Appeal for Prayers and Solidarity with Victims of Floods in Kerala

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) offers condolences to the families of all those who have lost their lives, and expresses solidarity with the affected people experiencing extensive damage in their lives due to the disaster. The CCA urges all its member churches, as well as churches and ecumenical organisations around the world to pray for the affected people and communities in Kerala, and come forward to express solidarity and respond urgently to this humanitarian crisis.

The State of Kerala in India is currently experiencing a devastating situation due to heavy floods, unprecedented scale of torrential rains, overflowing of rivers and lakes, release of dam waters and a series of massive landslides. Heavy landslides have made the situation graver as thousands have lost their homes. Hundreds have been killed; hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

Read the letter of appeal from CCA General Secretary Mathews George Chunakara.