South Asia Emergency:Earthquake/Tsunami

Surviving the Tsunami: One Woman’s Story
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Lenni survived the tsunami partly because she was lucky and partly because she is a woman of great courage who knew she needed to survive for the sake of her children.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Jun 07, 2006

A Year Later, Tsunami Relief Efforts are Just Beginning
It began with an undersea earthquake near the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. As news began filtering out Dec. 26, 2004, of the impossibly huge wave that swept shore after shore in that section of the ocean, as video pictures emerged and surviving residents and tourists shakily told their stories, as international news crews rushed to document incredible scenes of devastation, many hearts were touched.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Dec 19, 2005

UMCOR Continues Tsunami Work in Sri Lanka, Other Nations
Although security concerns have increased since the November presidential election in Sri Lanka, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is continuing its tsunami work there. The agency also has addressed tsunami-related needs in India, Thailand and Somalia.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Dec 19, 2005

Indonesia's Tsunami Recovery Comes with Complications
A year after the tsunami wiped out whole parts of the Aceh Province of Indonesia, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is helping people rebuild their homes, their communities and their livelihoods. But the relief and recovery work has been complicated, according to the Rev. Paul Dirdak, UMCOR's chief executive.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Dec 19, 2005

Day After Day, Methodist Pastor Assists Fellow Sri Lankans
A year ago, the Rev. Anil Silva of the Methodist Church in Matara in the south of Sri Lanka could not have imagined what lay ahead for him and his congregation. Nearly a year after the tsunami hit his country, he has been faced with long queues of people outside the church. And still people line up. Every day.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Dec 19, 2005

The UMCOR Hotline, October 18, 2005
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UMCOR Directs Tsunami Funds to Chennai, Andaman
NEW YORK, October 11, 2005—United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Directors agreed yesterday to grant $505,893 to the Methodist Church of India in Chennai and Andaman Island to assist them in their community-wide tsunami recovery efforts. They are among the hardest-hit areas in India.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Oct 12, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, May 31, 2005
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Providing employment for the area's fisher folk who lost their livelihoods in the tsunami was just one of the many reasons UMCOR started the beach clearing project in Sri Lanka. UMCOR is helping to contain the Marburg virus with a grant to train 40 women and men on prevention in their communities. UMCOR is also helping The United Methodist Church in the Cameroon respond to the cholera pandemic there. Food shortages from both the lack of rain and breakdown of civil infrastructures are causing famines in southern and eastern African nations.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: May 31, 2005

Tsunami Recovery in Indonesia Reveals Resilient Human Spirit
The ornate handle shaped like an elephant's trunk stood out among the debris scattered around Banda Aceh. It looked like it broke off of a pottery vase or pitcher. In comparison to the other items in the rubble, a visitor could tell that this once belonged to something special. The handle caught the eye of an UMCOR official visiting Indonesia in April. She reflected how this piece of pottery echoes what the tsunami did in many areas: it took something beautiful and cherished, and left brokenness.
Source: UMCOR Press Releases
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Date posted: May 11, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, May 10, 2005
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n the Republic of Georgia "April Showers" turned into April floods this year. UMCOR has just published new electronic bulletin insert, "Tsunami Recovery in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Somalia and Beyond". From coast-to- coast, young folk are demonstrating that humanitarian service need not be the sole province of adults. n the mountainous Paktya Province of Afghanistan, UMCOR workers recently met with Banuzai tribesmen who have returned home after years of being refugees in Pakistan.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: May 10, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, May 3, 2005
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Last summer three hurricanes ripped through the United States leaving a swath of destruction in Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and as far north as western Pennsylvania. Twenty-five volunteers from Grace United Methodist Church in Fergus Falls, MN, packed school and health kits at UMCOR Sager Brown this spring. In the aftermath of the tsunami, UMCOR has opened recovery centers in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Talks are in progress for support of additional rehabilitation in India. UMCOR sent emergency aid to Somalia and Thailand as well.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: May 03, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, April 12, 2005
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UMCOR Hotline, April 5, 2005
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UMCOR Hotline, March 29, 2005
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UMCOR has sent aid to assist survivors of the 8.7 magnitude earthquake that razed much of Nias Island yesterday. If you're planning a mission trip this spring or summer, consider helping to speed roof replacement all over Florida and other regions devastated by last year's multiple hurricanes. Afghanistan's harshest winter in 15 years has turned into its worst spring. Medical technicians and doctors from a Mercy Ships hospital ship have assisted with diagnoses and treatment at Ganta United Methodist Hospital in recent weeks.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Mar 29, 2005

New earthquake off Indonesia prolongs need for assistance
The effects of the March 28 earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra will increase the need for assistance in the tsunami-ravaged region. United Methodists already had been working with Methodist church partners in the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, the area hardest hit by the Dec.26 earthquake and tsunami.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Mar 29, 2005

India's 'untouchable' women help in tsunami relief effort
When Ekasi Siromani heard stories of the tsunami's terrible destruction in coastal areas near her south India village, she "felt deeply moved" to do something. This mother of three children-- herself one of India's "untouchables" - spent four days packing up rice, dhal (lentil-based food staple), oil and clothing provided by the British Methodist Relief and Development Fund. The fund is the British Methodist Church's equivalent to the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Mar 24, 2005

Methodists to Assist Fishing Societies in Sri Lanka
Methodists are working with fishing societies in Sri Lanka to help those whose livelihoods were destroyed by the Dec. 26 tsunami. The collaborative effort, funded at $100,000, is between the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka and the United Methodist Committee on Relief, according to the Rev. Kristin Sachen, UMCOR's head of disaster response.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Mar 23, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, March 15, 2005
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UMCOR Hotline, March 8, 2005
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UMCOR Hotline, March 1, 2005
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Tsunami Perspective from Southern India
Tsunami Relief rally in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu

Where is God when the plates of the earth shift mightily sending the waters of the sea to destroy mounds of property and belongings, sweeping thousands of bodies away? Who can speak meaningfully of God in the face of unsurpassed natural disaster? We have struggled with this. It is a mystery.
Source: Mission Personnel
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Date posted: Feb 22, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, February 22, 2005
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"Be There": South Asia Emergency: UMCOR Online Poster
This poster, which promotes UMCOR's Asian tsunami emergency response uses the One Great Hour of Sharing 2005 theme "Be There." When the PDF format version is printed, it fits nicely on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. This poster is also available in JPG format for print and for the web.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Feb 15, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, February 15, 2005
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The heaviest rains in a century have flooded broad sections of coastal Guyana and displaced nearly half the population of 750,000. Thousands of volunteers are needed to help rebuild roofs, walls, and interiors following 2004 hurricane season in which four storms swept over the southeast. An UMCOR worker has begun laying the groundwork for UMCOR operations in Sri Lanka.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Feb 15, 2005

Talking Points on Tsunami & United Methodist Women
Information regarding United Methodist Women's connections and presence to areas affected by the tsunami with remarks from president Kyung Za Yim who visited disaster sites.
Source: Women's Division
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Date posted: Feb 10, 2005

UMCOR Hotline, February 8, 2005
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