INDIA/BIHAR FLOODS
Emergency Alert Updated - November 20, 2008
You can help
our local partners
provide needed assistance.
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Background:
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is responding to severe flooding in Northern India. Monsoon rains have caused the River Kosi to change its normal course, resulting in the worst flooding in the region’s recorded history and inundating many areas that are not usually prone to flooding.
Bihar—the hardest hit region—reports that 2.4 million people in 13 districts have been displaced without secure access to basic necessities such as clean water. The government now faces the daunting task of moving millions of people to protected zones.
Flood waters have also destroyed crops and killed livestock undermining food security in the region and destroying agricultural livelihoods.
| LWR AND PARTNERS ARE HELPING |
LWR is working with the Action by Churches Together (ACT) international alliance and local partners Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action and Lutheran World Service-India (LWSI) to provide immediate relief assistance, including:
- Emergency food aid;
- Access to safe drinking water;
- Temporary shelter materials for families whose homes have been lost or damaged;
- Emergency kits containing health and hygiene items.
LWR is also working with the Institute for Development Education and Action (IDEA) to distribute food to affected families in the Madhupura district.
The best way to assist people caught in an emergency is to give cash so that our partner staff on the ground can be most effective.
To contribute online, click below. You will be given the opportunity to choose “South Asia Floods” for your contribution.
Your gift will be used to respond to the “South Asia Floods” until needs there are met. After that, further gifts will be used to help LWR respond where the need is greatest. Please also consider making an unrestricted donation which will enable LWR to respond quickly to the next emergency.
During regular business hours, Monday through Friday, you may also call 1-800-LWR-LWR-2, or mail a check or money order to:
Lutheran World Relief -
South Asia Floods
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
USA
MEDIA CONTACT:
Emily Sollie, 410-230-2802 (office), 443-220-3269 (cell), esollie@lwr.org
Lutheran World Relief is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility. LWR is a member of Action by Churches Together.
