God Bless the Mennonites

Ruth and I  are responding to the disaster in Nepal through the United Church partnership with ACT Alliance. Our denomination has benefitted from working with global partners in situations of crisis because there is a high likelihood of our dollars translating into the aid needed on the ground. http://www.united-church.ca/

We will also contribute through the Mennonite Central Committee, the respected aid agency whose slogan is "Relief, development and peace in the name of Christ." MCC's reputation is rock-solid and I admire that after the earthquake when most Westerners were understandably seeking a way out of Nepal its workers chose to stay and respond.
http://mcccanada.ca/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwmqyqBRC7zKnO_f6iodcBEiQA9T996DjvFTjR7JhGfcm4v5LpgGwT3W75wVzktgxTgeQpnX0aAvIG8P8HAQ

I heard this morning that MCC has chosen to buy as much of its relief supplies in Nepal. This overcomes the bottleneck of supplies sitting in India because planes can't into Katmandu and the Nepalese bureaucracy which has made distribution difficult. It also supports local economies which have been devastated.

I hope you have responded in some fashion. Remember that donations to the United Church and MCC qualify for matching federal dollars in Canada.