Every year areas of South Asia are devastated by natural disasters, but praise God through Gospel for Asia, we are able to provide some relief to the hurting people there.
Thousands of people are taking temporary shelter in the midst of heavy rainfall that has brought a surge of floodwaters to the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, India, and the…
On Nov. 14, a house situated in a slum in Kolkata, West Bengal, caught fire. Because houses in slum areas are built close together, some sharing a wall, the fire spread quickly…
In late July, heavy monsoon rains inundated many parts of West Bengal, India. The resulting floods killed 50 people. When open sewer drains contaminated the floodwaters, people fell prey to diarrhea, skin…
Heavy monsoon rains, intensified in some places by Cyclone Komen’s landfall in late July, flooded several regions of India and Myanmar, destroyed thousands of acres of crops, affected millions, left thousands homeless…
Continuous heavy rains in western Myanmar have destroyed thousands of homes and flooded hundreds of acres of paddy fields. Schools and marketplaces have also closed or are submerged in the rising waters.…
In West Bengal, India, landslides and flooding have devastated the land and caused the death of more than 40 individuals in Darjeeling district alone. Farms, livestock and homes are destroyed and roads…
Over the past three months, Gospel for Asia (GFA)-supported Compassion Services teams have distributed rice, lentils, salt, solar-powered lanterns, tarps and many other needed items to earthquake victims in Nepal, but there’s…
After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25 and a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on May 12, the people of Nepal are grieving the loss of more than 8,000 people, and hundreds of thousands are…
After 13 hours of terror, Cyclone Phailin, the strongest storm to hit India in 14 years, was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, leaving in its wake 17 dead and 9 million…
After traveling 16 hours along treacherous roads, half of Pastor Baha Udeen’s 11-member Compassion Services team arrived June 26 to serve families in one of the areas hit hardest by the flooding…
