As Hurricane Laura hits, US faith-based disaster relief groups ready to lend a hand
RNS In recent months, Lara Martin’s life has been one disaster after another. Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires in California. A derecho in Iowa. Now, Hurricane Laura. “We’ve been busy,” said Martin, the interim director of US disaster response for the United Methodist Committee on Relief, better known as UMCOR. Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane […]
US: FAITH GROUPS PROVIDE THE BULK OF DISASTER RECOVERY, IN COORDINATION WITH FEMA
In the wake of unfolding disasters in Texas and Florida, PAUL SINGER, of USA Today, reports on the role faith groups – and Christian groups in particular – are playing in disaster response in the US…