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Sunday Focus: Preventing Spread of Malaria in Congo

by covwebster – Apr 22, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (April 22, 2010) – As organizations and countries around the world focus this Sunday on World Malaria Day as a way of fighting the plague, members of Evangelical Covenant churches can do their part by participating in this year’s Children’s Service Project.

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Hindustani Church Reaching Out to Rescue Prostitutes

by covwebster – Apr 15, 2010

PUNE, INDIA (April 15, 2010) – The Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) invited 60 prostitutes for lunch in a yard in front of its national offices. The women arrived on rickshaws paid for by the church.

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Hindustani CC Projects Impact the Poor Photos

by covwebster – Apr 15, 2010

PUNE, INDIA (April 15, 2010) – The Hindustani Covenant Church are helping to transform the lives of former slaves and others in need. The church invited roughly 60 prostitutes to lunch at its national offices. In Melghat, the church provided a micro-enterprise loan to a widow who started a small sundries store in front of her home. In the same area, the church is providing a ministry that offers programs to improve nutrition and literacy, as well as provide loans.

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Funds for South Sudan Relief Limited, But Effective

by covwebster – Apr 6, 2010

SOUTH SUDAN (April 6, 2010) – In a region where abject poverty is the norm and worsened by an ongoing drought, the Covenant Church of Sudan and Ethiopia (ECCS) is feeding some of the most marginalized people.

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Haiti: Devastation Cannot Overcome Faith, Resilience

by covwebster – Mar 23, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 23, 2010) – “Just back from Haiti. It was truly life changing. I have never seen such widespread devastation and death. I have also never seen such magnificent resilience and deep faith among believers who suffer. I am humbled and in awe.”

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Photos from Tomé, Chile

by covwebster – Mar 18, 2010

TOMÉ, CHILE (March 18, 2010) – Two Covenant Church of Chile congregations are helping provide their communities and others with education, trauma counseling, food and water as the country struggles to help its citizens following the February 27 earthquake.

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Chile Congregations Reaching Out to Help Neighbors

by covwebster – Mar 18, 2010

TOMÉ, CHILE (March 18, 2010) – Two Covenant Church of Chile congregations are helping provide their communities and others with education, trauma counseling, food and water as the country struggles to help its citizens following the February 27 earthquake.

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Haiti: Transition from Relief to Rehab Under Way

by covwebster – Mar 17, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 17, 2010) – Covenant World Relief (CWR) partners in Haiti are beginning to transition their work from relief to rehabilitation and development while continuing to meet current needs – which remain desperate, says Director Dave Husby.

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Haiti Relief Passes $1 Million, Chile Fund Created

by covwebster – Mar 15, 2010

CHICAGO, IL (March 15, 2010) – The Haiti Relief Fund of the Evangelical Covenant Church has passed the $1 million mark, Executive Board members learned during their meeting this past weekend.

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