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Toronto, ON January 20, 2010 – The Salvation Army in Canada & Bermuda continues to serve the victims in Haiti as a part of its disaster response plan. In cooperation with Salvation Army teams from the United States and the United Kingdom, 7,000 Haitians were given a five-day supply of food on Monday and hundreds more, including infants and orphans received medical care from Salvation Army doctors.

"Children with gaping head wounds lay screaming and confused, some had lost motor skills from the blows they had received to their heads. ... We were shocked that so few had received any kind of treatment."

Hundreds of children are at risk after becoming separated from their parents in the Haiti earthquake, warns World Vision. The Christian aid agency said it was “deeply concerned” about the number of children leaving the devastated capital Port-au-Prince to find help in neighbouring towns.

Hundreds of Salvation Army volunteers in the United States have spent the last few days preparing and packing one million ready-to-eat meals to send to survivors of the Haiti earthquake.

In a village outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, an orphaned teenage boy is taking care of his two younger siblings.

International Christian groups are responding to the recent flooding and mudslides in El Salvador that has claimed at least 130 lives so far and left another 60 missing.

While much of the attention following Typhoon Ketsana’s landfall has been upon the Philippines, where the death toll is nearly 900 and still climbing, a network of Christian groups is drawing attention to Cambodia and Vietnam, where the typhoon had also wrought havoc.

Congregations and faith communities around the United States are taking this Sunday to focus on the principles of Jubilee – a time when those enslaved because of debts are freed, lands lost because of debt are returned, and community is restored.

Over six million people have been affected by the two devastating storms that recently hit the Philippines, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations.

A confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service groups says the harsh effects of climate change were already a daily reality to poor communities in many of the 200 countries where it works.

Hundreds of thousands, meanwhile, are still displaced, and the damage from the worst flooding in 40 years is adding extra weight to already strained NGOs.

World Vision, an international Christian humanitarian organization is not relenting on its efforts to assist victims of the recent typhoon flooding that swept across Manila the capital of the Philippines and its environs, as it provides succor by rushes emergency supplies to children and families devastated by the catastrophic typhoon.

Christian relief groups are responding simultaneously to several major natural disasters in South Asia, which has caused the groups to appeal urgently for donations.

A 7.6-magnitude Sumatra earthquake struck last Wednesday close to Padang, the capital of West Sumatra Province in Indonesia, bringing scores of building crashing to the ground. United Nation reported that the death toll has exceeded 1,100 people and as many as 3,000 people are still buried beneath the rubbles.

Days of torrential rain in southern India have left vast tracts of land devastated and displaced million of people, officials said Monday as the death toll from flooding rose to 222.

The United Nations' humanitarian chief said Thursday the powerful earthquakes that struck Indonesia have killed at least 1,100 people, while a government official said at least 777 people have been found dead.

A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, killing more than 500 people and exasperating international relief groups that have been juggling between two other disasters that struck in the past week.

Typhoon Ketsana roared into central Vietnam on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people as it brought flooding and winds of up to 90 mph, disaster officials reported.

President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday a major disaster for American Samoa, a day after it was hit by a massive tsunami.

Massive flooding in the Philippines set off by a tropical storm over the weekend has left at least 140 dead and prompted quick action from Christian relief groups.

Christian anti-poverty advocates had mixed feelings about this past week’s G-20 summit but unanimously called upon leaders of the world's largest national economies to act on the promises they have made regarding hunger, health, and development.

At least 100 people were likely killed by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java last week, an official said Monday.

Christian relief groups are coming to the aid of the thousands in Indonesia who were affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake earlier this week.

Hong Kong, Friday 28 August 2009: A new partnership between World Vision International and QuestNet Ltd will ensure the lives of 121 impoverished children in 11 countries are enriched with education opportunities, health care, and support systems.

Christian relief groups were among some of the first organizations to respond to Taiwan’s Typhoon Morakot and remain active in helping in the aftermath of the disaster.