Chenoa Stock
10/1 Fonseka Terrace off of Havelock Road
Colombo 06
Sri Lanka
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Chenoa Stock was appointed in July 2006 to serve in Sri Lanka as companionship facilitator for the Joining Hands Against Hunger network, which is made up of grassroots NGOs, churches, and grassroots organizations and includes people from Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian backgrounds.

Member organizations of the JHAH network study hunger, poverty, and injustice and then propose strategies to address these problems. These strategies could rely upon hunger education, public policy advocacy, or development assistance. The network’s goal is to promote the self-sufficiency of the poor and to confront and influence the structures that sustain an unjust system. Some of Chenoa’s work is with groups affected by the tsunami of December 26, 2004, especially fishermen and women’s groups.

Letters from
Chenoa Stock

• June 2008
• March 2008
• December 2007
• August 2007
• June 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006
• September 2006

Chenoa's first experience doing overseas mission was with a Habitat for Humanity trip to Lesotho as a junior in college in 2003. This short period of service moved her to apply to the popular Young Adult Volunteer program of the PC(USA). Chenoa served as a Young Adult Volunteer in India from August 2005 to July 2006. She lived in Thiruvalla, in Kerala, serving with the Church of South India and teaching conversational English in a primary school and in a nursery teachers’ training school.

“The experience [living in Thiruvalla] opened my eyes to the rest of the world,” writes Chenoa, “and the struggles that occur throughout the world. I feel my faith grew tremendously, and I now have a deeper understanding of my role as a Christian and how I am called to work for justice and show unconditional love, as Jesus did, throughout my daily life.”

Chenoa is the daughter of Carleton and Elinor Stock, both ministers of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA). She holds a B.A. from Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, in early childhood education.

Chenoa is a member of East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Birthday – October 22