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AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

ABC/USA Releases Funds for Venezuela Relief

 The American Baptist Churches USA World Relief Office 
has released $20,000 to Church World Service for 
emergency relief ministries in Venezuela following mudslides 
and flooding that have claimed thousands of lives.
 The disaster, caused by ongoing torrential rains, has 
been centered along the country's Caribbean coast.  
Considered one of worst natural calamities in Venezuela's 
history, it has left some 150,000 persons  homeless and may 
claim as many as 30,000 lives, according to some officials.
 Church World Service and Witness, the relief and 
development arm of the National Council of Churches of 
Christ, has funded local partner organizations in Venezuela 
for the purchase of blankets and mattresses for persons who 
have evacuated the affected area. 
 American Baptists wishing to help in emergency relief 
work in Venezuela may do so through One Great Hour of 
Sharing (Monthly Report of Mission Support, line 7), 
designating funds for "Venezuela Flood Relief."

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