natural disasters or civil disturbances have caused suffering. In
India, an UMCOR grant is at work to provide basic necessities and
emergency food for people displaced by recent monsoons. The rains
have destroyed crops. People who are already marginalized are the
most vulnerable. Churches Auxiliary for Social Action is UMCOR's
implementing partner in four hard-hit regions.
Rains also have devastated areas of Pakistan, killing 300 persons
and taking a high toll on livestock and poultry, which are vital to
the rural economy there. Parts of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city,
were without power and basic amenities. Church World Service is
implementing a rapid-response effort including emergency supplies
and food for 250 of the most vulnerable families in Gadap town.
In Chad, the population of displaced persons has nearly tripled in
three years to about 200,000. Most are refugees from Darfur in
Sudan; some are Chadians caught up in spillover conflict. An UMCOR
grant to Action by Churches Together, the international alliance of
aid providers, will focus on health services, wells, and community
services and shelter building for about 35,000 of the most
vulnerable people living in camps along the Chad-Sudan border. UMCOR
relies on your gifts to UMCOR Advance #982450, International
Disaster Response, to assist in these and other similar projects
overseas.
