Church of north India ties up with their church partners for rehabilitation of Kashmiris | #news Church of north India has tied up with churchs of various countries to begin rehabilitation drive in Kashmir that witnessed the worst every natural calamity which left around 200 dead and rendered thousands homeless. Deputy moderator, Church of North India and Bishop of Diocese of Amritsar PK Samantaroy told TOI on Saturday that they had tied up with the Protestant Church, Germany, Uniting Church, Australia, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, US and Church of Scotland for the rehabilitation of the Kashmiris. We have got a positive response from them and their teams are soon visiting here to assess the damage and chalk out a long term plan for the rehabilitation of flood affected people he said. He said the Church of North India had also tied up with Churchs Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) for the rehabilitation of flood affected people of Kashmir and providing relief material to them. Yesterday we had sent solar lanterns besides other material he said. Church managed Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School, Lal Chowk, Srinagar and All Saints Church, Srinagar were also submerged in water said Samantaroy. Building of both the school and Chruch were more than one hundred year old. Chief Minister of J&K Omar Abdullahs grand father and father Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah respectively were the alumni of the Srinagar branch of Tyndale Biscoe school said he.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:45:00 +0000
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