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The August 2010 issue of the Christian Examiner features a full-page story on World Concern's progress building shelters in Haiti, including an interview with our president David Eller.
An article in the Puyallup Herald explains how World Concern shipped school desks and Kids Healing Kits to Haiti, and employed local homeless people to help load the container.
As a shipping container was being packed with school desks and kids' healing kits, bound for Haiti, Q13 Fox News showed up to cover this exciting occasion.
Epoch Times reporter Kremena Krumova interviewed World Concern Marketing Manager Derek Sciba about the rebuilding effort in Haiti as hurricane season looms ahead. Read Derek's insightful comments in the article.
Epoch Times article, June 3, 2010
Amidst violence in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2010, this news blog reported on the fact that World Concern's staff members were safe and our office remained closed that week.
The Shoreline Area News, a popular news blog in our neighborhood, covered World Concern's 5k run and walk to combat human trafficking. One thousand runners took part in the event. Read more here.
1,000 runners take a stand against human trafficking
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, donations poured in to many humanitarian organizations. Watch KOMO's video of how World Concern put those donations to immediate work.
KOMO News earthquake relief video
Just days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, we learned one of our volunteers had died in the disaster. The Seattle Times reported on Angela Thermidor's passing.
Seattle Times article, Jan. 18, 2010
World Concern staff members were interviewed just one day after the earthquake in Haiti. Read about our initial contacts with our field staff there following the disaster.
Seattle Times article, Jan. 13, 2010
Our humanitarian aid to war refugees in Sri Lanka captured the attention of Kurt Campbell, co-owner of Campbell Nelson Volkswagen. The company's donation helped World Concern serve 23,000 people in Sri Lanka.
The leading nonprofit newspaper, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, featured World Concern's fundraising push in December of 2008, as the troubled economy posed new challenges for all charities. In a full two-page spread in the Jan. 15, 2009 edition, The Chronicle profiled how we successfully reached out to donors to best inform them of how our humanitarian work improves lives.
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Or e-mail us to learn more about the story.
High School senior Megan Edmonds organized a successful charity auction for World Concern in November 2008, raising $7,000 for water wells in Africa. She tells the Everett Herald about her motivation.
Link to story on Everett Herald website.
Download a PDF of the article. or a PDF of the letter to the editor.
See photos and read a blog entry about the event.
A World Concern staff member received the grim news that one of her friends from another agency was killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. It was an unprovoked attack on a convoy of clearly marked vehicles.
2008 was an unusually deadly year for relief workers.
Seattle news media picked up the story and helped educate people about the sacrifices relief workers make to help others.
Here is the story from KING-TV in Seattle.
Every day, more than 5,500 people die from AIDS and 7,000 people contract HIV. World Concern reaches those at risk of getting AIDS and ministers to orphans and others affected by the virus. On World AIDS day, Dec. 1, we publicly recognize the impact of AIDS, and receive media coverage as we raise awareness about the problem.
In 2008, every Seattle TV station and the Seattle Times profiled our display of 1,000 crosses in honor of those affected by HIV and AIDS. Read a blog entry about the set-up and the effect of the event.
Read a Reuters AlertNet article about 2,000 red balloons for World AIDS day 2007 at World Concern.
