July
10, 2000, NEW YORK CITY---- Church World Service is supporting global ecumenical
response in several emergencies, including the following:
CWS Provides Assistance for Chile Flood
Relief
CWS is sending $21,585 in Blanket
Fund assistance to Confraternidad Cristiana de Iglesias (Christian Co-fraternity of
Churches) and Policlínico Metodista (Methodist Polyclinic) following flooding in Chile
last month which drove more than 60,000 people from their homes. Among the central and
southern Chilean areas affected was the capital of Santiago. The Blanket Fund assistance
will be provided to help more than 900 families affected by the storm and subsequent
flooding.
CWS observing situation in Nicaragua
CWS is currently monitoring the
recent earthquake in Nicaragua that reportedly left four people dead and 42 injured. CWS officials have also been in contact with the
Hurricane Mitch work team office in Nicaragua, an ecumenical group that provides
assistance to local partners on post-Hurricane Mitch reconstruction projects. The office reports that work teams from CWS member
denominations are safe.
According to the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the earthquake in southern Nicaragua late
Thursday, July 6, registered 5.1 on the Richter scale and damaged more than 200 homes. It was centered near the city of Masaya, some 20
miles southeast of the capital of Managua.
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