WORLD HUNGER PROJECTS 2010
This project was approved in June 2010
Feed the Hungry Project (E. St. Louis, Illinois) (Gateway Mission Center)
Approved 1st year request for $14,000
Phase 1 of the project is to feed children during the
summer months whiles school is not in session. Meals meet the USDA Summer
School Lunch Programs Nutritional Guidelines.
The following projects were approved in November 2010
Health and Nutrition Education for Children and
Parents (submitted by Health Ministries Association)
Approved $2,635 for Guatemala project subject to receipt of three year
budgets
Provides healthcare in village clinics in Guatemala.
Basic nutrition classes for parents and children. Individual health education
is provided by nurses’ as part of their examination and care for patients with
diabetes, high blood pressure And Other medical conditions affected by
lifestyle choices.
Community Services League (Central Mission Center)
Approved $50,000 for kitchen equipment and food-related items
Funds will assist in furnishing the food pantry of an
expanded Community Services League Central Resources Building in Independence,
Missouri.
The CSL is completing a $2.75 million capital campaign to
construct a larger, more accessible and efficiently-designed building.
Zambian Community Schools for Orphans and Vulnerable
Children (Zambia Mission Center – in collaboration with HealthEd Connect)Approved
$20,620 from Tangible Love Fund and $7,710 from World Hunger Fund
The project is helping develop and sustain two community
schools in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The schools located in
Chipulukusu and Kasompe provide affordable or free K-3 education. The
children and their caretakers are experiencing the reality of HIV/AIDS and
TB. Each community’s vision is to meet the basic human health and education
needs of children by supplying a safe environment where academic and life
skills learning can occur.
Foundation Dinners – Lancaster, Ohio (Western Ohio
Mission Center)
Approved $25,000 for kitchen equipment and related items
The program address the needs of homeless and need people
in the community by serving 3 meals a day and providing shelter in the day
time until a shelter can be accessed.
A new kitchen facility is being added to the existing
Dinner building providing additional space for preparing and storing food.
Feed 44203 – Barberton, Ohio (Eastern Great Lakes
Mission Center)
Approved 2nd year request for $12,000
Program assists low-income families with emergency
supplies of food, delivers food to seniors and permanently disabled
individuals and provides classes to help families better manage the food
supplies they receive.
In 2009 over 123,000 meals were provided, feeding
approximately 1000 people per month.
AGROTE-CEDESPAR (Cochabamba, Bolivia) (North Western
Mission Center of South America)
Approved 2nd year request for $75,500
Project is a Tea Production Program benefiting about 70
families ability to finance food, clothing, housing, education and
transportation.
Greenwood-Rexville Food Pantry (Greenwood, New York) (Eastern Great Lakes Mission Center)
Approved 2nd year request for $9,000
The purpose of the food pantry is to share the peace of
Jesus Christ by serving the hungry and poor in the community.
Since opening in February 2009 the pantry has served
between 70 & 85 families each month. Provided food for an estimated 1770
people, 1200 being children. The goal for 2011 is to serve 100 families each
month.
Livelihood Promotion for Poor (Orissa West, India)
(South Central Asia Mission Center)
Approved 1st year request for $24,408.70
Purpose of the program is to develop a livelihood program
like goat farming and grain bank to increase family income and provide food.
The target group are persons belonging to the Kui tribe, small farmers and
daily agricultural laborers in the district of Rayagada of Orissa State.
World Accord (Canada) Projects
Approved a total of $335,937 for the following. ($30,959 of this total is a
re-allocation of funds previously approved)
PRR-Honduras
$84,918 approved
Funding the extension of ‘farmer research groups’ methodology PRR has
developed to new communities, and the consolidation of some previous groups
as they move to produce seed and other agricultural inputs for the market to
increase their incomes.
Murers en Accion – Guatemala
$75,719 approved
This funding will help MeA to expand its micro-credit to support agriculture
(subsistence
and market farming; and income generation (weaving, food processing,
selling) of poor indigenous women in Guatemala
ADCASMUS – EL SALVADOR
$37,308 approved
To expand its micro-credit work: rotating load and collective purchasing
with subsistence farmers; micro-enterprise seed capital for people living in
poverty. Will help offer hydroponic gardens, and animal projects to new
participants. Will help consolidate the work of its “teaching garden” for
children and youth.
SAP – Nepal
$36,261 approved
Organizes Mutual Development Organizations to support agricultural
production. MDOs serve as sources for rotating credit, mutual support, and
collective action for income generation and community development.
FIDA/PCH – Haiti Pilot Project
$20,228 approved
Provides 120 farmers in 6 cooperatives with training in market
gardening, preparing organic fertilizers & pest management in 12
experimental model gardens.
CORDI – India
$10,000 approved
Expands income generation work with poor women begun six years ago that
has demonstrated good results.
Outreach International Projects
$232,000 approved for programs operated by Outreach International in the
following areas.
Africa Field Program
$52,000 for projects in Zambia, Congo and Malawi.
Zambia - $16,000
Democratic Republic of Congo - $19,000
Malawi - $17,000
Project goals vary from community to community. A general theme
throughout all of the projects center on helping people become empowered
and able to overcome the effects of poverty. The goals include:
• Increase access to clean and sustainable water
• Develop and increase food sources
• Improve nutrition
• Increase in child and maternal health
• Create and develop sources of income
• Increase knowledge in accessing outside resources
Brazil Program
$10,000 for Child Education Center in Ferrz de
Vasconcelos, a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Center provides Head
Start training and education for 100 children between the ages of 2 and
6, including care of children with cerebral palsy. Most of the families
of the children are poor, so the food they receive while at school is
often the only food they eat that day.
Haiti Schools Lunch Program
$40,000 for the Schools Lunch Program, part of Outreach
International’s Thriving Children initiative.
Eleven of the 66 schools supported by OI have lunch
programs with more than 400 children benefiting. For many, this is
their only meal of the day, making it possible for them to attend
school rather than being forced to find a source of food elsewhere.
Families of the school children are involved in school gardens where
much of the food is raised.
Gumiguda School Nutrition Program – India
$20,000 for a nutrition program at the Gumiguda
School in East Orissa, India. The program helps feed students at the
school; 90% of the students board there during the week.
Nicaragua Field Program
$20,000 on behalf of programs in the communties of La
Prusia, El Llanito, El Tunel, and Los Alvarez. Land security, food
production, transportation of goods to market, and accessing government
funding are priority issues.
Philippines Field Program
$40,000 for programs in numerous communities in
General Natividad, Neuva Ecija and San Onifacio, Rang-Ayan, Manano in
Isabela Province. Land tenure and security, access to water, food
production, and alternative incomes sources are priority issues. Much of
the work entails income-generating projects or addressing economic
inequities in order to make food more affordable.
Administrative Grant
$50,000 granted and applied to the necessary
administrative obligations assumed by OI in order to responsibly manage
all program funds. Balance of administrative costs comes from gifts and
other income.
BREAD FOR THE WORLD
$45,000 granted to Bread For the World. $30,000
designated for general support; $15,00 toward the publishing of the
annual Hunger Report
HAITI HUNGER RELIEF
$239,000 approved from the World Hunger Fund to be
transferred to the Oblation Fund, on behalf of short and long-term
hunger relief on behalf of those suffering as a result of the earthquake
in that nation.
Note: At the April 6th team meeting we were informed that as of that
date $761,000 had been contributed to Oblation on behalf of Haiti. The
$239,000 grant brought the total to $1,000,000.
Programs are alphabetically indexed in the above four
categories. Only 2007-2009 projects are listed below. Information about
earlier projects is available by contacting the
World Hunger Administrator.
Africa Field Program (photo)
($60,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($55,000 – approved April 18, 2008)
($50,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
This project includes 20 human development specialists in Kenya, Zambia,
Democratic Republic of Congo, and Malawi who work to assist village
residents to resolve hunger-related problems through increased food
production, expanded use of working animals, and organizing cooperatives to
store and market the more abundant crops.
Africa Training Program
($20,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
To increase competencies of Africa field staff to improve resource
acquisition, particularly related to clean water and hunger issues.
Bolivia Field Program
($20,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
Supports Participatory Human Development programs aimed at meeting needs
identified by village groups where food production and the storage and
utilization of crops are of particular concern.
Brazil Day Care and Nutrition Program (photo)
($10,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($10,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
Zion's Hope Day Care Center operates in a Sao Paulo, Brazil suburb--a
long-standing project of the church in Brazil. It provides head-start
training and nutritious meals for approximately 100 children between the
ages of 2 and 6.
Haiti School Lunch Program
($40,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($30,000 – approved April 18, 2008)
($30,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
This grant is designed to provide a nutritious hot meal each day for nine
months to 300 malnourished students attending schools sponsored by Haiti
Community of Christ in several regions of the country. The nourishing food
will be served after school, enabling the children to walk home without
being weak from hunger and to have the energy to study at home before
darkness falls.
Hunger and Poverty Awareness Campaign
($14,500 - approved April 13, 2009)
The focus of this project is to create documentary campaigns for use in
raising donor awareness of poverty and hunger. These campaigns will utilize
new media to better "tell the story" of both the problem of poverty and
world hunger.
India (Orissa State), Gumiguda School (photo)
($20,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($15,000 - approved April 18, 2008)
These grants support the nutrition program at the East India Mission School,
Gumiguda. The school provides housing, food, and education to 200 students.
It also gives limited nutritional support to 13 non-formal Education
Centers, serving an additional 400- 500 students.
India Field Program
($20,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
This project seeks to assist communities in the areas serving the Gumiguda
school develop the capcity to help themselves, build social capital, and
address issues of hunger and poverty.
Nicaragua Field Program
($22,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($20,000 – approved April 18, 2008)
($15,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
Ongoing support of food security and clean water projects in several rural
communities.
Oikocredit USA
($10,000 - approved October 2007)
Provide microcredit opportunities for small businesses, farms, and other
forms of enterprise in developing countries. (This is a flow through — OI is
the agent.)
Outreach International Administrative Grant
($51,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($50,000 – approved April 18, 2008)
($45,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
This grant supports the screening and oversight of programs in the
headquarters office and continues to be vital in assisting Outreach to carry
out its mission.
Philippines Field Program
($40,000 – approved April 18, 2008)
($30,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
Implements Participatory Human Development (PHD) programs in the
Philippines, particularly relating to increased agricultural production,
providing potable water, and dryers for rice harvest.
Sri Lanka Grant
($15,500 - approved April 13, 2009)
This project is part of a community development initiative in Sri Lanka to
address grass roots issues of hunger and poverty.
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El Salvador (Valle Dorado), Programa de Esperanza y Recuperacion
Communitario
($35,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
($35,700 - approved November 5, 2008)
($45,000 - approved October 26, 2007)
Follows the model developed by PRR Honduras to increase food
production and nutrition through improved farming methods.
Guatemala, Mujeres en Accion (Women in Action)
($70,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
($45,000 - approved November 5, 2008)
($49,972 - approved October 26, 2007)
This program works with approximately 1,200 persons, primarily indigenous
Mayan women, to train them in better marketing techniques and the
utilization of micro credit, to effect better crop storage and utilization.
Honduras (La Buena Fe) Programa de Reconstruccion Rural
($80,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
($169,975 - approved November 5, 2008)
($60,515 - approved October 26, 2007)
This is an on-going program in the interior of Honduras (near La Buena Fe)
designed to introduce sustainable agriculture and increase the capacity of small
farmers through improved agriculture methods.
Honduras, Proyecto Aldea Global
($48,239 - approved November 5, 2008)
($50,000 - approved October 26, 2007)
($35,000 - approved October 28, 2005)
Provide women living on hillside farms with honey bees or laying hens, to
increase food security around the La Buena Fe area.
Honduras PRR
($33,748 - approved March 14, 2003)
This reforestation project focuses on the agricultural community around La
Buena Fe, encouraging farmers to use new bean and corn varieties, and
experiment with hybrid seed development and nitrogen fixing through the use
of organic fertilizers.
Honduras (Tegucigulpa)
($50,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
Contribute to the diversification process of the small coffee farms located
in southern basin of the Cerro Azul National Park aiming to achieve food
security and income generation.
India (Sigaram Trust, with CORDI)
($9,524 - approved November 9, 2009)
($9,803 - approved November 5, 2008)
Capacity building and micro-enterprise support for women in rural, south
India to alleviate poverty while at the same time, increasing
security/safety of women and raising their values. Projects are based in
agriculture and fisheries with some in crafts. Designed with the goal of
raising family income.
India (Bangalor) Myrada
($14,250 - approved November 9, 2009)
Improve the capacity and effectiveness of people who provide services
benefiting the poor, to improve structures (governance, management, and
networking) of key institutions that support community development
initiatives, to strengthen people's adaptive capabilities in view of climate
change and global macroeconomic stresses and to enhance women's presence in
local governance and social status.
World Accord Core Funding
($33,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
($33,000 - approved November 5, 2008)
($33,000 - approved October 26, 2007)
Supports the basic budget of World Accord in its mission of supporting
sustainable long-term self-help community development programs to reduce
poverty.
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America's Second Harvest (Chicago, Illinois USA)
($1,000 - October 26, 2007)
World Hunger Committee gave a gift for the "Thanksgiving Fest for 23
Mission" fund. $1,000US
Bread For the World and Bread For the World Institute
($35,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
($35,000 – April 18, 2008)
($35,000 - March 2007)
To support the advocacy portion of the World Hunger Fund mission. These
grants represent the World Hunger Committee’s support of Bread for the
World, a Christian advocacy group that lobbies the U.S. Congress on
legislation affecting hunger-related issues. Funds granted support advocacy
efforts and the yearly publication of a resource entitled Hunger, produced
by Bread for the World Institute.
CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere)
($50,000 - approved November 9, 2009 for the following one year project)
Sustainable Livelihood for Food Security (Farta Woreda, South
Gondor Zone, Ethiopia)
Overall goal is to increase participants' income by 20 percent, thus
improving their abilities to purchase food when shortages occur. To
accomplish this goal CARE set forth the following objectives:
- Engage 210 female headed households on agricultural and
non-agricultural income generating activities
- Enhance women's ability to earn through training in skills such
as raising piglets and growing vegetables.
- Introduce appropriate, productive, environmentally friendly and
replicable technologies that will boost agricultural production
CEDESPAR Bakery Project (Bolivia)
($9,980 – approved April 18, 2008)
To involve families through the women, to make a low cost bread of better
quality.
CEDESPAR Fruit Project (Bolivia)
($795 – approved April 18, 2008)
To improve alimentation and nutrition and increase incomes from selling
fruit on the local market.
CEDESPAR Tea Market Project (Bolivia)
($78,200 - approved April 13, 2009)
Central Avenue Center of Hope (Grandview, Kansas USA)
($20,000 - October 2007)
Chembe Crop Production Project (Zambia, Africa)
($8, 360 – approved April 18, 2008)
To increase crop production and farmer income
Christmas Baskets (Stockton, Missouri USA)
($4,000 - approved November 5, 2008)
Provided start-up and second-year funding to this program that provides a
basket of food, along with some children’s toys, to poor families in the
Stockton, Missouri, area. Stockton Community of Christ members unite with
other denominations, the local Food Pantry, and other social service
agencies to achieve a community-wide effort on behalf of the needy.
Dundalk Congregation (Dundalk, Maryland USA)
($4,500 - approved March 23, 2007)
Feeding homeless and hard living people, and providing opportunity for them
to seek a close and personal relationship with Jesus Christ and the
Community of Christ.
Family Life Outreach (Hot Springs, Arkansas USA)
($1,027 - approved November 5, 2008)
Feed 44203 (Barberton, Ohio)
($15,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
Assist low-income families with an emergency supply of food, deliver food to
seniors and permanently disabled individuals and provide classes to help
families better manage the food supply they receive, in collaboration with
the Barberton Area Community Ministries.
Feeding America (Chicago, Illinois USA)
($1,000 - approved July 6, 2009)
($1,000 - approved September 12, 2008)
Formerly known as America's Second Harvest. For damage to the Gulf Coast
because of Hurricane Gustav.
Fortenan Sugar Cane Project (Kenya, Africa)
($11,890 – approved April 18, 2008)
Galebre Maize Production (Ivory Coast)
($5,500 - approved April 13, 2009)
The central purpose of this project is to overcome poverty created by 6
years of civil war in the area and with the availability of the staple food
to have a more physically healthy community.
Greenwood/Rexvill Food Pantry (Greenwood, NY)
($12,000 - approved November 9, 2009)
In collaboration with local agencies and community volunteers provide
nourishing food, work to restore their dignity and sense of worth on behalf
of the hungry and poor in the community. Goal is to serve 100 families every
month. Currently serving between 50 and 65 families each month.
Honduran Soya Nutrition Workshops (La Buena Fe, Honduras)
($500 - approved November 9, 2009)
Increase the number of women using soya as protein sources for their
families. Program operated through Health Ministries Association.
Huron County Baby Pantry (Michigan USA)
($1,250 - approved November 9, 2009)
($2,500 - approved November 5, 2008)
($3,000 - October 26, 2007)
Provide diapers, food, clothing, baby formula, and other related items to
parents free of charge to assist in reducing the instances of child abuse.
Ikot Otu Abasi Eneyo Borehole and Potable Water Project (Ikot Otu Abasi,
Nigeria)
($5,415 – approved April 18, 2008)
To drill and treat water for consumption to stem water-borne diseases, for
the church to contribute to the development of healthy citizens in the area
Ikot Odung Borehole and Rotable Water (Nigeria)
($6,000 - approved April 13, 2009)
To drill and treat borehole water for consumption to stem water-born
diseases and promote healthy living.
Kenya Water Borehole Project
($17,800 - approved November 9, 2009)
Provision of clean potable water for the communities of Nakwamekwi, Lodwar;
Ngorovili; Miwani; Obando; Dima; Diani; Otweyo, Kissii
Los Fresnos Food Pantry (Los Fresnos, Texas USA)
($28,000 - approved November 9, 2010)
Implement the Participatory Human Development (PHD) process with food pantry
recipients, provide food assistance, create/access alternative food service,
and provide health/nutrition education.
The Food Pantry is an agency of the Food Bank of the Rio
Grande Valley, operating under Second Harvest.
Malawi Fishing Project (Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa)
$5,098 - approved November 9, 2009)
The mission center will operate a fishing project on Lake Malawi. There are
a number of congregations located near the lake. Some of the funds will help
MC to run its programs and sustain ministers. Many of the needy members will
benefit from the fish caught as part of their everyday food and increase
family income from the fish that will be marketed.
Malawi Oil Press Project (Embangweni, Malawi, Africa)
($8,300 – approved April 18, 2008)
To build a Maize Mill as a way to increase the well-being of members and its
community in a beneficial manner
Mzimba Maize Mill Project (Mzimba, Malawi, Africa)
($13,113.60 - approved November 9, 2009)
Ensure that people in the larger community have access to a maize mill that
is affordable and close to them. Will also provide employment and support
for families in the area.
($8,400 – approved April 18, 2008)
To build a Maize Mill as a way to increase the well-being of members and its
community in a beneficial manner
Njukini Horticultural Project (Kenya, Africa)
($6,600 – approved April 18, 2008)
To respond to the need of water by drilling water and installing an
irrigation system for horticultural farming
Ndot Ikot Akpan Borehole and Potable Water Project
(Nigeria)
($5,900 - approved April 13, 2009)
To drill and treat borehole water for the consumption to stem water-born
diseases and promote healthy living.
Ndot Ikot Eda Borehole and Potable Water Project ( Ndot
Ikot Eda, Oruk Anam, Nigeria)
($5,415 – approved April 18, 2008)
To drill and treat water for consumption to stem water-borne diseases, for
the church to contribute to the development of healthy citizens in the area
Oakland County Meals on Wheels Program (Michigan USA)
($30,000 - approved March 23, 2007)
To provide nutritious meals to older adults in Congregate and Home-bound
settings including nutrition education and lowering nutritional risk.
Saints Poultry Farm (Nigeria)
$7,000 - approved June 1, 2009)
To establish a poultry farm that will provide an inexpensive source of
protein for healthy living and financial self-sustainance.
Utu Ikpe/Midim Ikot Uko/Oron Water Projects (Nigeria)
($19,500 - approved November 9, 2009)
Provision of clean potable water for these communities. The project will be
implemented between the mission center council and the respective
congregaiton councils.
Zouhan Nounien Cassava Production Project (Ivory Coast)
($6,000 - approved June 1, 2009)
This project is to help create a cassava plantation by providing seeds,
fertilizer and tools. Produce from the plantation will be sold and will
increase the health and well-being of the people
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Afghanistan
($20,000 - June 2002)
($30,000 - April 2002)
($25,000 - December 2001)
Distributed through
Church World Service to meet basic living needs of refugees displaced by
Taliban rule, the devastation of the air strikes, and the impact of the
Northern Alliance
Democratic Republic of Congo
($10,000 - July 2002)
Provided to the Africa Field for emergency relief in the refugee camps on the
Democratic Republic of Congo/Zambia border.
El Salvador
($5,000 - March 2001)
Distributed through national
ministers after earthquake.
Guatemala
($50,000 - October 2005)
Crop Loan Repayment Fund - "Mujeres
en Accion" project of World Accord - damage from Hurricane Stan
Haiti
($5,000 - August 2005) Food and seed due to hurricane
($35,000 - June 2004) To provide food and seed to church members affected by
the flood in the southeast section of the country.
($25,000 - May 2004) To provide food and seed to help alleviate
country-wide hunger problems following the leadership upheaval throughout all
nine departments.
($15,000 - June 2002) For the purchase of food and seed to replant crops
lost because of drought conditions in the central plateau.
($36,000 - April 2000) Distributed through national ministers to provide
relief from drought.
($25,000 - October 1998) For food and seed to replace
crops lost to Hurricane George.
($30,600 - May 1998) Distributed through national ministers to provide
relief from drought.
India
($35,000 - April 2005) Distributed through Outreach International and National
Ministers for Sri Lanka - primarily for school and other building
reconstruction.
($5,000 - March 2001) Distributed through national
ministers after earthquake.
Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004
($95,000 - March 2005) Distributed through South Asia Partnership
Sri Lanka. Amount determined based on all contributions to the World
Hunger Fund during January 2005. (more)
($25,000 - January 2005) Distributed through the American Red Cross to
aid survivors of the earthquake and tsunami.
Iraq
($25,000 - approved May 15, 2003)
Distributed to Mercy Corps International
to support the immediate and future hunger needs of the people of Iraq
following the war. (more)
Ivory Coast Food Relief
($17, 500 - approved March 14, 2003)
This grant provides supplemental income for Community of Christ congregation
families to purchase food. Since civil war began in September 2002, prices for
staple food items such as rice, meat, fish, and poultry have risen sharply,
severely limiting the ability of families to afford food. The heads of
families in two congregations in Abidjan and one in Liliyo will receive
monthly cash stipends for six months for food. It is hoped that by that time
peace in the country will have been re-established.
Kenya
($17,000 - March 2006) Maize for famine relief.
Kosovo
($95,000 - May-August 1999) Donated to Mercy Corps
International through a World Hunger Fund grant and donations to the World
Hunger Fund designated to benefit Kosovar refugees, providing food, shelter,
and other critical necessities.
Liberia
($4,200 - approved October 18, 2002) Emergency grant in the
Africa Field to provide for purchasing emergency food supplies for church
members in and around Monrovia who have been displaced by recent war
activities.
Lodwar
($5,000 - March 2001) Distributed through national ministers to
provide relief from famine.
($5,000 - May 2000) To provide relief from famine.
Malawi (Malawi, Africa) Famine Relief
($17,000 - March 2006)
($21,000 - December 2005)
($14,000 - March 2002)
This grant will purchase maize, a staple food source, which has been
drastically reduced because of torrential rains and flooding in the Mzimba
area.
Mozambique
($10,000 - March 2000) Distributed through OXFAM to
aid flood disaster
Pakistan
($10,000 - October 2005) - Distributed through World Accord
- earthquake damage to project areas.
Turkey
($10,000 - August 1999) Donated to the American Red
Cross to aid earthquake relief efforts.
USA
($2,500 - September 2005) Miami food pantry due to hurricane.
($7,000 - October 2004) Orlando, Florida, Food Bank
received $5,000 and the ROCK Food Pantry of Pensacola, Florida, received
$2,000 for disaster relief following hurricanes in Florida during August and
September of 2004.
Zambia
($10,000 - August 2002) Emergency grant to provide food for refugees
from the Democratic Republic of Congo, living in camps in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Zambia. National church leaders from the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia will travel to the refugee camps to
help purchase and distribute emergency food rations. (more)
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