CWS photo galleries

Build a Village Build a Village: Bosnia
Through a CWS-supported community development initiative in the Municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Canton 10, Bosnia-Herzegovina, families are improving their lives and livelihoods in a sustainable, holistic and participatory way. View photo gallery

Ensuring food security

Ensuring food security via a farming resource center
On the frontlines of climate change, in Geo Rabari, Sindh province, Pakistan, water and food are scarce.  Church World Service and its local partner are helping farmers unite to get the water they need to grow food, as well as save seeds for the next season in a community seed bank. View photo gallery


Recovery in Mynamar (Burma) Recovery in Myanmar (Burma) one year after Cyclone Nargis
Through longstanding partnerships, Church World Service was able to respond quickly to the 2008 disaster, and today many farm families on the Irrawaddy Delta have been able to replant and bring in good rice harvests. View photo gallery

Long-term recovery continues in New Orleans Neighborhood: New Orleans rebuilding project
A volunteer describes her experience with Neighborhood: New Orleans -- an ecumenical effort to return a dozen families back to their homes in an forgotten area destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. View photo gallery

Mothers Day gallery CWS honors mothers everywhere
Church World Service salutes mothers around the world, who are at the heart of the human family. The empowerment of mothers and families is at the heart of CWS. View photo gallery

Long-term recovery continues in New Orleans "We're not yet made whole" -- Long-term recovery continues in New Orleans
In 2005, the people of New Orleans and the U.S. gulf coast experienced Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Many have been struggling to repair and rebuild their homes and communities, sometimes with the assistance of volunteers. View photo gallery

CWS response to Cyclone Nargis CWS response to Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma)
A slideshow of CWS recovery efforts, with commentary by Stacey Winston/CWS, Bangkok, Thailand.

Three years after the tsunami

Three years after the tsunami: ACT at work in Sri Lanka
A slideshow by photographer Paul Jeffrey/Action by Churches Together.