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MRDF supports emergency relief in Mexico
The Methodist Church has launched an emergency appeal for funds following the devastating floods that have swept through South Mexico in the wake of the heaviest rains to hit the country for 40 years.
MRDF has offered £5,000 to assist relief work carried out by the Methodist Church in Mexico, in addition to a solidarity grant of £7,500 pledged by the British Methodist Church's Fund for World Mission.
The extent of the flooding is massive with the states of Tabasco and Veracruz particularly affected. At least 500,000 people have been made homeless and are facing the destruction of their crops and outbreaks of disease.
Donations will enable the Methodist Church in Mexico to provide initial emergency relief to those affected (including food, clothes, shelter, water) and to help start the longer process of reconstruction.
MRDF can also currently accept donations for emergency relief work in Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Darfur.
