Further support from the New Zealand Government for flood victims in Pakistan is urgently needed, according to a news release from the Council for International Development (CID).

“The initial $2 million provided by Government was welcomed, but the government needs to increase funding through the Red Cross and other reputable non-government agencies that can access areas that government aid efforts just can’t reach,“ said CID Director, Dr Wren Green. Several countries, including Australia, have pledged additional millions as the scale of the disaster has became clearer. “It’s now time for New Zealand to do the same,” he said.

On the tenth of October 2010, 10.10.10, 100 million Christians will be praying together and making promises to remember the poor.

They will be part of a worldwide movement of Christians committed to supporting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are a global commitment of nations and people to tackle the issues of the extreme poverty of the poorest 20% of the world population. In a world where the wealth of the developed nations has increased exponentially in the last 50 years, the increasing poverty of the “bottom billion” is an issue of justice that we as followers of Christ cannot ignore.