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Originally from Week of Compassion, the relief and development fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. |
Thursday, June 4, 2009 – Week of Compassion asks for your prayers and support as we attempt, through our trusted partner organizations, to accompany the scores of displaced and traumatized persons in Pakistan. This is a grave situation. Recent fighting between Pakistani military forces and Taliban insurgents in the northwest part of the country has uprooted more than 2.5 million people; heavy shelling, bombardment and continual cross-fire have compelled innocent people to flee their villages. It is expected that the number of uprooted persons could soon rise to three million. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that it may become the largest displacement since Rwanda and has already declared the exodus the biggest ever in the world during the past 15 years…
