2008
Hurricane Ike: September/October -Christian Alliance partners with the Pearland Police Force, the American Red Cross Mobile feeding sites, and over 100 ministries and organizations involved in first response or disaster cleanup. Food distribution and relief supplies are provided to ministries as well as to displaced victims.
10 Year Anniversary: June 2008. Christian Alliance celebrates 10 years faithful service to its mission field.
Medical Clinic to Riviera TX: A grand opening was held on February 23 at Riviera United Methodist Church. On a monthly basis, registered nurses from Kingsville are providing blood pressure, diabetes screening, and wellness counseling. The goal is for churches and missions team to work together for the common good. This clinic will support the low income citizens of Riviera, Riviera Beach, Loyola Beach, Vattman, Sarita and the farm and ranch families in between. Christian Alliance continues its local food distribution with many mission groups participating and volunteers who pack rice and beans.
Hurricane Gustavo: On September 6, relief supplies were sent to Jefferson United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana to be distributed to hurricane victims.
2007
A&M UMC Medical Clinic: Christian Alliance partnered with this College Station church to purchase and convert a 40 ft unit into a portable medical clinic. The container was delivered during October. A&M students worked around class schedules to complete and return the unit by May 2008 for eventual use in the Brownsville area.
Atascocita UMC Medical Clinic: In April, Atascocita United Methodist Church purchased a 40’ shipping container from Christian Alliance and built a beautiful medical clinic. After equipping with exam tables, dental chair and other supplies, it was consecrated in a ceremony in October, and eventually provided to the Riviera Texas United Methodist Church for outreach ministry to the local farming community.
New Food Distribution Sites: Distribution expanded to neighborhoods in Pasadena, Fresno and South Houston.
2006
Post Katrina Support: Additional Containers of relief supplies were sent to Camp Good News in New Orleans for distribution by Somebody Cares and to Beaumont, TX for distribution by local churches/ civic organizations.
Surgical Clinic for Sudan: During February, a 40 ft Surgical Clinic was sent to Mombassa, Kenya for further shipment to Sudan. The OR clinic was equipped with table, light, IV poles, gurneys, anesthesia unit, instrument trays, AC unit, fans, sinks, and surgery packs. This was the first Surgical Unit built by Christian Alliance.
Medical Clinic to New Orleans: January 17, a portable medical clinic was sent to Camp Good News, City Park in partnership with Operation Blessing and Somebody Cares Houston.
Warehouse Space Donated: Warehouse Associates of Houston donated additional warehouse space located at 4350 Town Plaza, Houston, Texas 77045, just south of the Astrodome.
Warehouse Space Leased: Christian Alliance leased warehouse space on Produce Row in Houston, preserving the capability of receiving and distributing food.
Fire Destroyed Warehouse: During a storm on June 19, an electrical fire destroyed our 64,000 – square foot warehouse building and millions of dollars worth of donations in food and supplies from churches and nonprofit groups. Operating by generator power for weeks, Christian Alliance recommitted to fulfilling its mission and calling to support the poor and its ministry partners. Click here for news footage of the fire.
Food Distribution and Medical Services Continues: Christian Alliance continued to distribute food and operate its Medical Clinics in Port Houston and Third Ward, an urban blighted area.
2005
Warehouse Improvements: A new 2,000 sq. ft. (Industrial Grade) refrigerator - freezer was installed to extend shelf life of donated frozen foods.
Hurricane Emily: The northeast coast of Mexico, especially the town of Carboneras, was devastated. . A 53’ container packed with relief supplies and a 53’ Mobile Medical Clinic was sent to provide immediate aid.
Community Health Fairs: More than 75,000 lbs. of food and beverages were provided to Mayor’s Citizens Assistance Office/Heights Family Health Fair; over 800 families were served.
Approximately 85,000 lbs. of food and beverages were distributed at Port Houston Elementary School / Cinco de Mayo celebration; over 900 families were served.
Community Health Care Stations: Grace Project Houston designed and constructed two Health Care Stations to be placed in Port Houston and Third Ward. Each facility anchors outreach efforts to promote proper health care, distribute food staples and coordinate community involvement for local job assistance and placement.
Tsunami Medical Relief: A Mobile Medical Relief project was launched to aid the twelve countries that were hit by the tragic Tsunami on December 26, 2004. Christian Alliance partnered with twenty three local churches to build 24 Medical Clinics out of 40’ steel shipping containers. The clinic was comprised of two medical exam stations, a dental station and a doctor’s office.
Hurricane Rita (CAT 3): September 24 Rita made landfall between Sabine Pass, Texas and Johnson’s Bayou, Louisiana. The Pearland Police was supplied with fresh fruit and drinks for stranded motorists and evacuees. Subsequently, medical clinics and containers of food and water were distributed to areas hit hardest.
Hurricane Katrina (Cat 3): August 29, Katrina hits New Orleans causing a breach in the levee system. Christian Alliance responds with medical clinics and a dental clinic being sent into the area. These clinics provided services for the next two years. Also containers of hurricane relief products including water and Pepsi products, non-perishable foods, cleaning supplies, bleach and blankets were shipped.
2004
Hurricane Relief to Grenada: Three containers of relief supplies were sent including a medical clinic, missionary living quarters fully equipped with kitchen, bathroom and sleeping area, plus a container of disaster relief supplies.
A model Mission Station was built on the property of Christian Alliance, consisting of a medical clinic, housing unit and storage/office unit built from three 40’ foot shipping containers. This model site serves to educate adults and young people on mission ministry opportunities.
Containers of educational materials and text books were sent to Ghana, South Africa and South America in partnership with Rotary Club International.
2003
Christian Alliance and Operation Blessing partnered to ship over $5,000,000 of medicine to Mexico, Central America, Iraq and North Korea and other third world countries. With Hunger Plus, a container of rice and beans was sent to Haiti. Containers of relief supplies were shipped to South Africa, Kenya and Nicaragua. Medical Clinics shipped to El Paso-Juarez area and the refugee center of Mulukuku, Nicaragua. Christian Alliance formed the Alliance for Africa.
Education Materials to The Philippines: Used school books were sent to Southern Philippines Methodist College sponsored by the Texas Conference of the Methodist Church
Humanitarian Aid Shipments: A shipment of Pinto Beans was sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and also a shipment of Humanitarian aid was sent to La Ceiba, Honduras.
2001
Flood Relief: Christian Alliance provided local relief after Tropical Storm Allison devastates Houston even while sustaining major damage to its office facilities due to flooding.
Bottled water and medical supplies were sent to Bombay, India to aid flood victims. Also, container loads of aid
were sent to El Salvador.
Relief Supplies: Containers of Humanitarian aid were sent to Uganda, El Salvador, La Ceiba, Honduras, and a shipment of text books was shipped to South Africa.
2000
Hurricane Keith: Twenty truckloads of relief supplies were sent to Belize to help thousands after the disaster.
Humanitarian Aid: Christian Alliance partnered with Medical Bridges and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) sent a Medical Clinic to Mombassa, Kenya.
Christian Alliance partnered with Texaco to provide 2 containers of food relief to war –torn Angola.
Christian Alliance, partnering with Patty Brock (Medical Bridges) and Dr. Ferdinand Masau shipped containers of medical equipment and supplies to start The Tanzanian Heart Institute.
1999 & 1998
Hurricane Mitch: Two shiploads of disaster supplies were sent to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador after devastating floods killed thousands. These emergency shipments saved thousands of lives.
North Korea Famine Relief: Thirteen containers of food and 800,000 packets of seeds and fertilizer were sent for families to grow their own food. Partnering with Manna Mission of USA a bakery was shipped and installed at Chongjin along with all of the ingredients to make bread for local school children.
Flood Relief: Twenty containers of water and other hurricane relief supplies were the first to arrive in Venezuela after flooding that caused loss of many lives and left thousands homeless.
Christian Alliance for Humanitarian Aid, Inc. was incorporated as a 501c3 tax exempt corporation on June 22, 1998. |
