KING OF PRUSSIA, Penn. — The American Baptist Churches (ABC) USA has approved an emergency grant of $120,000 to provide food and medical supplies to Liberia, the denomination announced Oct. 28.
The grant, which is on top of an earlier $20,000 sent in August, also will fund educational resources on Ebola prevention in the West African nation hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak.
“In addition to huge medical needs, food security has become a major issue,” ABC world relief officer Lisa Rothenberger said in a press release. “People have been unable to go to work at the same time as food prices have increased and access to marketplaces has become more limited.”
The funds, generated from ABC’s annual One Great Hour of Sharing offering, will be allocated to the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, Baptist World Aid and IMA World Health.
A portion of the funds for educational resources will be used to produce an animated Ebola prevention video.
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