{"id":8394,"date":"2004-12-28T18:44:48","date_gmt":"2004-12-28T23:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:28:47","slug":"4028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2004\/12\/28\/4028\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant World Relief Responds to Asian Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASIA (December 28, 2004)\u00a0 &#8211; Covenant World Relief is partnering with World\u00a0 Relief International and a number of other disaster relief agencies to\u00a0 respond quickly to needs throughout areas from Thailand to Somalia in\u00a0 the aftermath of a massive tsunami that destroyed virtually everything\u00a0 in its path Monday morning, resulting in the loss of life that is\u00a0 estimated in excess of 50,000 people, according to CNN and the\u00a0 Associated Press.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Families are flocking to makeshift morgues seeking lost loved ones as\u00a0 hundreds of thousands have been left homeless in Indonesia, India, Sri\u00a0 Lanka and Thailand, reports CNN News. The United Nations is asking donor\u00a0 countries to dig deeper, saying this will likely be the costliest\u00a0 disaster ever. &#8220;People need help fast,&#8221; CNN quotes one man as saying in\u00a0 Colombo, Sri Lanka, where flags were at half-staff. &#8220;There&#8217;s no power,\u00a0 there&#8217;s no petrol, there&#8217;s no movement, there&#8217;s no support getting\u00a0 through to the injured, and I believe there are bodies that need to be\u00a0 identified and transported out of there. With this heat, sanitation\u00a0 problems will arise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck about 7 a.m. Sunday and was centered\u00a0 about 100 miles off the coast of Indonesia&#8217;s Sumatra island at a depth\u00a0 of about 6.2 miles. The quake triggered massive waves exceeding 30 feet\u00a0 in height, one news source reported.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;By God&#8217;s grace, all our people in our mission fields in Pondicherry,\u00a0 Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are safe from the tsunami waves which hit\u00a0 the southern coast,&#8221; reports K. Paul Devakumar of the IFCM Covenant\u00a0 Church in India in an email update to David Husby, co-regional\u00a0 coordinator for Asia for Covenant World Mission of the Evangelical\u00a0 Covenant Church (ECC). &#8220;Communications links with our missionaries in\u00a0 these places were totally cut off. Only this morning we could get in\u00a0 touch with them.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;In Pondicherry, the waves came very close to our church,&#8221; he continues.\u00a0 &#8220;There has been a lot of loss of houses and belongings. We do not have\u00a0 any words as we see the number of dead people who are buried in mass\u00a0 graves. It all happened so quickly. The relief work is going on. Threat\u00a0 and warning of another tsunami in the next 48 hours has brought a lot of\u00a0 fear and anxiety among the people. Please pray. We are trying to\u00a0 mobilize and organize for the relief. It will take months for the people\u00a0 to recover from the calamity and get back to normalcy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Covenant World Relief (CWR) is accepting donations to assist the relief\u00a0 efforts, according to Jim Sundholm, director. &#8220;In fact, CWR funds are\u00a0 already at work &#8211; but we could use more.&#8221; A more detailed assessment was\u00a0 provided by Tim Ziemer of World Relief International in an email report\u00a0 to board members.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Mark Smith, our disaster response division director, was diverted to\u00a0 India on Monday while returning to the U.S. from Darfur, Sudan,&#8221; he\u00a0 writes. &#8220;He&#8217;s presently in Chennai (formerly Madras), on the southeast\u00a0 side of the Indian peninsula. This is the coastline of India that was\u00a0 the most exposed to the direct line from the epicenter of the earthquake\u00a0 that created the tsunamis and which suffered the most damage. Rabi, our\u00a0 national representative, and Mark are doing an initial assessment.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;While still in it&#8217;s formative stage (response plan), we plan to focus\u00a0 on India ( reported\u00a0 death toll is at 5,000) and Sri Lanka (12,000),&#8221; he\u00a0 continues. &#8220;We are proceeding with establishing partnerships that are\u00a0 &#8220;like minded&#8221;. We will consider their capacity and do our best not to\u00a0 stretch them too far. The ECC (Covenant) disaster funding has enabled us\u00a0 to respond immediately. Without that, we simply would not have been able\u00a0 to do anything until funds came in. Please pray with us that we will\u00a0 honor the Lord as we respond to this very dramatic tragedy.\u00a0 Specifically, please pray for our disaster relief staff because they\u00a0 have been stretched very thin with the ongoing work in Iran, the\u00a0 Carribean and Sudan; and pray that funding will be received to enable us\u00a0 to assist in ways that will honor the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Those desiring to donate to the relief effort should direct checks to\u00a0 Tsunami Relief in area of Covenant World Relief, Evangelical Covenant\u00a0 Church, 5101 N. Francisco Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625. Mark gifts in\u00a0 support of Tsunami Relief. 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