Charity News from Friday, Apr. 6, 2001Live Concert Benefits Hospitalized KidsChildren's Miracle Network | ORLANDO (April 6, 2001) &emdash; Grammy nominated R&B artist Brian McKnight and award-winning country group Sawyer Brown will perform live at Walt Disney World in Children's Miracle Network's Concert for Kids presented by Marriott. Among those ... Direct Relief International Announces 1st Quarter 2001 Results Direct Relief International | SANTA BARBARA, CA (April 6, 2001) - Direct Relief International today announced the results of its 1st quarter activities for 2001. Direct Relief International's material assistance program provided more than 134 tons (268,887 lbs.) of critically... India earthquake relief continues, contributions exceed expectations Mennonite Central Committee | Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank contributed 1,000 metric tons of wheat valued at $450,000 Cdn. / $300,000 U.S. for CASA food-for-development projects. Refugees planting hope in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mennonite Central Committee | SARAJEVO -- Refugees are returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina after being forced from their homes during the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian war. With help from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Church World Service (CWS) some of the country's 700,000 ... Five countries, three languages, one faith: Mennonites join hands to rebuild homes Mennonite Central Committee | EL PORVENIR, El Salvador -- This remote village is an unlikely setting for an international gathering of Mennonites. Now, with the financial support of MCC, the Metapan Mennonite church hopes to help reconstruct 40 to 45 homes in El Porvenir and ... Going public about AIDS Mennonite Central Committee | I am 23 years old and I am living with HIV/AIDS," Connie said to the audience as she began her speech. Guided by the interchurch group Pastors Against AIDS in Maun, the center offers guidance and counseling to people infected and affected by HIV/... MCC annual meeting to be held in Akron, Pa., on June 15 and 16 Mennonite Central Committee | The MCC board consists of 38 elected representatives from 15 Mennonite and Brethren In Christ conferences, MCC Canada, MCC U.S. and members at large. Additionally, MCC U.S. will hold its annual meeting Wednesday and Thursday, June 13 and 14, at ... Advocating against the death penalty on Capitol Hill Mennonite Central Committee | This greeting from a senator's aide welcomed 11 members of a Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Central States learning tour delegation as they prepared to advocate on death penalty issues in the nation's capital. Discussion with congressional ... Dear sisters and brothers ... : Letters link Colombia, Colorado churches Mennonite Central Committee | The letter, distributed as part of an information packet from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), motivated Gillham and his wife, Tammi Laninga, to talk to their fellow members of Boulder (Colo.) Mennonite Church. The information packet he ... How Many More African Christians Will Be Nailed To Trees, Before The World Takes Action? Samaritan's Purse | Franklin Graham, president of an international relief organization and son of the Rev. Billy Graham returns to the U.S. Sunday, April 8, from Sudan, where Christian women and children have been nailed to trees with iron spikes.
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