Church World Service (CWS)
Service chrétien mondial
Servicio Mundial de Iglesias
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Contact Details
URL: http://cwsglobal.org/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/church-world-service
Founded
1946 New York NY USA
History
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Provide relief and care worldwide.
Events
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Partner of: E-XE3016 - UNHCR. Links with: F-XF5606 - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); F-XF9809 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS). Accredited by: E-XE7552 - United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Funds: D-XC5485 - International Federation for Family Health (IFFH). Full member of: E-XJ2168 - NGO Committee on Financing for Development, New York. Member of:
- U-XG9331 - Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA);
- G-XG0457 - American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction);
- E-XE0409 - Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO);
- G-XE3391 - Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC);
- E-XE3790 - Council of Non-Governmental Organizations for Development Support;
- U-XF6840 - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA);
- G-XM0411 - Faith and Ethics Network for the International Criminal Court;
- G-XG2723 - Global Impact;
- U-XM5429 - InsideNGO;
- A-XA1762 - International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA);
- G-XN8503 - Latin American Working Group (LAWG);
- E-XE1562 - NGO Forum on Cambodia;
- E-XE2973 - NGO Committee on UNICEF;
- F-XF2988 - Oikocredit International (Oikocredit).
Observer Status with: F-XJ8575 - Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Risk Management (AUEDM).
Partner agencies:
- E-XJ1227 - ACT Alliance;
- Constituent communions:
- G-XG8042 - African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME);
- G-XG4223 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion);
- D-XD0036 - All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC);
- E-XF1861 - Asian Health Institute (AHI);
- E-XF2580 - Asian Rural Institute - Rural Leaders Training Center (ARI);
- D-XD0475 - Christian Conference of Asia (CCA);
- G-XN2762 - Church of the Brethren;
- G-XN8763 - Friends United Meeting (FUM);
- E-XF1898 - Helen Keller Intl (HKI);
- G-XG2248 - International Council of Community Churches (ICCC);
- D-XD8770 - Latin American Council of Churches (LACC);
- D-XD2971 - Middle East Council of Churches (MECC);
- F-XF4425 - The United Methodist Church (UMC).
Affiliated organizations include:
- G-XN2455 - Church Women United (CWU);
- G-XN0568 - Heifer International;
- G-XG5329 - IMA World Health (IMA);
- G-XG6830 - Lutheran World Relief (LWR);
- B-XB3609 - World Young Women's Christian Association (World YWCA).
Also links with:
- J-XM5387 - 1,000 Days;
- G-XG2524 - Bread for the World Institute (BFW Institute);
- G-XG1479 - Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL);
- G-XG5493 - Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM);
- U-XF9977 - Inter-Church Response for the Horn of Africa (ICRHA);
- U-XG2897 - Interfaith Hunger Appeal (IHA);
- U-XF3109 - International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL);
- F-XF6538 - International Development Enterprises (IDE).
Links indicated by:
- G-XG0441 - Asian Center for Population and Community Development (ACPD);
- D-XD0276 - Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME);
- G-XN3618 - Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP).
Type I Classification
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- Social Activity → Welfare
- Social Activity → Services
- Health → Care
- Religion → Churches
- Peace → Humanitarian
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XG0538
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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