Halidu Dayuma spends his days managing a prosperous and bustling training center in Ghana, where he teaches kente weaving and dressmaking. When Halidu was just 13 years old, his right leg was amputated after a chronic sore he developed didn’t heal. Halidu spent three months in the hospital, where he recovered and learned how to […]
Each day brings new information about the spread of COVID-19 around the globe. The partners and communities that PWS&D serves are preparing to feel the serious impact of the coronavirus. We take comfort in the words of the psalmist, “Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.” (Psalm […]
Health programs do so much more than make sure medicine is available to people in need. In Nepal, when people struggling with skin conditions walk through the doors of the PWS&D supported Shining Hospital, they can stop their long, costly search for answers. It had been three years since Devika visited the hospital close to […]
Around the world, many countries are slowly but surely making progress on gender equality—Afghanistan is one of them. In Afghanistan, cultural norms dictate that men often play a more central role in the political and social sphere, while women and girls are often limited to domestic duties. These traditions are centuries old and very embedded […]
Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas in September 2019. The powerful hurricane destroyed homes and businesses and left many families in need. Presbyterians generously responded to the crisis, donating over $90,000. PWS&D is responding to help ensure vulnerable documented and undocumented migrants in the Bahamas have access to humanitarian assistance. The migrant population in the Bahamas […]
Effie Chiwale was willing to do whatever she could to rebuild the latrine that had been washed out by Cyclone Idai. One year ago, the heavy rainfalls of Cyclone Idai left a trail of destruction in many communities in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In Mulanje, beyond levelled houses, schools and businesses, the collapse of 4,000 […]
Water is essential for families to have proper nutrition and hygiene. Unfortunately, the same thing that saves lives can also put them at risk. On October 27, 2019, the government of South Sudan declared a state of emergency after continuous heavy rainfall caused severe flooding. The homes of 420,000 people and thousands of tons of food supplies […]
In Haiti, where farming is a mainstay of the economy, chronic extreme weather exacerbated by climate change has locked many families into cycles of food insecurity. A staggering 49 per cent of people are undernourished—that’s every second person. Lucsius is one such farmer facing these challenges. Unsure of how to adapt his agricultural practices to […]
Of the 742,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled brutal persecution in Myanmar, over half are children. Sadly, the number of girls and boys who have lost one or both parents exceeds 35,000. Day after day, these children open their eyes in a Bangladesh refugee camp feeling completely alone. Sufira, a resilient 17-year-old Rohingya orphan, remembers […]
“The water was everywhere, it was above knee-high, and it stayed for one week,” remembered Margaret Chidothi, as the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Idai approaches. During the deadly storm, Margaret and her family of six lost their home and entire livelihood. The cyclone washed away her maize, pigeon peas and sorghum just a month before […]