Title: ACT Plans Response to Nairobi Bombing ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 13, 1998 ACT PLANS RESPONSE TO NAIROBI BOMBING 98-29-166-AH CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Action by Churches Together (ACT) members in Nairobi are planning a coordinated response to the Aug. 7 bombing disaster there. ACT has issued an appeal for $150,200 to address immediate and long-term needs of primary and secondary victims of the bomb blast and alleviate lasting trauma-related psychological and social problems. ACT is a worldwide network of churches, including the Lutheran World Federation, meeting human need through coordinated emergency response. According to ACT "the disaster is still at a crisis stage and receiving worldwide media attention. However, the disaster has not substantially jeopardized or altered the overall security situation in Nairobi." The Lutheran World Federation and the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) are at work on immediate needs appraisal, a responsive longer term trauma counseling program, a family social support package and replacement of some urgently needed equipment of the NCCK Emergency Response Unit. "Church House," the NCCK headquarters is located only 225 feet from the site of the former U.S. Embassy. An estimated 5,000 people were injured in the terrorist bombing, with 224 confirmed dead. Twenty staff members from the NCCK are among the injured. Church House suffered serious damage to windows, doors, partitions, electrical equipment, telephones, computers and other equipment. For information contact: Ann Hafften, Director 1-773-380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/co/news/current.html