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26/5/08 - Myanmar Catastrophe - Media Updates
FTH has updated several items to the media section of the Myanmar Disaster Relief Section of the website.
Stefan Radelich is featured in several pieces. Two audio interviews from Myanmar, and two video appeals from our U.S. Headquarters in South Bend USA.
Click here for the media updates.
Click here for the latest information about relief efforts in Myanmar.
24/5/08 - Myanmar Catastrophe Update | Death Toll Doubles
On may 16th the Myanmar Government released new official figures listing the confirmed death toll and people still missing presumed dead. This figure was double the previous amount, but experts continue to predict a far higher number will be reached.
The combined number of dead & missing has now reached 130,000.
FTH continues to partner with local Yangon Church members to distribute food to survivors in the Irrawaddy Delta region. While reconstruction efforts in the Yangon Province have already began.
Click here to learn more about the Phase 2 Construction efforts.
21/5/08 - Myanmar catastrophe | Photo Updates
Stefan Radelich has updated our Photo Gallery with new images of from his recent time in Yangon, Myanmar.
FTH Australia has now almost 100 images online from the Myanmar disaster.
Click here to view the photos.
Click here for more information on the Myanmar relief efforts.
Click here to make a donation to Myanmar Catastrophe.
16/5/08 4.06pm - China Disaster | Sichuan Earthquake Update
With secular reports fearing the death toll from Monday's earthquake could rise as high as 50,000, our FTH HK office is working at full capacity both with partner churches in Hong Kong, and churches on the ground in Sichuan.Surviving the initial disaster, these churches are now standing as beacons of light in the midst of confusion, despair, and the growing terror that missing loved ones will not be reached in time.
You can help empower local Christians on the ground with a donation that will buy critically needed food, water, basic first aid and emergency shelter supplies.
Help Chinese Christians deliver a message of hope that is reinforced with a helping hand and your act of kindness.
Click here for more information.
14/5/08 8.12pm - China Disaster | Sichuan Earthquake Update
FTH HK is coordinating relief efforts through a church in nearby Chengdu, as it continues to become a focus point of relief as people from nearby areas stream towards it. A partner church in Hong Kong will send medical teams to assist the Chengdu church.Click here for the very latest news from our HK office.
14/5/08 5.48pm - Myanmar Catastrophe Update - New Cyclone Alert
"The United Nations’ weather centre has identified a tropical storm in its early stages which is likely to become a cyclone, according to Amanda Pitt, spokeswoman of the UN humanitarian relief programme in Bangkok, Thailand. She could not give any details about the likely size or location of a second cyclone.But the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, part of the UN’s World Meteorological Centre said on its website that ‘the potential for the development of a significant tropical cyclone within the next 24 hours is good.’ It said the building storm was moving towards the same Irrawaddy delta region which was hit by Cyclone Nargis."
Please pray for the storm to weaken and dissipate.
Please click here for more information about the Myanmar situation.
14/5/08 5.32pm - Myanmar Catastrophe Update - Photo Gallery
Stefan Radelich was able to send some photos which are available to view here.Please click here for more information about the Myanmar situation.
14/5/08 11.42am - Myanmar Catastrophe Update - On the Ground.
FTH is pleased to confirm that Stefan Radelich is on the ground in Yangon coordinating relief efforts with a local Church. More information will be available shortly.
Myanmar is undergoing a severe crisis, and the outlook is bleak. Please do not underestimate the seriousness, nor the desperation of this situation. I urge you all to contribute to relief efforts for Myanmar - whether it is through FTH or some other organisation.
Please... send your best gift to help end this catastrophe.
Click here to make a donation
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13/5/08 - Chinese Earthquake kills over 7000 people in Sichuan province
A Magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the southwest China province of Sichuan, killing at least 8,500 people. The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reports an estimated 900 students are buried under rubble in a high school near Dujiangyan. The New York Times reports this is the deadliest quake to strike China since 1976.FTH Hong Kong office is assessing how we can best assist survivors of this disaster. More information will be posted as it comes to hand.
9/5/08 2.15pm - Myanmar Catastrophe - Video Appeal
Click here to view the video appeal
Click here for more information of the Myanmar Disaster Relief.
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8/5/08 5.28pm - Myanmar Catastrophe - Prayer Request
Please click here to join us in prayer for this urgent need.
8/5/08 3.32pm - Myanmar Catastrophe Update
With support from fellow aid organisations we continue to pool logistical information to best bring in relief supplies into the Disaster Area.Prices of basic food supplies are escalating as some people take advantage of the surge in demand. The bulk of relief supplies will be brought in from Thailand.
Click here for more information.
8/5/08 3.09pm - Partner Letter Released - Zimbabwe
The May partner letter focusing on an opportunity to bypass the Government in crisis and bring food and the Gospel into the hands of a ministry that has operated for the last 20 years in the midst of Zimbabwe.Click here to read more.
7/5/08 7.17pm - Myanmar Catastrophe Update
With communications established in Myanmar, plans to bring aid into Myanmar are well underway.In response to ground reports, we are now adding chainsaws and other ground clearing equipment to assist in clean-up operations in disaster areas.
The latest information on the situation can be found here.
7/5/08 12.11pm - Myanmar Catastrophe update
FTH has been able to contact our church partners in Yangon (Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma). Their 3000 member congregation is part of a strong network of churches throughout the country and places them as one of Myanmar's leading churches.
Their facility is in good shape despite not having any power - they are fortunate to have access to a generator. They have the manpower, they have the facility and capabilities… but they have no supplies yet.
We expect more updates throughout the day. Contact the office to sign up for FTH Email Alerts and receive the latest significant news as it comes to hand.
We urgently need your best gift to help his nation recover from this devastating cataclysm.
Please click here to make your donation now.
6/5/08 - Myanmar - Cyclone Nargis
FTH is working on securing distribution through to our three church partners in Yangoon. FTH will begin bringing disaster relief that will help survivors of the deadliest disaster to strike South East Asia since the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, and ensuring that it will not be subverted by government or military agencies.
Current estimates show over 10,000 people have lost their lives and over 3,000 people are still missing.
More details will be posted here as they come to hand.
6/5/08 - Zimbabwe - Where Everyone's a millionaire!
FTH is preparing to send fortified rice meals, canned meats and vegetables, nutritional supplements and bibles into a land beset with the highest inflation rate in the world.
More information will be released over the coming days.
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