Philippines typhoon.The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF PWRDF Primate's World Relief and Development Fund ) has released $7,000 towards emergency relief efforts for survivors Survivors was a British television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerned the plight of a group of people who had survived an accidentally released plague that had killed nearly the entire population of the of typhoons that wreaked havoc in at least five regions in the Philippines Philippines officially Republic of the Philippines Island country, western Pacific Ocean, on an archipelago off the southeast coast of Asia. Area: 122,121 sq mi (316,294 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 84,191,000. and killed more than 1,000 people and left about 800,000 families homeless. It has also announced that it will receive donations for a relief fund for typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. victims there. PWRDF released the grant in response to an appeal of Action by Churches Together (ACT), a global, ecumenical alliance of churches responding to emergencies worldwide, of which it is a member. ACT's local member, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, will use the grant to provide emergency assistance to about 6,500 families badly hit by the four storms, which hit the country for two weeks in late November. Most of these are farmers, fishers and urban poor families. Those wishing to make a donation can send a cheque marked "Philippines Typhoon" to PWRDF at 80 Hayden St., Toronto ON, M4Y 3G2. To make a donation by credit card, contact Barbara Wilkins Wil·kins , Maurice Hugh Frederick 1916-2004. British biophysicist. He shared a 1962 Nobel Prize for his contributions to the determination of the structure of DNA. at (416) 924-9199, ext. 320 or bwilkifis@pwrdf.org. |
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