Category - emergency

Churches join urgent relief efforts after Honduras floods hit

staff writers — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:46:00 +0000

Development organisations are distributing emergency food aid, bottled water and hygiene kits to thousands of Honduran families who have been forced to flee their homes after nearly three weeks of torrential rain.

Agencies respond to Haiti tropical storm devastation

staff writers — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:37:16 +0100

The United Nations is warning that more than half a million people are in need of emergency assistance after storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna battered the island of Haiti. Church and development groups are responding with urgent aid.

Chinese churches and NGOs respond to earthquake crisis

agency reporter — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:22:51 +0100

Chinese churches and Christian agencies, as well as the government and army, have begun responding to the recent earthquake. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, has devastated a region west of the provincial capital Chengdu.

Brown condemns generals' Burma relief inaction

staff writers — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:56:09 +0100

Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned - while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma's generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance.

Burma's dictators make propaganda out of suffering

Agencies — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:29:01 +0100

Burma's military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

Getting money through to Burma

Simon Barrow — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:06:09 +0100

Our friend and colleague Simon Keyes at the St Ethelburga Centre for Reconciliation and Peace has a practical suggestion for supporting Burma.

British public urged to give 'desperately needed' aid to Burma

agency reporter — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:25:05 +0100

Teams from Disasters Emergency Committee member agencies, along with flights of emergency relief items, are now reaching those affected by Cyclone Nargis. DEC is calling for urgent donations to the DEC Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Appeal.

Methodists join growing Burma emergency relief effort

agency reporter — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:37:57 +0100

As the death toll from the Burma cyclone continues to rise dramatically, possibly to around 100,000, the Methodist Church and the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) in Britain have launched an emergency appeal for funds.

Churches act over Burmese cyclone emergency

staff writers — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:45:06 +0100

Global church development agencies, including the UK-based Christian Aid, are calling on the international community and the Burmese government to use all available means to help those affected by cyclone Nargis.

Hurricane Felix hits Nicaragua and Honduras

staff writers — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:42:59 +0100

Evacuations from coastal areas have begun in earnest, as a ‘potentially catastrophic’ hurricane threatens Central America. Church and development agencies have been working with local emergency committees to help communities create shelters.