{"id":5806,"date":"2014-02-26T05:42:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T10:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=5806"},"modified":"2014-02-17T12:13:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T17:13:24","slug":"drought-relief-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2014\/02\/drought-relief-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought Relief in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India HCC Drought Relief Draft<\/p>\n<p>CWR continues to receive updates from partners on the drought in Makarashtra, India:<\/p>\n<p>The current drought in Maharashtra seems to have broken all previous records, with millions of human beings and livestock suffering hunger in absence of food and fodder.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">Almost five million people have no work as the crops failed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">Millions of people from mainly farming communities across 12,000 <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">villages of 15 districts are facing severe shortages of drinking water, and are unable to grow crops and provide fodder for their livestock.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">Hunger is likely to become a critical issue in the coming weeks as farmers have no income and their backup resources are now depleting.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">People will have no way to feed their families soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 19.5px\">Drinking water is a serious problem as the normal supply systems have failed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Hindustani Covenant Church and Covenant Social Services are doing their best to provide relief support to human beings, animals and birds. Six drought-hit villages have been reached by HCC\/CSS. Relief response is being carried out by HCC\/CSS with the support of Covenant World Relief and other partners. The relief work includes: repair of hand pumps, distributions of water pouches, medical support to vulnerable groups, grain and water for birds, water for animals through tankers, and plastic baskets for fodder for animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/give\/\">Give today<\/a> to CWR and support emergency disaster response like we are doing now in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=5806&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India HCC Drought Relief Draft CWR continues to receive updates from partners on the drought in Makarashtra, India: The current drought in Maharashtra seems to have broken all previous records, with millions of human beings and livestock suffering hunger in absence of food and fodder. 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