN Water
  Ecumenical Water Network