THE CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
SITUATION REPORT: MEXICO FLOODS
November 5, 2007


SITUATION: More than 800,000 have been left homeless in flooding in the 
state of Tabasco, Mexico, and rescue operations are still continuing.

On Sunday (Nov. 4) some 5,000 people were evacuated from rooftops, the 
Reuters news agency reported, and another 8,000 remain trapped in homes. 
The flood has affected 1 million people -- half of the population of the 
state of Tabasco, and President Felipe Calderon has called the flooding 
one of the worst natural disasters in modern Mexican history.


RESPONSE: Church World Service is responding to this disaster by 
supporting efforts of its partner agency Presbyterian Disaster 
Assistance (PDA). PDA and its affiliate, Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana 
de Mexico (the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico) are assisting 
disaster survivors by providing shelter, meals, water and basic health 
services.

Further efforts will probably include the provision of cleanup and 
household supplies, as well as shelter materials/assistance.

A CWS appeal supporting these efforts will be forthcoming.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is 
responding -- or to make a credit card contribution -- please visit the 
Church World Service Website at www.churchworldservice.org or phone 
(800) 297-1516.

CWS Emergency Response Program special contacts: (212) 870-3151;
Executive Director:  Donna Derr, dderr@churchworldservice.org
CWS / ERP web site: www.cwserp.org

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