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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
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Kathy Angi
Mission Co-worker
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Kathy
is a PCUSA Mission Coworker, formally posted to serve the Reformed Church of Hungary.
Half of her time is assigned to PDA to work as a facilitator
with our growing work in psycho-social care and pastoral care
giving. She is providing leadership to our joint work with the
Church of Sweden Aid, Varsta, and Norwegian Church Aid. We are
designing training manuals for the development and equipping
of international support teams that will provide staff care
to emergency field workers, care to mission workers, and pastoral
care training for pastors in our partner churches. She is available
also for emergency call to serve for up to three months in an
emergency response team. Kathy will mentor and work with the
international care giving team of PDA. |
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Carlos Cardenas Martinez
Mission Co-worker
(Central
America)
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Carlos is a PCUSA Mission Coworker based with CEPAD in Nicaragua and working half time with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. He began his work with PDA coordinating the response to the 2001 earthquake in El Salvador. Since then he has become a Sphere trainer for Latin America, and expanded his work regionally. Carlos will represent PDA regionally in disaster response, mitigation and training work. He will also provide training and support to the development work of CEPAD in Nicaragua. |
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Luke
Asikoye
Associate for International Disaster Response
(888) 728-7228, x5837
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Luke
is focused on strengthening councils of churches and partner
churches as they develop their responses, and provides monitoring
and evaluation functions for PDA. as well as working in-country
to ensure that systems are in place and able to deliver the
relief assistance being provided. Luke represents PDA in various
capacities on ecumenical organizations and frequently provides
assistance to Church World Service in conducting Emergency Management
Training. |
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David Barnhart
Video and Photo Journalist |
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David works for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and is developing story initiatives with communities affected by the tsunami in Indonesia and Hurricanes Katrina/Rita in the Gulf region.
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Pamela
Burdine
Associate,
Constituency Relations
(888) 728-7228, x5839
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Pamela
serves as the "information officer" for PDA. She is responsible
for the development of PDA interpretive materials and serves on
the ACT Communicator's Reference Group. She is available to
support the information needs of your church mission committee
as it relates to the PDA program and interest in special projects
for Vacation Bible School, Alternative Christmas Giving and
Sunday School projects. She does our posting to the RIN (Rapid
Information Network) and also to the Web site. |
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Christie Elliott
Senior Administrative Assistant
(888) 728-7228, x5345 |
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Christie is responsible for ensuring that funds are transferred to the field as promptly as possible. She monitors the PDA budget, develops grant listings, maintains PDA equipment, supports the work of the advisory committee, coordinates PDA Associates' and volunteer travel schedules and manages recognition of donors.
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Jenny Oldham
Administrative Assistant
(888) 728-7228, x5805
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Jenny provides administrative support for the communications, national response, and refugee and government relations offices within PDA. She is responsible for posting to the PDA Web site, responding to requests for work team materials and other supportive work. |
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John
Robinson
National Associate
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John trains, recruits, coordinates and manages the PDA National Response Team. He works with middle governing bodies to enable response to disasters in their area and tracks our national responses. He is responsible for decision making around where we respond and at what financial level. John is also active in various areas of providing spiritual care to disaster survivors and others affected by trauma, and he provides linkage to government agencies and other important groups in Washington, D.C. |
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Beth Snyder
Program Assistant
(888) 728-7228, x5806 |
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Beth is responsible for managing the files on all projects and programs of PDA including tracking payments, monitoring and securing reports from the field, handling the reporting from volunteers working on field projects, and relating to program partners. |
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Rebecca Young
Liaison for Tsunami Recovery
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Rebecca (Becca) is a PC(USA) Mission Coworker teaching systematic theology at Jakarta Theological Seminary in Jakarta, Indonesia. Becca began her service with PDA in the response to the 2004 Asian tsunami. She is fluent in the local language and during the initial response stage served as the interim regional coordinator for the Action by Churches Together (ACT) Medan, Indonesia, office. The seminary has agreed to a portion of Becca's time being dedicated to continued PDA liaison work with partners in Indonesia during the ongoing tsunami recovery stages. |
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