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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

AMERICAN BAPTISTS CONTINUE EARTHQUAKE 
RELIEF ASSISTANCE IN INDIA
 American Baptists continue to assist relief efforts 
in the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake Jan. 26 in 
western India that may have claimed 35,000 or more lives.
 The American Baptist World Relief Office has sent 
$25,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing emergency relief 
funds through Church World Service.  CWS's partner, 
Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA), is assisting 
over 35,000 families in three areas--Bhachau and 
Ghandidam, near Bhuj, and Jamnagar and Rajkot--with 
food, potable water, relief kits, kitchen utensils, blankets, 
tarpaulins and tents.  More than 500 people are benefiting 
from a CASA feeding program near Bhuj.
 An additional $5,000 in emergency relief funds has 
been released to American Baptist International Ministries 
for the relief and rehabilitation work of the Baptist Church 
of Hyderabad, India, an American Baptist partner in 
ministry.  The funds will be used to assist the church in its 
relief program to provide clothing, utensils and other 
household articles as well as financial assistance to 500 
families in Gujarath state.  The Rev. Dr. G. Samuel, pastor 
of the Hyderabad church, said, "To say it in one sentence, 
this is the worst calamity and most terrible national 
tragedy in the known history of India." 
 The World Relief Office and International 
Ministries urge American Baptists to pray for relief 
workers, church leaders and the many people in India 
affected by this catastrophe. 
 American Baptists wishing to contribute to the 
recovery may do so through One Great Hour of Sharing 
(line 7 of the Monthly Report of Mission Support) 
designating funds for "India Earthquake Relief."
 Others outside the American Baptist family 
interested in helping may do so by making contributions 
payable to American Baptist Churches, marking "India 
Earthquake Relief" on the memo line of the check. Mail to: 
ABC World Relief Office, P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 
19482-0851 marked "India Earthquake Relief."

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