Faith-based agency Gospel for Asia (GFA, www.gfa.org) today announced it is combatting the deadly mosquito menace and resulting malaria parasite killing thousands of children in Asia, as the Christian organization marks the annual World Mosquito Day on August 20. To read GFA’s special report titled “Fighting Malaria—a Chilling Disease,” visit: https://www.gfa.org/press/mosquito-report. “It only takes one… Read more »
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Gospel for Asia Observes World Humanitarian Day August 19, 2019
Gospel for Asia joins with humanitarian and faith-based organizations on August 19 to observe the annual World Humanitarian Day. First observed by the United Nations in 2009, each year since 2010, the annual observation has focused on a particular theme. The theme for World Humanitarian Day 2019 is #WomenHumanitarians. The focus this year is on… Read more »
Gospel for Asia Supported Churches Caught in Monsoon Flooding
While the Chennai state is plagued by drought, other parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh are enduring the annual monsoon season. Many are fleeing their homes and villages for safer ground. By 23 July, in Bangladesh alone, over 700,000 people had been displaced. More than a million people across the three countries have been forced… Read more »
New York City-Based Puerto Rican Organizers Will Hold the First Boricua Popular Assembly at City Hall Park Row Plaza
A collective of New York City-based Puerto Rican organizers and individuals will hold a general assembly Saturday, August 17, 2019 unveiling an agenda to support Puerto Ricans on the island. Focused on the key demands expressed at previous assemblies, the New York version of the ‘asamblea del pueblo’ aims to support Boricuas on the island… Read more »
Isaiah House, Inc. Has Secured Nearly $3M in Federal Funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) has awarded Isaiah House Inc. (Zammeah Bivins-Gibson, Executive Director) a 5-year federal grant for nearly $3M to implement the Community Creche Expansion Program (CCEP) to serve low incomepregnant and postpartum women with substance abuse disorder in Essex County, NJ…. Read more »
