Church World Service is a nonprofit organization that provides international relief. The organization is based in Elkhart, IN and managed by John McCullough. Its official home on the web is http://www.churchworldservice.org
Meet Pamela L. Lewis, a homeless 4.0 GPA student at Griffin Technical College that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is presently sleeping in a '95 Ford Explorer as a resident of Riverdale, Ga. without a source of income. The student, a Katrina survivor, was recently denied food-stamps by Clayton County-DFAS in Jonesboro, Ga. because she is not working at least 20 hrs/wk while attending school. And to top things off, a FEMA representative informed the student that her case was closed... Read Full Story
Meet Pamela L. Lewis, a homeless 4.0 GPA graduate student of Griffin Technical College that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is presently sleeping in a '95 Ford Explorer as a resident of Riverdale, Ga. without a source of income. The Katrina survivor is still being denied food-stamps by Clayton County-DFAS in Jonesboro, Ga. She has not received assistance from FEMA since March of 2006. A FEMA representative informed the survivor that her case was closed because THEY did not meet their... Read Full Story
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