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<p><font color="#008000">Provision of Essential Medicines<br>
</font><big><big><big><strong><font color="#000000">MAP Responds to Colombia Earthquake
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<td width="75%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ARMENIA, Colombia -- On January 25, 1999, an earthquake
measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale destroyed the Colombian cities of Armenia, Claraca, and
Pereira. Preliminary figures indicate that over 900 people have died and more than 3,500
are injured. Hundreds of thousands of people are still homeless. These figures continue to
rise daily with the discovery of more victims from within the rubble.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Government of Colombia has requested assistance from the
international community including relief organizations such as MAP International .The
extreme need for emergency medical assistance is critical. The provision of appropriate
medicines and supplies is essential for saving the lives of many and stabilizing the
health of thousands of injured Colombians.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAP International relief workers immediately began preparing tons of
essential medicines and medical supplies for flights into the areas of most destruction.
In partnership with Colombian NGOs and a number of other U.S. Christian relief agencies,
MAP is providing nearly $750,000 worth of valuable medicines and supplies for ongoing
medical relief efforts.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Only through the continued support of friends like you can we respond
to emergencies in Colombia and throughout the world.</td>
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width="315" height="303" alt="mir33.jpg (52286 bytes)"><p><small><small><em><font
face="Georgia">MAP used the gifts of supporters to help supply lifesaving medicines in the
aftermath of Colombia's killer Earthquake.</font></em></small></small></p>
<p><small><small><em><font face="Georgia">&nbsp;</font></em></small></small></p>
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<td width="75%"><font color="#008000"><a name="Community Health">Community Health</a><br>
</font><big><big><strong><font color="#000000">MAP Plants &quot;Mini-Pharmacies&quot; in
Ecuadorian Jungle</font></strong></big></big><p><font color="#000000"><strong><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;
</small></strong>ANCHAYACU, Ecuador -- In an ambitious and groundbreaking project, MAP
International is planting a chain of pharmacies deep in the remote Ecuadorian coastal
jungle. As port of the Emeraldas Province Project, the &quot;satellite
mini-pharmacies&quot; will be supplied with medicines by a mobile health unit traveling up
the Onzole and Cayapas Rivers. The pharmacies will serve approximately 5,000 people in 15
Indian communities.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The jungle pharmacy network has evangelistic, as well as humanitarian
goals. Missionaries in the province hope to use MAP's medical outreach to open doors for
the message of spiritual healing found only in Jesus Christ.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Anchayacu Indians suffer from a multitude of health problems,
including diarrhea (caused by improper sanitation and contaminated drinking water),
malaria, parasites, snakebites, skin disease, upper respiratory infections, and anemia.
Finding emergency medical help requires a two-hour river trip by motorboat and <em>eight
hours</em> by paddle canoe -- often too far away to save a life by traditional means.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MAP has committed to provide the financial support to keep the
pharmacies stocked with lifesaving medicines, as well as to provide administrative
oversight to measure the progress of this health outreach.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Please pray for adequate funding and spiritual impact for this
project.</em><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Through the generosity of friends like you, God is working along these
remote rivers to pour out a flood of physical health and spiritual life</font></td>
<td width="38%" style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255,255,255)"><font
face="Dolphin" color="#008000"><em><big><big>KIND WORDS FROM A </big></big><br>
<big><big>FRIEND . . .</big></big><br>
</em></font><p align="center"><font face="Dolphin" color="#008000"><em><big><big>&nbsp;
&quot;MAP's worldwide </big></big><br>
<big><big>ministry of </big></big><br>
<big><big>Christian compassion </big></big><br>
<big><big>fulfills a </big></big><br>
<big><big>God-given </big></big><br>
<big><big>responsibility </big></big><br>
<big><big>which </big></big><br>
<big><big>you and I share -- that of demonstrating </big></big><br>
<big><big>the love of Christ </big></big><br>
<big><big>for not only the </big></big><br>
<big><big>spiritual but also the </big></big><br>
<big><big>physical needs of mankind.&quot;</big></big><br>
</em></font></p>
<p align="right"><font face="Dolphin" color="#008000"><em><big><big>- Dr. Billy Graham - </big></big></em></font></td>
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