World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

Refugee assistance - provided basic needs and initial resettlement services, in partnership with local churches and volunteers, to 3,481 refugees forced to flee persecution in their homelands. Other extended services were provided to these and 9,726 other individuals, including english language training, employment assistance, extended case management and other social adjustment services. Total beneficiaries: 13,207

Agriculture: programs in this sector include agriculture for life and food security and livelihoods. Agriculture for life trains local farmers through farmer field schools, instructing on improved planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, and sometimes provides improved agricultural inputs, such as improved seed varieties. Agriculture for life seeks to not only improve crop yields but to see family nutrition improved as a result. Agriculture for life works well in church empowerment zones in the developing countries cluster. Within the humanitarian and disaster and mena clusters, food security and livelihoods programs provide agricultural inputs, such as seeds and tools, and some basic training to recipients to quickly increase food production in difficult contexts that may have been through conflict or disaster. In fy18, 92,584 farmers were supported with agricultural inputs, training, and/or access to market opportunities. East and west africa: 12,757 farmers. Latin america and caribbean: 323 farmers. South and southeast asia: ...

Health and nutrition: the health and nutrition sector includes programs in community health and nutrition, primary and clinical health & nutrition, hiv/aids, wash, and maternal and child health. Specific activities within these programs are tailored to the different clusters. In the developing countries cluster, many programs flow from the integral mission approach, actively engaging churches in implementation. Health and nutrition activities may be carried out through care groups and are often integrated with other programs such as agriculture and savings. In care groups, health workers and volunteers are instructed on key health topics and behaviors, such as infant and young child feeding practices, healthy birth spacing, and hygiene. They reach their neighbors with these lessons and refer mothers and children to health clinic services as needed. Hiv/aids prevention and support is woven into many of our health and family strengthening programs, providing education for youth and adults and support for ...