Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) Updates

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding to the displacement and refugee crisis in Liberia in cooperation with our mission partner, Concerned Christian Community (CCC). Since the...

See how your generous gifts have been at work in Haiti The country of Haiti faced enormous challenges in 2010 - a massive earthquake, Hurricane Tomas, an outbreak of cholera, plus ongoing challenges...

While Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) continues to support our ecumenical partners through ACT Alliance in the ongoing provision of basic humanitarian assistance following the January 12...

January 20, 2011 Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding the floods in Brazil as a member of the ACTAlliance. ACT (Action by Churches Together) members in Brazil have come together to...

Hurricane Tomas was merciful as it swept past Haiti. The country was spared a direct hit, but torrential rain has caused widespread flooding and a heightened risk of the spread of disease among the...

After Hurricane Tomas moved away from Haiti on Friday, it left the center of the city of Léogâne flooded, with the depth of water as high as three feet in places. Many of those who have been living...

Three months following devastating flooding in Pakistan, a Church World Service (CWS) staff member in Pakistan stated: "The loss remains incomprehensible, especially for those who repeatedly...

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is responding to help prevent the spread of the cholera outbreak that has been identified in the Artibonite and Central provinces of Haiti. According to the...

PC(USA) has contributed $250,000 through PDA; much more needed LOUISVILLE As winter approaches, the summer monsoon-induced floods in Pakistan threaten to lead to more deaths and illness. The...

church, ecumenical partners working together to meet overwhelming need Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has funneled nearly $250,000 through ecumenical partner agencies to aid flood relief...

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is responding to the worst flooding in Pakistan's history, which has left about 1.5 million homeless and has caused the death of more than 1,600 people. The floods in...

YANOUN, West Bank A few days ago, I was handing out bottles of water within a few miles of Israel/Palestine's only major river, the Jordan. The village of Al Fasayel lies in a desert landscape, a...

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has issued an emergency appeal for Haiti, where millions of people have been affected by a major earthquake that struck the country on Tuesday, January 12. The...

A series of earthquakes hit the Karonga district in northern Malawi between December 6 and December 12, 2009. One of the earthquakes registered 5.8 on Richter scale and completely razed many houses...

By Claire Kirk Darfur is in danger of becoming a forgotten emergency, according to Nyika Musiyazwiriyo, the outgoing Head of Programs for the joint ACT/Caritas Darfur Program. "Darfur is slipping...

As it did with the Philippines and Cambodia, Typhoon Ketsana struck Vietnam in late September, causing serious damage. The storm hit on September 29, 2009 and killed 163 persons in 14 provinces in...

Torrential rain that caused floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in late September 2009 has killed nearly 250 people, left 2.5 million homeless and destroyed standing crops. The trading and...

Earlier this year, the government of Kenya declared a famine and issued an international appeal for food assistance. The government said 10 million Kenyans, out of a population of 37 million, were...

A subsea earthquake appears to be the cause of a massive tsunami approximately 120 miles off the coast of Samoa, an island in the South Pacific that is home to around 475,000 people. The...

Tropical Storm "Ketsana," locally known as "Ondoy," swept across metro Manila and parts of Central Luzon on Saturday, September 26, 2009, and brought a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours. The...