Action
for World Development
The Australian Council of Churches and the Catholic Bishops
of Australia launched Action for World Development (AWD)
in 1972
Church
World Service cooperative humanitarian ministry of 36
Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations, providing
sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief,
and refugee assistance in more than 80 countries. CWS is
part of the ecumenical family of the National Council of
the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
