Japan: Video of CWS Response
ACT Alliance has posted a new video from Church World Services (CWS) outlining their work in Japan. This work has entailed distributing materials, setting up stationary clinics, making connections between those seeking shelter and those offering shelter and providing psychological...
Field Report from the Red River Valley
Dear sisters and brothers, My name is Mike Nevergall, and I serve as Associate Program Director of Lutheran Disaster Response. My colleague, Kevin Massey, and I are in North Dakota and Minnesota this week for what has become an all...
Libya: Tunisians Lend a Helping Hand…and Car…and Bottle of Water
Who is paying [for all these supplies]. “We’re paying, of course. And our friends and family back home.” “How long will you continue?” “For as long as the money lasts.” This is an exceprt from a conversation with Aomed Aowel,...
Relief Efforts Expand in Japan
Franklin Ishida, Area Program Director for Asia/Pacific, ELCA Global Mission, was with the leadership of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) in Malaysia during the March’s devastating earthquake. Franklin arrived to Japan one week ago and has been accompanying the...
Haiti: Bishop Hanson Speaks about Work in Haiti with Orion Samuelson
During an interview with Orion Samuelson for “This Week in Agribusiness” (video), Bishop Hanson took time to speak about his experiences visiting Haiti in February. He told stories of seeing a people “defined not by the rubble, but by restoration,”...
Japan: Volunteers Filling the Gaps
In a reflection on the situation in Japan by Church World Service Asia/Pacific Emergency Response Director Takeshi Komino, he describes how the situation is understood by those making the decisions and those living the realities in the villages. The opening...