Church Mission Society partners in India issue call to prayer for ‘devastating’ Covid situation Doctors and other personnel working at the Christian Medical College [CMC] in Vellore, a Christian...
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South Sudan church brings aid to the displaced
The church in South Sudan is bringing emergency aid to thousands of displaced people despite many challenges. But the Sudan Relief and Development Agency (SUDRA), the church's department leading the...
South Sudan’s displaced need urgent help
A chaotic and volatile situation remains in large areas of South Sudan, with half a million people displaced. The church has put together an emergency plan to do its part and needs your help to...
Hospital health camps treat thousands
More than 2,300 people living in remote areas of Nepal received much-needed healthcare over the past couple of years, thanks to staff at Lamjung District Community Hospital (LDCH), including nurse...
A better chance for hundreds of children
More than 1,100 marginalised children in rural Bangladesh are receiving quality primary education in Jesus’ name, thanks in part to generous CMS supporters. This education, provided through the...
Child expected to die now big and strong
Andrew was a year old when he was brought to Potter’s Village in Kisoro, Uganda weighing just 4kg. “In Kisoro, where the soil is fertile, you would think there would be plenty of food,” said mission...
Thousands helped after Philippines fire
More than 2,000 people received food, shelter or other assistance from CMS partners in Manila after a fire ripped through the local slums earlier this year. Staff at Jigsaw Kids Ministries sprang...
Mission partner 'leaves' hundreds of families healthier
People living in remote Obongi, Uganda had access to healthy food right under their noses – or rather, above their heads – but they didn’t know it until mission partner Heather Sharland made the...
Rush to help more Pakistan flood victims
CMS partners are among those struggling to bring aid to thousands of families made homeless by yet more severe floods Pakistan's government has appealed to the United Nations for humanitarian aid in...
New Pakistan floods hit partner projects
Severe flooding following torrential rains has hit close to home for CMS partners in Sindh province, Pakistan Three and a half thousand families in 89 villages have only a few days' supply of food...
Water is hope
It is only a matter of time before northern Kenya will look like Somalia, says Rev Francis, leader of TSM, an indigenous NGO determined to make an impact and give hope "Everywhere – dead animals on...
Tanzania: family for people with no family
In rural Tanzania it's not always enough to give sick people medicine. Mission partner Ruth Hulser is helping create family for people with no family. So, you've got tablets to take - "with food,...
International Day of Street Children celebrated at DRC project
The young people at the (future) Maison Kimbilio in Lubumbashi, DRC marked the International Day of Street Children yesterday by taking mattresses out to sleep at the site of their new centre,...
New-look hospital unveiled in Burundi
CMS-backed health centres now among best in country as major investment pays off Brand new hospital facilities have already attracted new doctors to work in Matana in central Burundi, thanks to a...
India: Kashmir at boiling point
Concern is growing over violence in Kashmir. CMS contacts at a Christian hospital there are caught up in a maelstrom of retribution Staff at a Christian hospital in Kashmir have been praying till 4am...
Sudan peace "on brink of collapse" says Church
The peace agreement leading to elections next year in Sudan is at a critical point and desperately needs international pressure to make it work. That's the message of the Episcopal Church of Sudan in...
Philippines update from Jigsaw Kids Ministries
Thanks to the response from CMS supporters to Jigsaw's needs in flood-hit Manila, CMS was able to send a grant of =A33,000 to help with their emergency work, adding to the "amazing response" from...
Philippines: 'they have nothing now'
Flood disaster hit the Filipino capital on the weekend, just after CMS mission partner Tim Lee returned from a visit to the Jigsaw Kids Ministries project he founded. Here he relays reports from his...
DR Congo: Fighting is still displacing Congolese
Disturbing reports of new attacks are coming out of DRC, even as the Anglican Church there strives to provide food and healthcare - with help from CMS supporters Thanks to the generosity of...
Pakistan: Wedding smiles amid Swat trauma
Pakistani IDPs marry in church relief camp, even as more are evacuated from their homes Amid the trauma of displacement, a double wedding brought shared joy at the Diocese of Peshawar's relief camp...