ADRA update: California wildfire, Caribbean flooding survivors to receive aid

By: Nadia McGill/ADRA/ANN Staff
Date: 11/23/07
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Church members lost their house to fire in Fallbrook, California. State officials said 20 wildfires destroyed more than 1,400 homes in the region and displaced up to 1 million residents last week. [photo: courtesy Pacific Union Conference]

ADRA is assisting victims in the Mexican state of Tabasco, eighty percent of which was flooded early November by tropical storm Noel. [photo: Southern Mexican Union/IAD/ANN]


The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is joining local aid organizations to assist some 20,000 people who remain in shelters throughout Southern California after 20 wildfires destroyed more than 1,400 homes in the region and displaced up to 1 million residents last week. Immediate needs include food, water, shelter, hygiene kits, debris clean-up assistance and counseling services. ADRA has committed an initial $50,000 to fund the response efforts of its local partner organizations to meet the most pressing needs of survivors, many of whom are uninsured and have been left destitute by the fires.

ADRA is also responding to flooding in Dominican Republic, Haiti and Mexico. Last month a tropical storm brought three days of nonstop rain to the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, causing floods that left more than 100 people dead. In cooperation with local partners, ADRA is providing food baskets to 400 families in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The baskets will provide enough food for a family of six for up to two weeks. ADRA Mexico is operating 15 soup kitchens to serve flood survivors. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people have been affected by flooding in the country's southern states.  

 

 
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