[StBernard] BRETHREN GRANTS GIVE $105, 000 FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY IN HAITI, LOUISIANA

[Westley Annis]

BRETHREN GRANTS GIVE $105,000 FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY IN HAITI, LOUISIANA

(Dec. 3, 2009) Elgin, IL -- Grants from the Church of the Brethren's
Emergency Disaster Fund have given $105,000 for rebuilding and recovery
following hurricane damage in Haiti and Louisiana.

An allocation of $75,000 supports a Church of the Brethren program in Haiti.
The grant will support the building of eight new homes and a simple road to
the Gonaives area, provide a drinking water well, support a third Brethren
workcamp in Jan. 2010, and support continued oversight and management of the
program including travel expenses. Previous grants to this project have
totaled $370,000.

An allocation of $30,000 continues funding for Brethren Disaster Ministries
program's Hurricane Katrina rebuilding site 4 in Chalmette, La. The grant
supports the repair and rebuilding of homes, and volunteer support including
travel expenses, leadership training, tools, equipment, food, and housing.

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith in community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist
faith traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It
celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. It counts some 125,000 members
across the United States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister
churches in Nigeria, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India.


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