Disaster relief
As an outworking of taking the love of Christ to those most in need, BMS has a Relief Appeal providing grants which give some bridging assistance to places and people who have experienced a catastrophe, such as drought, famine, flood, earthquake or war.
BMS does not distinguish between Christian and non-Christian beneficiaries but often works through an existing church partner, with whom a relationship of trust has already been established.
Relief grants made in our current financial year include:
£15,907 to Ethiopia, CBF (August 2011)
Providing immediate relief and rehabilitation as well as transformational development.
£1,908 to Chad, CEF (August 2011)
Providing basic food stuffs to help build a reserve available for feeding victims of malnutrition.
£3,500 to Asia Region, APBF (July 2011)
Assisting in running disaster risk management workshops.
£3050 to Uganda, BUU (July 2011)
Hiring trucks to relocate personnel.
£8,250 to Haiti, HHA (July 2011)
Providing rehabilitation to spinal crush injury victims (sci).
£62,600 to Haiti, CBF (July 2011)
Rebuilding houses after the earthquake of 2010.
£3,600 to D R Congo, CBFC (June 2011)
Providing chloramine tablets to stop the spread of cholera.
£5,750 to Lebanon, LSE SD (June 2011)
Providing training in health and hygiene and coordinating responses in the recovery phase of the Syrian political crisis.
£2,000 to Brazil, BMS/ABIAH (May 2011)
Distributing food and water to hundreds of families affected by the floods.
£8,000 to Haiti, HHA (March 2011)
Helping maintain the new initiative called the Cholera Brigade.
£3,000 to India, APBAid (March 2011)
Providing workshops on sensitisation and mutual understanding between the Garos and the Rabhas.
£1,650 to Tunisia, ACT (February 2011)
Feeding 1,000 refugees per day on the Libya/Tunisia border.
£14,300 to Haiti, HHA (February 2011)
Assisting HHA in disaster relief.
£750 to Brazil, CBB/JMN (February 2011)
Aiding in disaster relief after heavy rainfalls led to massive landslides.
£19,089 to Haiti, CBF (February 2011)
Supporting CBF in making helpful recovery inputs.
£3,182 to Haiti, HHA (February 2011)
Helping to rehabilitate crush victims after the earthquake.
£3,000 to Mozambique, CBM (February 2011)
Providing support to 200 families after heavy rainfall.
£2,545 to Israel-Palestine, Bethlehem Bible College (February 2011)
Supplying basic food stuffs to several needy households.
£5,500 to Sri Lanka, FARMS Lanka (January 2011)
Helping to set up disaster response strategy after recent flooding.
£69,600 to Haiti, CBF (December 2010)
Constructing houses and installing water purification technology for earthquake victims.
£99,850 to Pakistan, OM (December 2010)
Helping flood affected people to complete repairs and restore shelters.
£8,900 to Haiti, HHA (November 2011)
Providing training to church leaders on cholera prevention.
£13,900 to Haiti, HHA (November 2010)
Assisting in building five hurricane proof semi-permanent homes after the 2010 earthquake.
£9,700 to Zimbabwe, Cyan International and NBCZ (November 2009)
Helping with food shortage.
£11,000 to Sri Lanka, Farms Lanka (November 2009)
Funding for families still homeless after the 2004 tsunami.
£21,700 to Haiti, Baptist World Aid (November 2009)
Supporting families following a devastating earthquake.
£1,000 to Albania, VUSh and AEP (2009)
Helping victims of flooding in the north of the country.
£1,250 & £4,000 to Peru (2009)
Helping to rebuild after flooding and landslides in Cusco and Apurima.
£3,850 to Uganda (2009)
Supporting 50,000 people who were displaced following flooding and landslides.
£8,700 to Mozambique (2009)
Providing food and seed following an exceptional period of drought.
£1,400 to Ecuador (2009)
Providing foods for indigenous village communities whose crops were destroyed by flooding.
£10,000, £30,000 + £40,000 to Pakistan (2009)
Helping families in the worst-affected areas of severe flooding.