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An organisation that represents Christian religious broadcasters on television and radio in America plans to raise money to rebuild the houses of Kandhamal victims.
Ron Harris with National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) grieves that in Orissa's Kandhamal last August Christians were being killed, churches razed down and homes burned "many times with Christians inside the homes."
Harris laments that "some of the people are still homeless from what took place in the summer and early fall."
"They need their homes, and they need their churches. Some are still living in tents and out in the woods, and we need Christians to come alongside," he urged.
The NRB through the Gospel for Asia (GFA) ministry will help revamp the houses of Christians who were attacked after the murder of a Hindu religious leader.
Despite Maoists claiming repeated responsibility for the slaying, Hindu extremists accused Christians and destroyed their homes, forcing over 50,000 to flee for refuge.
Harris feels the project apart from constructing buildings will also unify and embolden the Christians "in areas where they are often persecuted."
Both GFA and NRB appealed to radio and television stations in U.S. to raise money for this project scheduled for June and July. They estimate that $ 40,000 raised by a station can restitute an entire community including its church building.
"That would be a worthy goal for a station to throw out there to their listeners. We can rebuild a whole community and their church in a place where Christians are persecuted; we can come alongside them and encourage and strengthen them," Mission Network News quoted him saying.
To enhance the initiative, the NRB will provide stations with web site banners, web pages, and their own toll-free number.
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