Presbyterian Mission Agency presbyterian disaster response Archives

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and the Presbytery of the Pacific respond to deadly fires on Maui

Posted August 11th, 2023

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is working with the Presbytery of the Pacific following this week’s fires that killed at least 55 people in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Earlier this week fires also burned brush on the Big Island of Hawaii, but those fires have been largely controlled.

Faith groups mobilize to help North Carolina community

Posted November 19th, 2021

Months after devastating flooding swept through portions of western North Carolina, residents continue working to rebound with the help of faith groups and other volunteers, but many challenges remain.

Take a (virtual) trip to Guatemala on March 24

Posted March 4th, 2021

Overlooked by most media around the world, the twin hurricanes of Eta and Iota last November devastated Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras, countries already struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacts of the overflowing rivers and resulting landslides brought about tremendous loss of housing and jobs and caused widespread food and clean water shortages.

Fifteen years after Katrina, many volunteers have made disaster response their lives

Posted October 14th, 2020

Miss Mable had taken to her bed. Her New Orleans home was badly damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck in the late summer of 2005. Then, unscrupulous contractors stole her funds to repair the house.

All about the story

Posted August 5th, 2019

For David Barnhart, it’s the story — not his story, but the story of the subject.