The Emergency Disaster Fund of the Church of the Brethren General Board has given numerous grants recently for disaster relief work around the world, totalling more than $125,000. The 15 grants were given as follows:
- $40,000 to a Church World Service (CWS) appeal following intense flooding throughout Asia
- $15,000 to a CWS appeal following widespread destruction by Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua
- $10,000 to an appeal from IMA World Health to develop basic health services in south Sudan
- $10,000 to CWS following flooding throughout northern India
- $7,000 to a CWS appeal for humanitarian aid to Gaza and West Bank
- $7,000 to CWS work following widespread flooding in eight midwestern states in the US
- $7,000 to a CWS response to flooding in 15 provinces in China
- $5,000 to Northern Indiana District and area congregations following the Nappanee tornado
- $5,000 to open a joint Brethren Disaster Ministries and Northern Plains District project following flooding in Minnesota
- $5,000 to CWS in the wake of destruction caused in Haiti and Jamaica by Hurricane Dean
- $5,000 to purchase supplies for clean-up buckets for use by the CWS Emergency Response Program
- $3,800 to work being done in Union Victoria, Guatemala, through the General Board
- $3,500 to Disaster News Network, a news service for faith-based disaster response news
- $2,500 to a CWS appeal following torrential rains and flooding in North Kordofan, Sudan
- $2,000 to a CWS appeal for the Mount Elgon region of Kenya, where disputes between opposing clans have resulted in violent clashes.
Source: 10/24/2007 Newsline
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