Across Pacific Magazine - South Asia Earthquake Report




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“This disaster is worse than the Tsunami,”
UN Relief Co-ordinator, Jan Egeland


The South Asian earthquake has killed thousands and put millions at risk of death from exposure. speak the language and know the terrain. The world is still waking up to the scale of the tragedy. Supplies are only slowly reaching the injured and homeless survivors. Three weeks on, MANY easily accessed villages still need aid to enable them to survive the bitter winter that is coming.

YOUTH WITH A MISSION, an international and inter-denominational Christian agency involved in relief and development worldwide has been operating on the ground since the day of the quake.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? YWAM Rapid Response Teams are buying relief supplies, hiring vehicles, gathering volunteers and distributing aid to survivors. They From YWAM England, we are sending funds to sustain their efforts. Quality, thick blankets and plastic sheets are being purchased in the cities and distributed to families in scattered villages around Mansehra, Abbottabad, Balakot and Muzaffarabad in Northern Pakistan.

Rapid Response Team visits are now a life-line for many. They see them as their only hope. Survivors need kerosene cookers (£4/$8 each), lanterns, food, milk for children, further blankets (£12/$25 each). Medicines and vaccines are needed to stem infections from wounds and the onset of tetanus .

Your money goes directly to those on the ground: 
NO Airfares, Overheads, Salaries.
ONLY Relief Supplies, Transport, Distribution - actual Project costs


Registered Charity number 264078 and Company number 10459516 in England and Wales.


TO SEND YOUR DONATION:

Electronic transfers:
BANK: Nat West. Sort Code 60-06-20
Account: Youth With A Mission Ltd, Acc: 56972989
Swift Code:NWBKGB2L
IBAN: GB52NWBK60062056972989
Designation: QUAKE.


Quake email: ywamquake@yahoo.com
Quake hotline International +44 7813094958
UK: 07813094958

On-line credit card and CAF card giving details at:
http://www.ywam-england.com/news-flashes4.shtml
For updates visit www.ywam-england.com and www.ywam.org.


USA: for tax deductable gifts send your donation to:
Office of the Americas, Accounts, PO Box 3000
Garden Valley, TX 75771-3000 USA
Write checks to YWAM, include a separate note designating the gift to YWAM Quake

UK: Write cheques payable to YWAM. Send to:
Quake Appeal, Youth With A Mission
Highfield Oval, HARPENDEN, HERTS AL5 4BX
(UK Tax payers: request a Gift Aid Form to increase your gift
by 28p in the pound.)


Australia: www.arms.org.au

New Zealand: Write cheque payable to YWAM. Send to:
YWAM National Office
PO Box 43-120, Mangere, Auckland 1703








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