Reuters AlertNet - Church World Service Leader Tells Top Donor Countries, "Make Pledges Real Now" to Save Pakistan Quake Survivors

Reuters AlertNet - Church World Service Leader Tells Top Donor Countries, "Make Pledges Real Now" to Save Pakistan Quake Survivors: "Church World Service-USA
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NEW YORK - Fri Nov 18 – Following United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Pakistan yesterday for this weekend’s International Donor Conference, the humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) is heightening its call to the international community to back the UN with swift delivery of promised funds for ongoing emergency aid, reconstruction and sustainable rehabilitation in the earthquake devastated region.

Church World Service Executive Director and CEO Rev. John L. McCullough, who visited Pakistan last week, says, “The job is far from over. The first snow fell in Kashmir this past week. Without immediate and major funds for food, for further shelter and medical aid, winter and disease will conspire to produce significan"