{"id":10127,"date":"2007-09-24T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10127"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:55:04","slug":"5840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/09\/24\/5840\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese School Escapes Serious Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENTIU, SUDAN (September 24, 2007) \u2013 A school building under  construction &#8211; thanks to more than $100,000 raised by teenagers at last  year\u2019s CHIC event &#8211; withstood the flooding that has devastated much of  this African nation, says Jim Sundholm, director of Covenant World  Relief.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10171\" title=\"School\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/School.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/School.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/School-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\u201cThe flooding washed away some of the sand and cement, but what was built stayed firm,\u201d says Jim Sundholm.<\/p>\n<p>Construction  has been delayed due to the loss of the building materials, but  Sundholm hopes work will resume soon. The accompanying photograph is  from May and the most recent available. Since the time of the photograph  and prior to the flooding, construction continued, including the  addition the school\u2019s roof.<\/p>\n<p>Record flooding from torrential rains  that began in June has left millions at risk for disease and uprooted  thousands of families.<\/p>\n<p>Covenant World Relief has established a special fund to help flood victims, with donations accepted by mail as well as online. 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