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Emergency Response News Briefs

March 5, 2008 • Archive

Pakistan security update

Following an attack on the northwestern Pakistan offices of Plan International that killed four of the aid group's staff members and injured nine, CWS has temporarily suspended operations in Northwestern Pakistan. As part of the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum, CWS joined 21 other aid groups in condemning the attack and identifying how the continued security threat keeps Pakistanis in need.

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Reducing vulnerability in Florida

CWS joined the United Church of Christ, National Farmworker Ministries and the Florida Farmworker Association to further examine the relationship between pesticides used in farming and pollutant run-off. The partnership is working to ensure adequate protections are followed to keep pesticides from washing into private property, and to ensure farm owners follow safety guidelines limiting workers' contact with chemicals.

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Flood response in Mozambique

CWS continues to support the work of long-time partner, Christian Council of Mozambique as it works to meet the needs of those displaced by recent flooding. An estimated 258,000 people remain displaced. While the last major flooding event killed more than 700, efforts by CCM and other groups to help educate and prepare Mozambique's citizens for evacuation have drastically reduced this disaster's fatalities.

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Material Resources Update

CWS continues to supply much-needed material resources, including:

  • 1,200 CWS Blankets and 3,600 CWS School Kits to Civil Association Homecare of Moldova, at a value of $52,368

  • 200 CWS Emergency Clean-up Buckets to Mt. View Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mt View, Ark. at a value of $9,000.

  • To Global Assistance Program, including Christian Ministries in Africa ( Kenya), Bright Hope Organization in Ethiopia, Celebration Center in Zimbabwe and Partners in Harvest in Malawi. Each shipment includes 250 CWS Blankets, 300 CWS Baby Kits, 750 CWS School Kits and 2,250 CWS Hygiene Kits. At a value of $63,250 per shipment, the total value of fulfilling these requests is $253,000.

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