Tornado Relief Efforts in Kansas
August 31, 2016 — Kansas, U.S.A.
Br.Shantamrita Chaitanya leading the Relief Efforts on behalf of ETW
On the evening of July 7th 2016, multiple tornadoes struck Greenwood County Kansas in both a sparsely populated rural area as well as the town of Eureka, KS. Over 50 homes were damaged in the town and nearly half of these were completely destroyed. In the rural countryside, two farmsteads were completely destroyed, one suffered damage only to barns and equipment and the nearby river and forest were devastated for miles.
A group of local Embracing the World Volunteers were inspired to come together led by Br. Shantamrita Chaitanya of the MA Center in Chicago, on Saturday August 13th to assist with continued tornado recovery efforts. Read more