Program areas at World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals
Refugee assistance: World Relief provide basic needs and initial resettlement services, in partnership with local churches and volunteers, to refugees forced to flee persecution in their homeland. Other extended services provided to these and other individuals, including english language training, employment assistance, extended case management and other social adjustment services.
Agriculture: programs in this sector include agriculture for life, livestock, 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 cluster, 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 fy2023, 90,845 farmers were supported with agricultural or livestock inputs, training, and/or access to market opportunities.east and west africa: 68,825 farmerssouthern africa: 6,551 farmers
Health and nutrition: the health and nutrition sector includes programs in community health and nutrition, primary and clinical health & nutrition, hiv/aids, 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 people living with hiv/aids and their families. Primary and clinical health and nutrition programs are typical in the humanitarian and disaster response cluster. Wr manages and supports local health clinics, working with ministries of health, in several areas facing political or environmental disasters. Emergency and supplemental nutrition may be provided to treat malnourished women and children. Many countries in this cluster combine water and sanitation hygiene (wash), nutrition, agriculture, and food security activities. In fy2023, 32,218 volunteers trained, 774,985 women and children served through health programs, 295,576 households visited by community care group members or health care workers. East and west africa: 30,573 volunteers trained, 165,062 women and children served, and 35,196 households visited.southern africa: 1,254 volunteers trained, 601,394 women and children served, and 256,256 households visited.latin america and caribbean: 391 volunteers trained, 8,529 women and children served, and 4,124 households visited.in fy2023, 4,094 people served through hiv/aids programming and 1,884 youth reached with prevention messages.east and west africa: 4,094 people through hiv/aids programing, 1,884 youth reached with prevention messages.