Ethiopia: LWF Update on Dollo Ado Refugee Camp
The situation at the Dollo Ado refugee camp in southern Ethiopia has started to stabilize with the number of new arrivals dropping from 200-300/day in early November to 200-300/week in mid-December. Though the area continues to be plagued by heavy...
Bangladesh: Video of RDRS Disaster Preparedness Wins Award
How’s that for timing? I’m in Bangladesh in part to visit our partner Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Services (RDRS) to see some of their projects on disaster risk reduction and climate change programs and the video they made with DanChurchAid on the...
SE Asia Floods: Interview with LWD Exec Director (Cambodia)
Over the last three days I attended an LWF workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The purpose was to bring communications personnel from agencies, like the ELCA, and country programs, like Life With Dignity (LWD) in Cambodia, to talk about how to...
Minot, ND: Tree of Hope Fair
Just got forwarded a great article from today’s Minot Daily News which highlights how members of the ELCA are responding to disaster. The story is about the Tree of Hope Fair, hosted at First Lutheran in Minot this past Sunday....
Horn of Africa: New Bulletin Insert (11/2011)
A new bulletin insert has been created to give a quick update on the situation in the Horn of Africa. You can download it here (pdf). For more information check out the ELCA Disaster webpage Horn of Africa Drought. ————-...
Horn of Africa: ACT Update on Rain and Hunger
The ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together), of which the ELCA is a member, in a recent update shares how the drought is continuing to affect people within the Horn of Africa. With 13 million people still feeling the affects...