Baptists Respond to Disasters
by Kevin Butler
Washington, DC --Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), is coordinating relief efforts to the Philippines and Indonesia after these countries were badly affected by a typhoon and earthquakes.
A team from BWAid Rescue24, the rescue and recovery arm of BWAid, is in the Philippines and is working with Baptists in that Southeast Asian country. The main island of Luzon bore the brunt of Typhoon Ketsana which made landfall on September 26, and has killed many.
A second BWAid Rescue24 team is in Padang on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after the island was affected by strong tremors on September 30 and October 1. At the time of reporting, at least 1,100 people were killed as a result of the earthquakes, with thousands more trapped in collapsed buildings. Indonesian Baptists are organizing volunteers and coordinating relief and rescue operations.
The Rescuer24 teams, which are coordinated by Hungarian Baptist Aid, consist of doctors, rescuers and dog handlers, and include volunteers from Singapore, Hungary, Germany, and the United States.
Baptists from Hawaii and New Zealand are offering assistance to the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga after tsunamis, which resulted from earthquakes, caused widespread devastation and death.
The BWA and its affiliates continue to appeal to Baptists from across the globe to offer assistance. "We need your financial giving," pleaded Paul Montacute, director of BWAid. The Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, one of six regional fellowships of the BWA, has made "appeals to Baptist partners in [the] Asia Pacific region for prayer support and generous contributions to respond to the needs arising due to natural calamities in [the] Asia Pacific region."
Assistance may be made at http://www.bwanet.org, or sent to:
Baptist World Aid
Baptist World Alliance
405 North Washington Street
Falls Church, VA22046, USA
Phone: +1 703 790 8980
Fax: +1 703 790 5719
Email: BWAid@bwanet.org
Contacts: Paul Montacute or Lee Hickman
Please designate for "Asian Disaster Relief"
The Seventh Day Baptist General Conference USA and Canada is a member of the BWA.
A team from BWAid Rescue24, the rescue and recovery arm of BWAid, is in the Philippines and is working with Baptists in that Southeast Asian country. The main island of Luzon bore the brunt of Typhoon Ketsana which made landfall on September 26, and has killed many.
A second BWAid Rescue24 team is in Padang on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after the island was affected by strong tremors on September 30 and October 1. At the time of reporting, at least 1,100 people were killed as a result of the earthquakes, with thousands more trapped in collapsed buildings. Indonesian Baptists are organizing volunteers and coordinating relief and rescue operations.
The Rescuer24 teams, which are coordinated by Hungarian Baptist Aid, consist of doctors, rescuers and dog handlers, and include volunteers from Singapore, Hungary, Germany, and the United States.
Baptists from Hawaii and New Zealand are offering assistance to the Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga after tsunamis, which resulted from earthquakes, caused widespread devastation and death.
The BWA and its affiliates continue to appeal to Baptists from across the globe to offer assistance. "We need your financial giving," pleaded Paul Montacute, director of BWAid. The Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, one of six regional fellowships of the BWA, has made "appeals to Baptist partners in [the] Asia Pacific region for prayer support and generous contributions to respond to the needs arising due to natural calamities in [the] Asia Pacific region."
Assistance may be made at http://www.bwanet.org, or sent to:
Baptist World Aid
Baptist World Alliance
405 North Washington Street
Falls Church, VA22046, USA
Phone: +1 703 790 8980
Fax: +1 703 790 5719
Email: BWAid@bwanet.org
Contacts: Paul Montacute or Lee Hickman
Please designate for "Asian Disaster Relief"
The Seventh Day Baptist General Conference USA and Canada is a member of the BWA.
posted by Kevin Butler at
11:19 AM
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