by Sean Reilly | May 8, 2008
Teams from UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) member agencies, together with flights of emergency relief items, are now arriving in Burma and reaching those people most affected by Cyclone Nargis. More aid is desperately needed and the DEC is calling on people to...
by Sean Reilly | May 8, 2008
As the death toll from the Burma cyclone continues to rise dramatically, possibly to around 100,000, the Methodist Church and the Methodist Relief and Development Fund (MRDF) in Britain have launched an emergency appeal for funds. Michael King, World Church Team...
by Sean Reilly | May 6, 2008
Global church development agencies, including the UK-based Christian Aid, are calling on the international community and the Burmese government to use all available means to help those affected by cyclone Nargis. Cyclone Nargis hit Burma on 2 May 2008. There are...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 22, 2007
Shelter is the most immediate need as up to one million people face homelessness after Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh leaving thousands dead, Christian charity World Vision has said. As families start returning home after the cyclone, the full extent of devastation to...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 21, 2007
Churches in Bangladesh have launched a massive relief effort for victims of the devastating cyclone that has claimed thousands of lives along the country’s southwestern coast – writes Atto Ankkara. “The casualty figures do not reflect the extent of...
