WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA) -- The North
Korean government's Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee has invited Baptist
World Aid and Hungarian Baptist World Aid (HBAid), to send relief workers
to North Korea for two to three months from September.
The invitation follows a recent visit
to North Korea to view possible aid projects by Paul Montacute, BWAid Director
and Sandor Szenczy, director of HBAid. Working through HBAID, BWAid will
help with an orphanage, children's hospital and a general hospital in Sariwon.
Montacute and Szenczy met with government officials and told them BWAid plans to send more medicines and medical equipment worth over US$ 2.5 million and food and children's clothing and other supplies valued at over US$ 600,000. However, they said coordinators were needed in the country for the most effective way to proceed.
Montacute described the orphanage and the children's hospital as "in an appalling state with babies on the floor and a lack of medicines, especially antibiotics."
North Korean officials thanked BWAid for the medical supplies, seeds and nutritional food sent two years ago after a visit from Montacute and Szenczy.
Visit the Baptist World Aid website BWAid continues to look for donations towards its work in North Korea and donations may be sent to the following BWAid Appeal addresses - please designate "for North Korea."
Baptist World Aid
Baptist World Alliance
6733 Curran Street
McLean, VA, 22101, USA
Phone: +1 703 790 8980 Fax: +1 703 790 5719
Email: BWAid@bwanet.org
Contacts: Paul Montacute or Lee Hickman