Member Charity News

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC), a Global Impact member charity, is responding to widespread devastation in Northwest Pakistan resulting from weeks of extensive rains that have caused mudslides, collapsed buildings, and covered entire villages in water and mud. The agency plans distributions of immediate aid to flood survivors in hard-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, including food assistance to 64,000 individuals displaced by the disaster.

Photo credit: Heifer International

Heifer International had been working in Haiti for a number of years, helping Haitians to improve their lives by promoting and teaching them about agricultural livelihoods.

Photo:  Stephanie Sinclair/VII Photo   ("India 2010")

Childhood malnutrition is a preventable, treatable disease that affects more than 195,000,000 children in the world at any given time. A child dies every six seconds from malnutrition-related causes. No other risk factor poses a greater threat to young children.

 Photo: Presidency / Eduardo Gonzalez

Tropical Storm Agatha, the first major storm of the Pacific hurricane season, hit the coast of Guatemala on May 29. Strong winds, torrential rains, flooding and landslides spread across Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, causing nearly 200 deaths and leaving tens of thousands homeless.  

International Medical Corps, a Global Impact charity, was among a small number of international and local organizations to meet with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W.