ReliefWeb

Baptist World Aid has made an initial grant of $5,000 available to assist relief efforts following floods and Cyclone Eline in Mozambique. The worst flooding in 50 years has already killed 150 people and it is estimated that 800,000 people have been affected. Many are now at risk from water-borne disease, malaria and hunger. The United Nations has announced that families living along the Limpopo Valley had no clean water, and that outbreaks of dysentery were rife.
BWAid's help will be channeled through the Baptist Convention of Mozambique, and funds will be used to provide water purifying tablets, medicines and food. A Boys home run by the Convention in Maputo has suffered severe damage, and BWAid will be considering assisting in its repair.

The cyclone has also brought heavy rainfall to northern South Africa and Zimbabwe, following on from heavy rains in these countries and Botswana.

Former BWA staff member, Regina Claas, is keeping BWAid informed about the situation from her work with the Baptist Convention of South Africa. She reports that Eduardo de Melo of the European Baptist Mission is working with the Mozambique Convention to assess the situation. First hand reports from the rural areas should be brought to the Convention meetings in Beira on March 5. Claas has already indicated the urgent need for water purifying tablets and small riverboats.

BWAid has launched a special appeal to assist flood and cyclone victims in Southern Africa. Donations may be designated Southern Africa Flood and Cyclone Relief and sent to:

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

A US tax receipt will be issued.

Donations may also be made by Visa or MasterCard, in US dollars. State the Gift Amount in US$; Card No; Exp. Date; Signature of donor; and name as it appears on credit card.

Checks in British Currency

Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist House
Box 44, 129 Broadway
Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8RT
England
UK
Phone: +44 1235 517700
Fax: +44 1235 517715
Email: international@baptist.org.uk

Germany and Rest of Europe.

This is a BWA Bank Account
Spar-und-Kreditbank
Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Gemeinden
Postfach 1262
61282 Bad Homburg v.d.H.
BLZ 500 921 00
Konto-Nr.791-03
Germany

Checks in Canadian currency

Canadian Baptist Ministries
7185 Millcreek Drive
Mississauga,
Ontario L5N 5R4
Canada
Phone: +1 905 821 3533
Fax: +1 905 826 3441
Email: msmith@cbmin.org

Checks in Australian currency

Australian Baptist World Aid, Inc
PO Box 122
Frenchs Forest
NSW 2086
Australia
Phone: +61 2 8451 1199
Fax: +61 2 9452 4720
Email: abwaid@enternet.com.au
Contact: David Groves