UM agency sends $750,000 in aid for quake relief

United Methodist News Service
The United Methodist Committee on Relief has provided about $750,000 in relief to the tsunami stricken Indian Ocean region as of Jan. 6.
Additional aid will be forthcoming, said the Rev. Paul Dirdak, the committee’s top staff executive.
A truckload of health kits valued around $500,000 is on its way, he said. The remaining $250,000 is being used for grants to Churches Auxiliary for Social Action in India, Christian Medical Association of India, the Methodist Church of Singapore and Church World Service, relief arm of the National Council of Churches.
The relief committee expects to mount a campaign for medicine boxes and health kits in addition to continuing its emphasis on cash donations, Dirdak said.