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Through
Week of
Compassion,
North American Disciples reach out in the name of Christ to:
- provide
emergency and long-term assistance to people in the aftermath of hurricanes,
floods, earthquakes, droughts, civil war and other natural and human
catastrophes. In a typical year WOC responds to a disaster about once every
two days.
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respond with
help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced
from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural
disaster. Many of the world’s 25 million refugees are children.
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support self-help
programs of development and rehabilitation that empower people and
communities to stand against and rise above hunger, poverty, disease,
illiteracy, and other forces of injustice that deny and destroy human
dignity. WOC supports projects in more than 80 nations on every inhabitable
continent of the earth.
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encourage and
support volunteer groups in "hands-on" mission and service opportunities.
Annually, WOC partners with more than 50 Disciples work groups in mission
projects in North America and abroad.
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