We are working with Jenny Brewer from Global Care, to help distribute the funds for local area initiatives. Global Care is the social justice and disaster relief arm of INC (International Network of Churches). A local Global Care operation is always connected to an INC church. In Taree this is the Resonate Church of which Jenny and Rick Brewer are the Pastors. They have been very hands on in the bushfire disaster relief efforts in Taree and surrounding areas, Jenny also sits on an associated council committee.
Mission Centre Financial Officer, Julie Crittenden continues to work closely with Jenny to identify and directly assist people affected by the bushfires who have essentially ‘fallen through the cracks’ (received little assistance or not enough from charities, government, insurance, local community, family etc) and are struggling.
To date we have distributed approximately 60% of the allocated $8,000, the rest should be distributed over the next couple of weeks.
Assistance has been provided, in the following ways, to people from properties in rural farming areas:
• Provision of a shelter to cover an outdoor bathroom to provide protection from the weather for someone who lost their house and a lot of their livestock (whilst assisting their neighbour) and is living in a trailer
• Provision of a fridge for someone who lost their house and is living in a donated caravan that didn’t have a working fridge, this person has serious medical conditions and has been eating basically tin food
• Provision of a fridge for a family who lost their house, then their job, had to move out of the area for a period to find a safe place for their livestock, now returned to the area, found a job and house to live in but couldn’t afford to buy a fridge so had been living without one.
Click here for an article explaining some of the other relief work that Global Care has been involved with in the Taree area: manningrivertimes.com.au/story/GlobalCare
Again we thank you for your contribution which has made all this possible.