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...
Horn of Africa: Rainfall & Disease Affecting Dadaab
Just read a statement from UNHCR (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees) regarding the conditions at Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya. It stated that the camp has received heavy rains that have led to flooding and an increase...
SE Asia Floods: ELCA Responds in Cambodia & Thailand
Since July, heavy rains and four tropical storms have hammered Southeast Asia, affecting the entire region with flooding and landslides. In the two hardest hit countries, Cambodia and Thailand, it is estimated that one-third of each country is underwater. Recent...