Posts Tagged ‘Development-Relief’

CWR Funds Aid Drought Victims in Kenya

6 comments Written on May 10th, 2011     
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KITENGALA, KENYA (May 10, 2011) – Kenyans walked as far as nine miles to receive food and clothing distributed by the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya (ECCK) that purchased the goods with funds from Covenant World Relief.

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News Briefs: Covenanters Making Headlines

Post a Comment » Written on April 12th, 2011     
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CHICAGO, IL (April 12, 2011) – Dulcie Gannett was the longest-serving chaplain at Swedish Covenant Hospital and had ministered to thousands of patients until she died suddenly last November.

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Covenant Pastor Leads Firefighting Team to Chile

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ELGIN, IL (March 25, 2011) – Henoch Fuentes, an Evangelical Covenant Church minister, and nine firefighters from this community received national attention in Chile recently when they delivered donated fire equipment and helped train emergency personnel in the earthquake-shattered city …

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Haiti: How to Sustain Rebuilding Effort

6 comments Written on March 18th, 2011     
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 18, 2011) – Editor’s note: This report is the last in a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who spent five days accompanying a five-member medical team from the …

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Haiti: From the Reporter’s Notebook

Post a Comment » Written on March 18th, 2011     
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 18, 2011) – Editor’s note: This report contains a collection of notes taken from the reporter’s notebook. It is part of a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who …

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Haiti: Fighting the Deadly Scourge – Cholera

Post a Comment » Written on March 16th, 2011     
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (March 16, 2011) – Editor’s note: This report is part of a week-long series of articles written by Stan Friedman, news editor for Covenant News Service, who spent five days accompanying a five-member medical team from the United …

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CWR Encourages Support for Japan Relief Fund

Post a Comment » Written on March 14th, 2011     
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CHICAGO, IL (March 14, 2011) – A new fund has been established by Covenant World Relief to aid victims of the earthquakes and tsunami that devastated large areas in Japan last Friday, with more than 1,900 confirmed deaths and thousands …

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Disaster Draws Two Churches into Lasting Friendship

Post a Comment » Written on March 14th, 2011     
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STROMSBURG, NE (March 14, 2011) – Thirty-four members of Iglesia Evangelica Missionera del Pacto Church in La Villa, Texas, which was devastated by Hurricane Dolly in 2009, traveled here to spend a weekend celebrating the bonds formed between that congregation …

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Covenant Homes Opened to Displaced Families in Chile

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TOME, CHILE (March 13, 2011) – Members of the Chile Covenant Church in Tomé opened their homes on higher ground for families that had been evacuated from low-lying areas due to fears that a tsunami unleashed by the Japan earthquake …

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Hope, Changed Lives Focus of Special Haiti Series

Post a Comment » Written on March 11th, 2011     
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CHICAGO, IL (March 11, 2011) – A clinic opened in January by Covenant World Relief partner Medical Teams International (MTI) provides the only on-site health services to the 30,000 residents in the new tent city of Canaan just outside of …

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