Emergency Disaster Fund aids projects in Iraq, Puerto Rico.

Two new grants from the General Board's Emergency Disaster Fund were made during the final weeks of the year.

The first will send $15,000 in additional support for the Church World Service “All Our Children” campaign in Iraq. Funds will help secure health and medical assistance for children in Iraq, where ongoing violence has hindered relief efforts.

A second grant, for $4,000, will go toward Church World Service's response to flooding in Puerto Rico. Unusually heavy rains on the island caused severe flooding and landslides, affecting more than 5,000 homes in 21 particularly hard-hit municipalities. The funds will help to provide material aid and to support local recovery groups.

Thirty-five grants have now been made from the fund in 2003.

Source: Newsline 1/02/2004
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