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Second earthquake shakes Mexico

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico 19 September, killing at least 230 people . The epicenter of the quake was in Puebla state , about 75 miles from Mexico City. This quake comes less than two weeks after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Guatemala border,
21 Sep 2017
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Irma hits Florida as Caribbean begins road to recovery

Hurricane Irma, at times strengthening to Category 5 storm, left a wake of destruction over the past two weeks from the eastern Caribbean islands through Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Irma is responsible for the deaths of at least 69 people in affected areas. Tens of thousands are now
15 Sep 2017
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Nazarenes in Bangladesh bring relief to submerged village after flood

Komali* is a Child Development Center coordinator in the North-West District in Bangladesh. After massive floods swept into Bangladesh in August, she wanted to visit one of her CDCs in an affected area. She found the whole village flooded; everywhere she looked there was water. People and cattle
15 Sep 2017
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NCM requests Crisis Care Kits as churches provide aid to disaster victims

UPDATE (September 13): Nazarene Compassionate Ministries is well on the way to filling the warehouses again. For those still in collecting CCKs, please continue. For those who have not yet started, know that the need is already being filled. NCM is more than ready to meet the existing needs and
07 Sep 2017
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Deadly floods sweep through South Asia

Nazarenes provide disaster aid in Bangladesh Extraordinarily heavy monsoon rains have devastated areas in South Asia recently, including Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. More than 1,200 people have died in the floods — including many children — and more than 40 million people have been affected.
01 Sep 2017
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Madagascar Street Kids Center celebrates 20 years

Over the last 20 years, thousands of children have come through the doors of the AMI-4 Street Kids Center , a Nazarene compassionate ministry center, to receive holistic development through physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual support. In observance of its 20th anniversary, the center
29 Aug 2017
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Dengue fever sweeps Sri Lanka

Red Cross Sri Lanka photo An unprecedented dengue fever outbreak is spreading through Sri Lanka after flooding earlier this year. More than half of Sri Lanka’s districts were inundated by monsoon rains, leaving standing water as prime mosquito breeding areas. The current infection rate is more than
24 Aug 2017
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Mudslides devastate Sierra Leone

On Monday, 14 August, heavy rains caused a mountainside to partially collapse on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. Floodwaters and mud swept away entire communities. As of 22 August, nearly 500 were confirmed killed, and as many as 600 more remained missing. More than 120 children
18 Aug 2017
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Philippines church responds in midst of armed conflict

The Church of the Nazarene is assisting some of the thousands of people displaced by an armed conflict in the southern Philippines. The ongoing conflict, which began May 23, has displaced nearly 360,000 people — about half of them children. Some, including the elderly and the very young, walked as
11 Aug 2017
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Freedom Sunday supports anti-trafficking ministries

Nazarene churches will join with congregations around the world 24 September to participate in Freedom Sunday, a day set aside for worship and prayer around the issue of human trafficking. This year, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries has partnered with the Faith Alliance Against Slavery and
04 Aug 2017
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