Stories tagged with: bgr

• Disaster relief efforts continue in Bahamas

  by Tobin Perry, posted Monday, September 23, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo by Bruce Ashburn/IMB.

  BAHAMAS (BP) -- About three weeks after the Bahamas experienced one of the most devastating hurricanes in its history, a team of Southern Baptist leaders is on the ground in the island nation looking for additional ways Baptists can support relief efforts.

  Representatives from Baptist Global Response (BGR), the International Mission Board (IMB), and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) will participate in the effort and will finalize partnerships with Baptist churches in the Bahamas for additional support. Read More

• Dorian in Carolinas: Baptists move to respond

  by Brandon Elrod, posted Friday, September 06, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo by Sam Porter/NAMB

  CHARLOTTE (BP) -- Hurricane Dorian made landfall Friday (Sept. 6) in northeast North Carolina as a Category 1 storm at Cape Hatteras as first responders in the Bahamas still worked to reach survivors after the storm's devastating visit to those islands. Southern Baptists are working to serve both fronts.

  As the storm traveled up the east coast, flash flooding occurred in some areas, and wind downed trees in the Carolinas. Tornadoes also spun off the storm. Power went down, and the storm claimed at least four lives in the Southeast. Read More

• 2nd Mozambique cyclone met with prayer, BGR response

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, April 30, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  PEMBA, Mozambique (BP) -- With Mozambique suffering its second major cyclone in the past six weeks, Baptist Global Response has requested prayer for ongoing disaster relief ministry in the southeast African nation.

  "Pray for the people in areas that are completely cut off, that have no access to food and shelter, and cannot communicate with those outside," BGR stated on its website. "Pray for those who are responding to do so quickly, and to have wisdom in the best ways to respond." Read More

• IMB's Chitwood encourages refugees, missionaries

  by Shawn Hendricks, posted Thursday, April 04, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo by Chris Carter/IMB

  ARUA, UGANDA (BP) -- With only one arm, Agnes carries a five-gallon jug of water on her head in a refugee camp near the South Sudan border in northern Uganda. On her own, she's a single mom with two children to care for and has to make an hour-long trek to a well because it's the closest one to her house. Read More

• After Mozambique cyclone, Baptists 'stepping up'

  by David Roach, posted Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  TICA, Mozambique (BP) -- Following a cyclone in Mozambique that killed at least 446 people, Baptist Global Response and the International Mission Board have begun disaster relief ministry in the southeast African nation and are preparing to broaden their response.

  "We have implemented a water and sanitation project in one of the displaced communities but are gearing up for some food and household goods distributions," said Jeff Palmer, executive director of BGR, a Baptist relief and development organization. Read More

• BGR joins movement for disaster response standards

  by BGR & BP Staff , posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Global Response has been accepted as an associate member of Sphere, a movement to uphold high standards in humanitarian work during disaster responses.

  With its inclusion in Sphere, BGR "joins other international organizations in affirming the need for knowing what to do in a time of crisis to meet the survival needs of people," said Pat Melancon, BGR director of disaster response and training. Read More

• Indonesia tsunami draws BGR 'outpouring'

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, December 27, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  TANJUNG LESUNG, Indonesia (BP) -- A tsunami that killed at least 430 people in Indonesia the weekend before Christmas is being met with an "outpouring" of God's love, Baptist Global Response (BGR) executive director Jeff Palmer says.

  The 10-foot tsunami in Indonesia's Sunda Strait -- between the islands of Java and Sumatra -- was triggered Dec. 22 by an eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano and an ensuing landslide. In addition to the deaths, nearly 150 people remain missing and more than 1,400 were injured, according to media reports. Tens of thousands have been displaced. Read More

• Clean water can flow through BGR on #GivingTuesday

  by BGR & BP Staff, posted Monday, November 26, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Clean water is the #GivingTuesday focus of Baptist Global Response for a second year.

  After its initial #GivingTuesday campaign for 500 water filters, BGR has raised its goal this year to 600 filters for families in Asia and Africa.

  Each filter, which resembles a clay pot, will provide a family of five with a year of clean water at a cost of $25 per filter. Read More

• Venezuelans, fleeing tumult, to find aid on a mountain

  by Grace Thornton, posted Wednesday, October 31, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  CÚCUTA, Colombia (BP) -- When Nelson Martínez' father died this summer, Martínez inherited a piece of property half a day up the mountain from his hometown of Cúcuta, Colombia. The property sits at 10,000 feet at the top of a cold, often rainy mountain pass. Every day several hundred ill-prepared Venezuelans walk over it on their way to try to find food, work and medicine in a new land.

  Some have died of hypothermia. All are desperate.

  Martínez, who has been serving as a pastor in Houston, Texas, feels like he inherited the property at just the right time to aid the masses fleeing Venezuela's economic collapse. Read More

• BGR assessing Indonesia's needs after tsunami

  by David Roach, posted Monday, October 01, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  PALU, Indonesia (BP) -- Baptist Global Response is assessing needs on Indonesia's Sulawesi island after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami Sept. 28 killed at least 1,200 people, with the death toll expected to rise. More than 1.5 million people have been affected, according to initial reports.

  Volunteers prepared a mass grave for 1,300 in the hills above hard-hit Palu, Indonesia, the BBC reported, and decomposition forced at least one local hospital to begin burying bodies before relatives could pick up remains of their loved ones. The main airport in Palu was damaged, landsides have blocked roads and power outages are widespread. Read More