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Church agencies mobilise to support China's earthquake victims

Christian communities in mainland China and Hong Kong have offered support and prayers to victims in Sichuan, who have suffered a devastating earthquake, China's worst in 30 years, that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 12 000 people, reports Ecumenical News International. The coordinating office of the Geneva-based Action by Churches Together (ACT) International response group said it had received quake information from China's Amity Foundation, the only member of ACT International working extensively in China. Amity reported that communications and transport links were destroyed by the quake, making access to affected areas very difficult.

[05/14/2008]

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