Charity News from Friday, May. 11, 2001ARC Launches Appeal for Humanitarian Emergency in LiberiaAmerican Refugee Committee | The American Refugee Committee has launched an emergency appeal for money to help tens of thousands of people in northern Liberia who have been forced by fighting to flee for their lives. Desperate Liberians from Lofa County are moving south by ... Proposed Refugee Bill Fails To Help Separated Families--Public Urged To Voice Concern Mennonite Central Committee | Zeljko's family in Canada would love to sponsor him, but according to Canada's current immigration law, that's not possible. Tim Wichert, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada's refugee coordinator, appeared before a Parliamentary Standing ... Couple shares 'real story' of life in Colombia Mennonite Central Committee | "We want people in the U.S. to know the real story of Colombia," says Eunice, who was born in Venezuela. Eunice and Armando, a former pastor and early Mennonite church leader in Colombia, worked with the small Mennonite church in Riohacha. Many hands make light work of 3,200 school kits in Bolivia Mennonite Central Committee | After purchasing supplies locally with MCC funds, the Eliases called on Mennonites from Colony Cupesi to help organize the material. Mennonites from Colony Cupesi also helped distribute the supplies at five schools. Online Photo Album Showcases Spring Luncheon National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence | The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. is displaying photos from the recent Spring Awards Luncheon at Tavern on the Green in New York via the world wide web. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (... New Treatment Likely to Increase Survival Rates in Patients with Medulloblastoma – a Rare Pediatric Brain Tumor St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | (Memphis, Tennessee, May 11, 2001) An ongoing study at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital indicates that a new treatment protocol could increase survival rates for some pediatric brain cancers to 80 percent for high-risk and 90 percent for ... New Trial to Study Ability of Cold to Improve Outcomes of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest Patients Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Medical Center researchers are testing the ability of cold, or hypothermia, to protect the delicate brain tissue of resuscitated cardiac arrest patients and hope to improve the often dismal outcomes for these patients.
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