What is IOCC doing to help in Japan right now? Emergency Response Coordinator Jamie Helfer gives us the latest on the situation on the ground, what help is being offered and what to expect in the upcoming weeks and months.

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This week on OCN Now, Fr. Chris gets a brief report from Jamie who is the IOCC rep for the relief efforts in strife ridden Pakistan.

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This week on OCN Now podcast, Mike Trout and IOCC member Dean Triantafilou will discuss relief activities following the earthquake in Haiti. Click below to listen:

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This week on IOCC’s News Updates will cover the assistance IOCC is giving to the Church in Romania to serve the poor as well as the history of the agency’s extensive philanthropic involvement in the country.

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This week on OCN Now podcast, IOCC member Dimitrije Djukcic will discuss relief activities following the tragic fires in Greece. Click below to listen:

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The deadliest conflict in Gaza in four decades has killed hundreds and wounded thousands. International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has released emergency funds and is working in cooperation with other humanitarian aid organizations to deliver medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to Gaza hospitals that are stretched to capacity. “Gaza was already in a desperate situation before this increased conflict with a significant lack of food, medicine, fuel and electricity. All commodities are in scarce supply,” said Dirk Lackovic-van Gorp, IOCC’s Representative for the Palestinian Territories.

Dirk recently spoke to Father Chris Metropulos of the Orthodox Christian Network about the current humanitarian crisis and the response from IOCC and world organizations. Prior to this round of fighting, over 80% of the residents in Gaza were on some kind of assistance program. This fact reflects the widespread misery and poverty of the Palestinians living in Gaza. Your help is desperately needed! To find out more about how to contribute to the IOCC as it seeks to do the work of Christ, click here.

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This week on "OCN Now," Amal Marcos with IOCC presents a report from war-torn Georgia on what the IOCC is doing to help those affected.

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In this week's episode of OCN Now, Amal Marcos, Director of Communications for IOCC, talks with Fr. Chris about the recent and ongoing efforts to assist the people of Georgia who have been displaced by the conflict between Russia and Georgia which has brought so much concern to many throughout the world.

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In this week's episode of OCN Now, Fr. Chris interviews IOCC Director of Development Dan Christopoulos about IOCC update during Clergy Laity.

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In this week's episode of OCN Now, Fr. Chris talks with Fr. Robert, an IOCC Clergy Responder from St. Nicholas Church in Northridge, about the recent floods in the mid-west.

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This week on "OCN Now," we feature the IOCC’s food security program and their efforts in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

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