A grant of $10,000 from the Church of the Brethren’s Global Food
Crisis Fund (GFCF) has been allocated for replacement of fishing
equipment in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. The recipient of
the grant is Barangay District 1 Fisherfolk's Association of Babatngon,
Leyte, the Philippines.
The grant is going to a community which was visited by Brethren
Disaster Ministries and Global Mission and Service associate executive
Roy Winter and Peter Barlow of Montezuma Church of the Brethren in
Dayton, Va., during a recent assessment trip to the Philippines. Barlow
worked with this community during his service with the Peace Corps.
The money will be used to acquire a new community fishing boat, for
nets and materials to build cages destroyed during Typhoon Haiyan, and
to purchase Milk Fish fingerlings that will be reared in the cages.
For more about the work of the fund go to www.brethren.org/gfcf.
Source: 4/22/2014 Newsline
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