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National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
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NCC3/17/99  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE POST-HURRICANE MITCH RESPONSE

   NEW YORK CITY - Church World Service has named Glenn Rogers, an
international relief consultant, Hurricane Mitch Work Team
Coordinator, based at the Sager-Brown Center in Louisiana. He began
his assignment February 26 and is working with CWS staff, member
denominations and Central American partners in coordinating work
team assignments in Honduras and Nicaragua.

   Rogers, a member of the United Church of Christ, has worked with
the Christian Children's Fund, PLAN International and the Pearl Buck
Foundation in a number of countries, including Peru, Bolivia and
Thailand. Though officially retired and living in Florida, Rogers
will live in Louisiana for the 12-month assignment. Betsy Crites
served as interim Work Team Coordinator.

   Don Tatlock, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) member from
Texas, has been named the Honduras-based Hurricane Mitch Mission
Team Co-Coordinator, working with the Christian Commission for
Development (CCD). The son of missionaries, Tatlock has lived in
Venezuela and Mexico and has led numerous work teams to Honduras
over the years. He has a social work background, and currently works
part-time for the State of Texas Dept. of Social Services, while
attending seminary. He will begin work with CCD in mid-June.

   More than 30 CWS-sponsored work teams with some 400 volunteers
have been scheduled to work in Honduras through November. The teams
represent a wide variety of CWS member denominations and churches,
ecumenical groups, and colleges and universities. The first
construction team, a 12-member group from Granville, N.Y., helped to
build and rehabilitate homes in Honduras' Nacaome province.

   In partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief
(UMCOR), and along with representatives from the Christian
Commission for Development (CCD) in Honduras and the Council of
Evangelical Churches (CEPAD) in Nicaragua, CWS is coordinating a
volunteer program for rebuilding homes damaged or destroyed by
Hurricane Mitch. Volunteer teams travel at their own expense to work
in reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts. For more information,
call 1-888-283-6113.

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