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Global Community Service Foundation to Aid Burma's Youngest Cyclone Victims
Global Community Service Foundation to Aid Burma's Youngest Cyclone Victims
WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Global Community Service
Foundation (GCSF) has launched a fundraising campaign that will fund the
reconstruction of the destroyed Joshua Orphanage in Dala,Burma and help the
residents of that community recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone
Nargis earlier this month, announced Bob Vitillo, GCSF chairman.
Joshua Orphanage -- one of GCSF's Adopt-A-Village programs -- was
destroyed, leaving homeless children and the host family. The orphanage is
located inBurma's Irrawaddy Delta area, which suffered the brunt of the May 3
cyclone that registered winds up to 135 mph and storm surges of up to 13 feet.
"Our goal now is to rebuild and expand the orphanage because the number of
orphans likely has grown since the cyclone," Vitillo said. "We hope to raise
enough money to also provide the children safe water and food and help other
victims in the Dala community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the children
of Joshua Orphanage and all the Burmese people."
GCSF has learned from its in-country staff that the host family and the
orphans rode out the storm on bamboo supports in a room at the orphanage. The
U.S.-based nonprofit organization had just finished raising funds to renovate
the Joshua Orphanage. Those monies now will be used to partially rebuild the
complex, but more funds are needed in view of the complete destruction of the
facility. GCSF's in-country staff will assess the damage in Dala during the
next few days and will develop strategies to implement and monitor
humanitarian efforts it will undertake. GCSF has been conducting humanitarian
work inBurma for nearly a decade.
GCSF has created a short video about the orphanage, the storm's impact and
how you can contribute to this critical humanitarian mission. To view the
video or to contribute today, visit the GCSF Web site at
www.GlobalCommunityService.org.
Burma is one of several countries inSoutheast Asia in which GCSF has been
working to improve the quality of life and fight poverty in this region by
building houses, refurbishing educational facilities, increasing access to
safe water supplies and improving rural health care.
About Global Community Service Foundation
Global Community Service Foundation is aWashington, D.C. area-based
nonprofit profit organization under Section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code. The charity is registered with the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (NGO Registration: License No.
BU-1562). GCSF works to reduce poverty inSoutheast Asia through the
development and implementation of sustainable community-based projects. Web
site: www.GlobalCommunityService.org.
SOURCE Global Community Service Foundation
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