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Tag: Congo

EDF grants assist in Lebanon, DRC (Congo), Missouri, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C.  

August 26, 2022

Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM) staff have directed Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) grants to support grants in Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the U.S., to respond to flooding and provide assistance to asylum seekers.

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Learning dry season farming in Burundi

August 5, 2022

The Church of the Brethren’s Global Food Initiative sponsored a workshop on dry season farming in Gitega, Burundi, July 11-12

People in red dirt with shovels and large banana leaves

Disaster grant supports home rebuilding by Congolese Brethren following eruption of Nyiragongo volcano

September 23, 2021

Brethren Disaster Ministries staff have directed an additional grant of $25,000 from the Church of the Brethren’s Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) to support repair or rebuilding of 54 homes damaged in the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. The volcano erupted near the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on May 22.

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