How is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) responding to the Darfur crisis?

• for the provision of shelter, water, sanitation and basic sleeping and kitchen materials to internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in IDP camps in southern and western Darfur; • to provide supplementary food (50 percent ration) to children under the age of five and education for school-aged children in the population; • for distributing non-food items and supplying clean water and sanitation. • A special team of health advisers is providing medicine and nutritional advice and is working to reach the most vulnerable. Additional information on the response is available as a downloadable bulletin insert. PDA is working cooperatively and as a member of ACT (Action by Churches Together). Because of the magnitude of the crisis, ACT International and Caritas International have joined forces to respond to the ongoing humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Darfur Province. Both organizations are faith-based networks representing Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic churches and their related ...  more