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Middle East Stories

PWRDF Responds to Hurricane Tomas in Haiti

Emergency Response Stories, Featured, Haiti Earthquake, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

Yet again, Haiti is in the news- this time as hurricane Tomas hits the nation which is still reeling from the January 12 earthquake and …

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Al Ahli Hospital

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Middle East Stories

Voices of Hope Anniversary Story from 1982 Middle East There are blast marks on the wall, bullet holes in the roof and plastic instead of …

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Let not your heart be troubled

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Middle East Stories

Voices of Hope Pew Bulletin Story Gaza City “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” —John 14:27 “We thought there might …

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Make Our Dreams Truth Forever

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50th Anniversary Stories, Featured, Middle East Stories, Refugees and Migrants Stories

April 4th is Refugee Rights Day Almost 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq are waiting anxiously, hoping beyond hope that they will find a new home …

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Archbishop urges investigation into Israeli bombing of health centre

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Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and The Right Rev. David Giuliano, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, have written  …

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ACT International Appeals for 4 million US dollars for Gaza

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Emergency Response Stories, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

PWRDF contributes $30,000 earmarked for Al Ahli Arab Hospital of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. ACT International has issued an appeal for 4 million US dollars for …

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Contribute to the PWRDF response in Gaza

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Emergency Response Stories, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

You Can Make a DonationOn-line: You can contribute to the PWRDF response through Canada Helps . Just fill in a donation amount and designate your …

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Food, medicine, blankets and trauma therapists headed for Gaza

Emergency Response Stories, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

GENEVA, 7 January 2009– Action by Churches Together (ACT) International is loading food, medicine, blankets and trauma counselors into trucks headed for Gaza. ACT is …

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PWRDF responds to emergency appeals through ACT International

Emergency Response Stories, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

Escalating violence in Gaza has led to an outpouring of shock and grief as the world community reaches out to help hundreds of thousands of …

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Eyewitnesses in Gaza: “They kill our children at home”

Emergency Response Stories, Middle East Stories, PWRDF News Release

GENEVA, 2 January 2009–Bombs continue to fall while the population in Gaza sits by their open windows in the cold, holding their kids and telling …

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