This has been a devastating few days in North Africa. A massive earthquake has rocked the city of Marrakesh and the surrounding towns and villages in Morocco, leaving thousands dead, injured, and homeless. There is a lack of search and rescue capability, but there are huge challenges in providing international support and humanitarian aid. In the same week there have been massive and destructive floods in the wake of Storm Daniel, leaving tens of thousands of people missing and over 100,000 homeless in Libya.
Please pray for Morocco and Libya, especially for access for international support teams to help in search and rescue, and for the provision, acceptance and proper distribution of aid at a time of massive need.
Click here for more recent update on Fundraising to support the disaster response
As at 6pm on 12th September, the UK Disaster Emergency Committee are continuing to review their ability to initiate a disaster fundraising campaign for the North African disasters. Member charities , Action Aid , UNICEF and the Red Cross UK are now accepting donations to support their relief activities in Morocco.
From Sarah and Graham White at St Mary’s…
‘For many years we took people – young and older – to Amizmiz, a small town in the Atlas Mountains which is very near the epicentre of the Moroccan earthquake. Scenes there are devastating. Houses are unsafe. Many have died. A village we often prayed round nearby is flattened. The Centre where we stayed is unsafe but the garden is being used to distribute blankets, food, water and dressings for the injured. Over 100 people from Horsham, from several local churches, have spent time praying and serving in the villages in and around Amizmiz, near the epicentre of the earthquake. A fund has now been set up which will directly benefit these villages. The Donorbox link is https://donorbox.org/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund