Families struggle amidst the earthquake-related damage in India.
This money has come from One Great Hour of Sharing funds. A similar amount has come from Disciples' Week of Compassion funds. The Jan. 26 earthquake in western India reached 7.9 on the Richter Scale, killing an estimated 30,000 and leveling whole villages. The earthquake's waves of motion snapped telephone lines, bent railroad tracks and cracked roads into jumbles of asphalt. These people will need special training to be able to work, he says, and our partners will help out there.