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ELCA Disaster Response: Myanmar cyclone - World food crisis
Myanmar Cyclone / World Food Crisis downloadable bulletin insert for use in your congregation. (PDF or Word DOC)
 

Myanmar cyclone



Your prayers and gifts are needed and welcomed. You may give through your congregation, send your check directly to ELCA Disaster Response, or give a credit card donation by phone or online. When designating your gift for a specific disaster, 100 percent of that gift is used for immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts following that disaster. Should a response become fully funded, additional designated gifts will be applied to a similar domestic or international response.
 
How to contribute to relief efforts related to
Myanmar cyclone
By mail By phone On the Web
Make your check or money order out to:

ELCA Disaster Response
P.O. Box 71764
Chicago, Illinois 60694-1764

To designate your giving to this disaster, write "Myanmar cyclone" on your check's memo line.
(with a major credit card)
800.638.3522

To designate your giving to this disaster, mention "Myanmar cyclone" when you call.
(with a major credit card over a secure connection):
Click here



Please pray for the people who are affected by this disaster. Pray also that survivors may get help from the international community and that means to provide support from the outside may materialize.

All contributions received by ELCA Disaster Response will be channeled through Church World Service, which has access to Myanmar.




 

 

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