Gospel for Asia

WILLS POINT, TX — GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan , has been the model for numerous charities like GFA World Canada , to help the poor and deprived worldwide, issued this second part of a Special Report update on Malaria making a comeback amid the worldwide impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic. Progress Ebbs and Flows in the Fight to Beat Malaria Recent developments in the fight against Malaria have placed a heightened spotlight on World Malaria Day, observed on April 25. Fortunately, despite the high death toll and other troublesome signs lately, not all the news about malaria treatment is bad. There are gains amid the setbacks. This woman in West Bengal was very grateful to Believers Eastern Church and its leaders for providing her with a mosquito net to protect herself and her family from vector borne diseases like malaria. One positive example is Myanmar, where the annual malaria death toll of 3,800 a decade ago has decreased to approximately 170. The Global Fund ...

WILLS POINT, TX — GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan , has been the model for numerous charities like GFA World Canada , to help the poor and deprived worldwide, issued this first part of a Special Report update on Malaria making a comeback amid the worldwide impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic. It’s a back-and-forth battle growing tougher in the face of COVID-19 , with mosquitoes responsible for spreading the disease taking on the appearance of brass-helmeted warriors immune to nearly every device aimed in their direction. Malaria, humanity’s most deadly infectious disease, is making a comeback while our primary defense — net distribution — is being handicapped by the disruptions to normal life caused by the worldwide pandemic. Insecticidal Nets a Mainstay, but Declining to Protect in Some Cases Niger: Demilla and her children now sleep under the safety of a bed net, which protects them from malaria-carrying mosquitoes, which have regularly affected many of her close fa...

WILLS POINT, TX — India’s devastating “second wave” of COVID-19 is overshadowing another deadly tsunami of suffering — rampant hunger. Global humanitarian agency Gospel for Asia (GFA World)  reports growing desperation across India as it supports efforts to feed those facing starvation amid the pandemic’s continuing onslaught. The Texas-based organization has helped feed hundreds of thousands since the pandemic began. “As COVID-19 ravages India, we’re seeing hunger on a massive scale,” said Bishop Danny Punnose, vice president of Gospel for Asia (GFA World) , spotlighting the accelerating crisis on World Hunger Day, May 28. In the nation’s pandemic hotspots, so-called “corona curfews” and lockdowns make it very difficult to get groceries — even if people have cash to spend. ‘Deep Silence’ Everywhere “Markets are closed… no shopkeepers are willing to open their shops. People are struggling to get grocery items. (There’s) deep silence at all places,” local relief workers reported. In...

WILLS POINT, TX — India’s devastating “second wave” of COVID-19 is overshadowing another deadly tsunami of suffering — rampant hunger. Global humanitarian agency  Gospel for Asia (GFA World)  reports growing desperation across India as it supports efforts to feed those facing starvation amid the pandemic’s continuing onslaught. The Texas-based organization has helped feed hundreds of thousands since the pandemic began. HUNGER’S DEEP SILENCE:  On World Hunger Day, May 28, Texas-based humanitarian agency  Gospel for Asia (GFA World)  reports growing desperation in India as it supports efforts to help thousands starving in “deep silence” amid the pandemic’s continuing onslaught. “As COVID-19 ravages India, we’re seeing hunger on a massive scale,” said Bishop Danny Punnose, vice president of  GFA World (Gospel for Asia) , spotlighting the acute, accelerating crisis surrounding World Hunger Day, May 28. In the nation’s pandemic hotspots, so-called “corona curfew...