"Build a Village" is an interactive Flash or HTML accessible website that uses simple colour illustrations and narration to educate children about the difficulties facing people in the developing world. It focuses on several different issues including: health, refugees, access to clean water, basic education, and agricultural food production.

Specifically, each section provides young audiences with an overview of the importance of the issue and then links to a page with more in-depth fact sheets for older children and adults. The site also provides an opportunity for visitors to support CWS's work by purchasing a "Tool of Hope" gift. It features several stories for different age groups, quizzes, colouring pages, and educational games. The website anables visitors to send e-cards and make donations to the CWS initiatives. There are also links to several other CWS projects and initiatives.

Health, Education, Water Access, Agriculture, Refugees.

CWS was founded in 1946, as the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of 36 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations in the United States. CWS works in partnership with indigenous organisations in more than 80 countries, and aims to: support sustainable self-help development, meet emergency needs, and help address the root causes of poverty and powerlessness.