Recycling for peace in Laos schools
Imagine going to school every day and finding piles of rubbish in the playground. No recycling bins. No way to compost. Just waste lying around, attracting flies, smelling bad, and making people ill. Sadly, that’s the reality for many children in Laos. But here’s the good news: your support is helping change this! For over ... Read more
Thank You for supporting Self Help Groups this Harvest
We’re so grateful for your donations this Harvest which will help to fund new Self Help Groups in Burundi! Because of you, more young people will rise out of poverty and begin to heal from trauma. Not only will your gifts change their lives, but they’ll transform their communities too. And as you’ll realise from ... Read more
When Cord’s project arrived, “that was the moment my life started to change”
Mrs. Bahati Sitakis is a mother, a business woman and a community leader. But, growing up, people told her she was a curse. She was abandoned by her parents and later, her husband. She was full of hopelessness and despair. But now, thanks to you, Bahati’s experienced an incredible transformation. She’s confident, driven and has ... Read more
Miracles of reconciliation
Burundi has been torn apart by war and violence, but something miraculous is happening. Forgiveness is freeing people from decades of hate and pain. Communities are being healed as relationships are restored. Burundi is a small country in East Africa struggling to rise out of a devastatingly violent past. A brutal civil war from 1993 ... Read more
Four projects closed after unprecedented cuts to US international development funding
At the end of February, we learned that United States funding for four of our projects has been terminated. This leaves us in a very challenging financial position but we are determined to find a way through. Disastrous news for the world’s most vulnerable communities In late January, the new American administration decided to suspend ... Read more
Stories of healing and forgiveness
Thanks to your loving donations, stories of healing and forgiveness continue to flow from our Dukomeze Kunywana project in Burundi. People who have suffered trauma for decades because of war and violence are finding peace. Relationships are being restored and communities are being renewed. Dukomeze Kunywana is a phrase in Kirundi, a language spoken in ... Read more
Thanks to your love and generosity…
Last year, because of your prayers and donations, 127,000 people were helped through Cord’s projects. You supported work in Burundi and Uganda in East Africa and Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Bangladesh & Thailand in Southeast Asia. Strand 1. Strengthening local, grassroots organisations Your wonderful gifts meant 5,479 people took part in 186 peacebuilding workshops including those: ... Read more
Mrs Thu is taking on the companies causing immense damage to the environment
Cord is building peace by training Women Environmental Defenders in Southeast Asia. But what does this really mean in practice? Here’s a wonderful example of how this project works and the incredible difference your support makes! Mrs Cil Thu is 27 and lives in Cil Mup village in Dam Rong district, Lam Dong province, Vietnam. ... Read more
Marika’s trip to Cambodia
Marika is part of Cord’s Programmes Team and in March this year visited our projects in Cambodia. We work with Indigenous People in Cambodia who depend on forests for their home, work and way of life. Cambodia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, and over 2.1 million hectares of land have ... Read more
