PRESS RELEASE 2:CASA NATIONAL BOARD APPEALS TO THE ORISSA GOVERNMENT TO STOP ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS BY EXTREMISTS
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CASA NATIONAL BOARD APPEALS TO THE ORISSA GOVERNMENT TO STOP ATROCITIES AGAINST CHRISTIANS BY EXTREMISTS
The CASA National Board, comprising of the Protestant and Orthodox Churches in India, which met for its annual session on 28 November 2008 in New Delhi, expresses its deepest concern at the continuing atrocities on the Christian minorities in Orissa and appeals to the Government of the State for measures to restore peace and confidence in Kandhamal district. It is the State’s responsibility to protect the lives of its people. It is unfortunate that these atrocities are continuing and the perpetrators are going scot-free.
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 Church Leader’s Consultation on Disaster Management, NCC SRILANKA, 4-6 November 2008
CASA continues to engage itself in the process of empowering its fellow south Asian countries through several programmes and activities. In this empowering process, CASA, on the invitation of the NCC (National Christian Council) of Sri Lanka went to Sri Lanka under the leadership of the Director of CASA, Dr. Sushant Agrawal to organise a Church Leaders’ Consultation on Disaster Management.
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ACT Development has initiated a global project on Impact Assessment with an aim to establish common principles and a methodological framework to assess and communicate the outcomes and impact of the work of ACT-D participants to overcome poverty and injustice.
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 The Ecumenical Water Network was formed by Christian agencies and movements:
* to make a Christian witness heard in the present debate on water issues,
* to raise the awareness of the churches on the urgency of the concern,
* to engage as an ecumenical community in common action at all levels
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 16th October 2008 was a historic moment for the CASA family, as Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited CASA Headquarters in New Delhi. Dr. Kobia, who was on a visit to India, met Dr. Sushant Agrawal, Director, CASA and Moderator of ACT (Action by Churches Together) International at the CASA head office, along with his colleague Dr. Matthews Chunakara, Asia Secretary, WCC. Dr. Kobia after spending some time with the Director, CASA in his chamber, was welcomed by the CASA family at the Conference hall.
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