FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (June 11, 2007)
CRWRC NAIROBI STAFF REPORT ON BOMBING THIS MORNING
CRWRC Media Contact U.S. Beth DeGraff 616-241-1691, ext. 4191
(GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.) - An explosion ripped through a cafe in downtown Nairobi at eight o'clock (0500 GMT) this morning. Unconfirmed reports suggest that a suicide bomber
detonated the bomb just two blocks from the location of the U.S. Embassy attack in 1998, causing concern among residents that history may be repeating itself according to the BBC.
"Reports in Nairobi are that this needless bombing has killed five and injured 33, but that is unconfirmed," says Christian Reformed World Relief Committee's (www.crwrc.org) Hans
Helleman, a volunteer International Relief Manager for the organization there.
"CRWRC staff in Nairobi are safe, but we are saddened and concerned for the citizens of this country," Helleman continues.
CRWRC has worked in Kenya since 1983 and currently provides development consultation to Kenyan Anglican and Reformed churches, Partners Worldwide, and the Reformed Institute for Theological Training. CRWRC helps its partners provide clean water, AIDS orphan care, livestock management, nutrition, agriculture training, and health care, and income generating projects to the poorest populations in Kenya....
There are more than 34 million people located in Kenya, according to the World Fact Book. Kenya is country approximately twice the size of the state of Nevada. Fifty percent of Kenya's residents live below the poverty line.
For more information about CRWRC's community development work in Kenya, visit www.crwrc.org or call 1-800-55-CRWRC. CRWRC is a non-profit agency of the Christian Reformed Church in North America with offices in Burlington, Ontario, and Grand Rapids, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Michigan. CRWRC ministers to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people in relief, development, and justice education. Incorporated in 1962, CRWRC is now present in 36 countries and has an established international reputation for "living justice, loving mercy."
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Beth DeGraff US Media and Justice Contact 2850 Kalamazoo SE Grand Rapids, MI 49560 degraffb@crcna.org ph: 616-241-1691 x4191 fax: 616-724-0806
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