Church World Service, a global humanitarian organization, has awarded a grant of $5,000 to the Joplin Long-Term Recovery Committee to assist in meeting the needs of tornado survivors.

The Joplin Long Term Recovery Committee is a collaborative group of more than 30 nonprofit and faith-based organizations working to help people affected by the May 22, 2011, tornado in Joplin, Mo. The group provides case management, housing repair and construction and emotional and spiritual care to survivors.

2011-11-04 2:54 pm

A group of New Zealand human rights, development and peace organisations is calling for the Indonesian government to investigate allegations of excessive force and human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in Papua last month.

The group is also calling for an immediate dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and Papuan leaders to address issues that underpin conflict in Papua, and has asked the New Zealand government to do all it can to encourage such dialogue.

Special Note: Chris Herlinger, with Action by Churches Together (ACT), recently returned from Afghanistan - his third visit there since the summer of 2001. Herlinger reports on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as well as the ongoing ACT network response, supported by PWS&D. This is the third in a series of three stories.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Among those benefiting from the work of the ACT network in Afghanistan are two families