Relief & Development
Relief and development in Christian mission includes humanitarian aid, poverty alleviation and community growth. Explore jobs, organisations, events and resources in this vital area of ministry.
Relief and development in Christian mission includes responding to global needs with compassion, justice and practical support. Whether you’re exploring humanitarian or development roles, connecting with organisations serving vulnerable communities, attending training events or accessing tools to strengthen your skills, this page brings everything together. From disaster response and poverty alleviation to long-term development, community empowerment and project management, OSCAR connects you with opportunities, organisations and resources to help you serve effectively in relief and development-focused Christian ministry.
Explore the latest Christian relief and development jobs and mission opportunities all in one place.
Do you want to use your skills in furthering His mission in the world? We have short, medium or longer term opportunities, including short term mission trips for teams.
The Director of Church Partnerships grows and stewards church relationships to increase awareness and funding, builds a £500k–£1m+ portfolio, leads Rescue Sundays, and strengthens strategic pastoral partnerships to advance Destiny Rescue’s mission.
Participants will evaluate the technical health of existing wells and explore the social, spiritual, and community impact of clean water access - bringing this work to life through stories.
Join the team at Sibanor Health Clinic providing primary healthcare services and training to the local community. Similar opportunities in Senegal, Chad and Cambodia.
We have an excellent partnership with a Christian Fellowship in Kathmandu, Nepal. A number of placement opportunities in Kathmandu & Chitwan villages. MSc study opportunities.
Kitengela is the home of our Partner HQ, which provides an excellent team base to volunteer from - refugee response, agricultural community development & teacher placements.
Help to develop (agriculture, livestock, healthcare, teaching, pastoring, counselling, entrepreneurship, development, engineering, etc.) in Iringa, Mwanza, or Handeni.
Help keep girls in school for longer through the Acholi Girls Fairer Future project, which provides education and equipment so they can manage the menstruation better.
Are you experienced in trauma healing and counselling and feeling a call to use your skills in a new setting?
Do you have knowledge and experience of peace building and conflict resolution in an international context?
Do you have a mind for business and a passion to help others?
Is God calling you to children’s work in Africa? We have a short-term opportunity to support our partner organisation in Kenya, working with vulnerable children.
Find Christian organisations involved in humanitarian aid, community development, disaster response, poverty alleviation and long-term support.
Based in South East Asia, we connect people in need with those who can help, through distribution of humanitarian aid, experiential programmes on a range of global issues, and a fair trade shop and cafe.
MPCN Women and Youths Empowerment is a beacon of hope and transformation committed to uplifting the lives of women and youth across Africa, through skill aquisition programmes, academic scholarship, and traders grant.
Southend Foodbank is part of the Trussell network of foodbanks and provides three days of emergency food to people in crisis in Southend and Rochford.
We are dedicated to sharing the love of Jesus through both word and action. Along with preaching the Gospel, we reach out to the poor, widows, and needy families by providing food, clothing, education support for children, and medical help for the sick.
Your local Faringdon food bank has been set up by Faringdon Churches Together and we work in partnership with Faringdon Town Council to provide support to families and individuals.
Mission Aviation Fellowship is an international Christian organisation whose purpose is to bring help, hope and healing through aviation to people living in isolation and poverty.
We empower indigenous workers to bring transformation to the world’s neediest people.
The Leprosy Mission Northern Ireland (TLM NI) is part of a Global Fellowship of over 200 projects in 33 countries around the world.
Saffires is a joint-church project based in Leicester offering holistic trauma-informed support to women affected by or engaged in selling sex. Our vision is to see women free from sexual exploitation and living lives of wholeness and freedom in Jesus.
Vine Trust is an international development charity that works with long-term Peruvian and Tanzanian partners as they strengthen health systems and implement construction projects in isolated and vulnerable communities in the Amazon and on Lake Victoria.
Discover Christian events, training and conferences focused on relief work, development practice, humanitarian response and community transformation.
Access useful resources to support humanitarian work, development practice, project management, safeguarding and community empowerment.