Article: PWS&D (Presbyterian World Service and Development) lead agency in foodgrains shipment to Korea.

Presbyterian World Service and Development served as the lead agency in the largest shipment of Canadian food aid to North Korea to date -- 16,000 metric tonnes -- which was scheduled to reach hungry North Koreans on June 14.

PWS&D is one of 13 church agency members of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). Ten of the member agencies contributed a total of $1 million to the $5 million shipment. (PWS&D contributed $125,000.) The remaining $4 million came from the Canadian International Development ...

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