ELCA Disaster Response

We help to bring God’s comfort, healing and renewal to those affected by disasters.  Even after the dust settles and the headlines change, we stay -- providing ongoing assistance to those in need.  Your gifts make a difference.  To give by mail, send a check to ELCA Disaster Response, P.O. Box 71764, Chicago, IL  60694-1764.  To give by credit card, call 800-638-3522 or click here.

Current Responses

China earthquake

Earthquake in China

A major earthquake in the Sichuan Province kills 12,000
China's most powerful earthquake in 30 years brought devastation to a developing part of the country ...
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Hurricane Gustav damage

Hurricane Gustav

The 2008 hurricane season is in full swing.
Pray for the safety of people who have lost their homes and for communities that prepare for storms on the horizon ...
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East Africa - Ethiopia Drought

Ethiopia Drought 

Dry conditions that are a result of poor rains following the near total failure of two previous rainy seasons in the southeastern pastoral areas of Ethiopia, lead to severe drought.
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Ongoing Responses

Gulf Coast

Remember the Gulf Coast

A renewed commitment to those still in great need
The generosity of the church since Hurricane Katrina has been amazing. Now we ask for renewed commitment to this ongoing response ...
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Darfur

Darfur Crisis

Humanitarian crisis continues
The crisis in the Darfur region, Sudan, continues even as efforts toward peace and reconcilication have been put forward through the United Nations ...
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Darfur

World Food Crisis

The rising price of food affects the most vulnerable
The cost of energy, the use of grain for fuel, and drought and floods that damage crops factor in a global food crisis ...
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To learn more, please visit the ELCA Disaster Web site.

To visit other program and service units of the ELCA, return to the Churchwide Organization.

Featured Story

CA Wildfire 

Words of Wisdom
A simple training event in a low-risk area. That’s what Lutheran Disaster Response coordinator La'Tresa Jester thought she was conducting in Phoenix last fall. But when the congregation’s pastor had to put her words into action, she realized she had made an impact. Read More...

Read all ELCA Disaster Response stories in Stories of Faith in Action.