Celebrate International Women’s Day by attending Elevate Her: Empower, Inspire, Achieve with the International Rescue Committee and Operation Smile on March 7!
In the wake of disaster, every effort shapes the path to recovery. Whether it’s a sudden earthquake or an ongoing humanitarian crisis, communities in need rely on coordinated responses to survive and rebuild. Around the world, these six nonprofits are providing life-changing support in places where traditional systems have collapsed, offering medical care, clean water, and shelter. Your workplace giving campaign can make an impact for these lifesaving nonprofits. Every contribution to these organizations helps ensure that relief reaches those impacted when disaster strikes. Direct ReliefOn November 3, 2023, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal, killing 153 people and injuring...
“When I was a little girl, my father taught me to respect our ancestors,” Cristiane Flores, a young Gavião woman shared. Cristiane grew up in an Indigenous forest village near the banks of the Rio Negro, but she relocated several years ago to the metropolitan city of Manaus. “He also taught me to honor and see God in nature—in the trees, in water.” In Brazil, Episcopal Relief & Development partners with the Episcopal Diocese of the Amazon to deliver the Amazônia Resilience Initiative, a program serving marginalized, often remote communities in the states of Pará and Amazonas. Many of those served by the initiative are among Brazil’s 1.7 million Indigenous people. Cristiane and other participants receive monthly food debit cards or baskets containing rice, beans, cassava flour and other staples. Program teams also facilitate savings and loan groups that include financial literacy training. Members like Cristiane contribute monthly to a...