Smiling faces, grateful hearts and welcoming hugs awaited our 7th team on its recent Haiti outreach. There to care for orphans, help construct a church, provide medical care and offer leadership training to pastors; this energetic team continued the work Somebody Cares began right after the devastating quake rocked Haiti. It’s been well over a [...]

Somebody Cares for Japan continues to assist the Japanese in relief efforts, bringing encouragement and hope in the aftermath the earthquakes and tsunami. Knowing that disaster victims need physical, emotional and spiritual care, Jodie Chiricosta and Lisa Stringer returned this week from Japan, partnering once again with Victim Relief Ministries.  Their goal was to provide [...]

Somebody Cares America (SCA) coalition partners have converged from across the country to provide assistance to tornado stricken communities in the South and Midwest. After the first system of Tornados wrecked havoc in the South, SCA deployed aid immediately. In Alabama alone, SCA is partnering with 14 local churches and agencies to distribute aid like [...]

Serving Among the Seven-State Areas Struck by Last Week’s Tornados Somebody Cares Birmingham, AL Field Rep. – Jody Trautwein Serving the Hungry and Helping Hands When the tornados struck, Somebody Cares’ Birmingham Coordinator, Jody Trautwein was thrust full-speed ahead into Disaster Relief mode. A former mayoral candidate and current youth pastor, Jody is well connected [...]

Within hours of the tornado’s untold destruction, Jody Trautwein, Somebody Cares’ representative in Greater Birmingham, was at work assessing the need and communicating with us how best to help. With a staging area identified and a network of churches in place, Somebody Cares is in motion to help storm survivors. Requests are pouring in and [...]

Somebody Cares is at work in Japan, bringing physical, emotional and spiritual care to survivors.   Three weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged Japan, the full extent of its impact still is not known.  We do know, however, that millions of people are suffering in the aftermath.  Many remain in the devastated region.  Some [...]

Over night in the US, an 8.9 Earthquake followed by a massive Tsunami rocked Japan. Tsunami warnings have been put out for a large portion of the Pacific rim, even as far as the West Coast. The extent of the damage in Japan is yet unknown but will be enormous. I am already receiving requests [...]

Somebody Cares VP, Jodie Chiricosta and team arrived in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. This is a 3-person team for initial assessment including Dr. Louie Rosado from MMA one of our SC International partners and Mike May of Somebody Cares Humble. Containers of supplies are being prepared to ship including 10 truck-loads of water and [...]

Signs of horror and of hope were seen by the SCA team that recently travelled to Haiti. With the cholera epidemic in full swing and civil unrest around the elections, it was a challenging time to go – but that is when the tangible love of God is most needed. Somebody Cares has been active [...]

“Thank you” can not possibly express the gratitude of the first two Haitian families to receive their completed homes! Pastor Dalexis and his family, as well as the Larieux family are no longer living in makeshift tents. They now have a sturdy and secure place to call home. While small, the homes provided are earthquake [...]