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In December 2002, CWS helped found the multi-agency "All Our Children"
campaign for Iraqi children's health. The campaign, supported by the United
Methodist Committee on Relief, has provided $264,000 in cash and $183,414 in
in-kind aid for medicine, medical supplies, emergency food aid, blankets,
wheelchairs and hygiene supplies for pediatric hospitals and clinics and to a
program serving street children.

CWS said it expects a substantial portion of the $1.2 million in medical
supplies to be distributed to pediatric hospitals in support of the All Our
Children campaign.

UMCOR is responding to the crisis in Iraq through ecumenical relief agencies
such as CWS as well as Action by Churches Together, the Middle East Council
of Churches, Norwegian Church Aid and the Mennonite Central Committee.
Contributions can be designated for UMCOR's Advance #623225-4 "Iraq
Emergency" and placed in church offering plates or sent directly to UMCOR,
475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115. Credit-card donations can be
made by calling (800) 554-8583.

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*This story was adapted from a Church World Service press release.

 
 

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