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Article: PWS&D (Presbyterian World Service and Development) lead agency in foodgrains shipment to Korea.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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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 ...