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A few ways you can give to Ukraine relief efforts
Like many of you, our hearts are heavy for the Ukrainian people. Here are a few donation opportunities we believe are directly benefitting efforts on the ground.
Storm-damaged home to be rebuilt
You can understand if Maria Elena De Los Angels feels like Job. She’s one of the victims of the deep freeze that pummeled Texas last February—folks Fellowship Southwest is helping through its close partner, Hearts4Kids.
Amidst Hanna’s destruction, new life in Christ
On the tails of Hurricane Hanna’s punishing winds, the gentle breeze of God’s Spirit breathed new life into a Rio Grande Valley family.
Thanks in part to financial support from Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Disaster Response, CBF Texas has started helping two families rebuild their homes in colonias—poor unincorporated villages—near the U.S.-Mexico border, reported Jorge Zapata, associate coordinator of CBF Texas.
Reeling from 2 hurricanes, survivors need support
Even before Hurricane Laura finished decimating the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast, one thing was clear—destruction meted out by Laura and her older sister, Hurricane Hanna, far exceeded resources to provide adequate response. So, your help is needed.
Category 4 Laura made landfall early Thursday morning, Aug. 27. At the time of this posting, disaster officials said accurate assessment of needs could not be made until winds died down.
(Photo: NY Times)
El Huracán Hanna añade miseria a los efectos del COVID-19 en el Valle del Río Grande
El huracán Hanna dejó una estela de devastación al pasar el pasado 25 de julio por el Valle del Río Grande de Texas. Hanna arrojó más de 15 pulgadas de lluvia en la región cercana al Golfo de México, inundando severamente las zonas rurales y las colonias.
Los impetuosos vientos de Hanna causaron estragos en la zona, volcando casas rodantes y arrancando los techos de muchas residencias.
"El huracán causó mucho daño a las colonias (nombre otorgado a las villas no incorporadas que abundan en la frontera)", informó Jorge Zapata, coordinador asociado del Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo (CBF por sus siglas en inglés) de Texas. "A muchas familias les voló el techo de sus casas".
Hurricane Hanna, COVID-19 compound misery across the Rio Grande Valley
Hurricane Hanna left a trail of devastation as it tore through Texas’ Rio Grande Valley near the Gulf of Mexico July 25. Hanna dumped more than 15 inches of rain on the region, severely flooding rural areas and colonias.
Hanna's impetuous winds also wreaked havoc, overturning trailer homes and ripping roofs off others.
“The hurricane did a lot of damage to the colonias,” the unincorporated villages that dot the border, reported Jorge Zapata, associate coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas. “Many families had their rooftops blown off their homes.”