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CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs Disaster Bulletin No. 7635H for $300,000 Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director SITUATION: Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Pauline ravaged Mexico's western Pacific…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: An Oct. 14 earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit northern Chile, causing eight deaths, injuring 272, and leaving nearly 60,000 homeless. More than…

Mexico The Pacific coastal areas of the three provinces of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas were hit by Hurricane Pauline in mid-October. This was the first hurricane in this area for some 70 years, and one of the largest to hit…

Weekly News The Chilean Red Cross launched a national appeal for the reconstruction of houses in the area of Coquimbo, which was severely hit by an earthquake last week. The earthquake killed eight people, injured 55, destroyed 15,000 homes and affected…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 COLONIAL NARVARTE, MEXICO-- The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is using the helicopters from the Air Services of the Attorney General (Procuraduría General de la…

October 20, 1997-- The Red Cross, in collaboration with the Teamsters Union and United Airlines, is sending thousands of comfort kits to victims of Hurricane Pauline in Mexico. Ten thousand Red Cross comfort kits have already been sent, and…

(12:50pm AEST) Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo says that people may soon begin starving to death in *Oaxaca state on the Pacific coast which was badly hit by Hurricane Pauline. He says the government is working on an emergency footing to…

DHAGVA - 97/0534 Interagency assessment mission: findings 1. As mentioned in the DHA Situation Report no.2 of 2 October 1997, an Interagency needs assessment mission, with the participation of the WFP, FAO and UNICEF, was carried out from 8 to 11…

NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 COLONIAL NARVARTE, MEXICO-- The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing to provide food and emergency relief to the victims of Hurricane Pauline,…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0533 1. The earthquake that hit Chile on 14 October 1997 at 21.04 hours/local time (October 15 at 01.04 hours GMT) with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale affected mainly the region of Coquimbo. The…