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GAZA CRISIS
Emergency Alert Updated - October 21, 2009
You can help
our local partners
provide needed assistance.
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Background:
In late December 2008, fighting broke out between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
The fighting took a heavy toll on the civilian population of Gaza - hundreds were killed while homes, water supply systems and hospitals and were damaged.
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| LWR AND PARTNERS ARE HELPING |
LWR is responding through the Action by Churches Together (ACT) alliance to support ongoing assistance to civilians affected by the fighting and reconstruction of healthcare infrastructure. Assistance includes:
- Food supplements
- Medicine, medical supplies and equipment
- Cash-for-food and cash-for-work programs
- Psychosocial assistance.
In addition, LWR is working with its partners International Orthodox Christian Charities and International Relief and Development to provide quilts, layettes, school kits and health kits to more than 20,000 people affected by the conflict.
The best way to assist people caught in an emergency is to give cash so that our partner staff on the ground can be most effective.
To contribute online, click below. You will be given the opportunity to choose “Mid-East Crisis” for your contribution.
Your gift will be used to respond to the “Mid-East Crisis” until needs there are met. After that, further gifts will be used to help LWR respond where the need is greatest. Please also consider making an unrestricted donation which will enable LWR to respond quickly to the next emergency.
During regular business hours, Monday through Friday, you may also call 1-800-LWR-LWR-2, or mail a check or money order to:
Lutheran World Relief -
Mid-East Crisis
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
USA
INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS:
Editors: When listing organizations receiving donations for aid to survivors of major disasters outside the United States, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, please include:
Lutheran World Relief, www.lwr.org, 1-800-597-5972
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily Sollie, 410-230-2802 (office), 443-220-3269 (cell), esollie@lwr.org
Lutheran World Relief is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility. LWR is a member of Action by Churches Together.
