RELIEF (for People in Need)

(See also Disasters; Divine Providence; Material Assistance)

(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)

Africa:

effect of food aid (Somalia): g93 7/22 28

food: g87 3/8 3-4, 6-7

Bible view: it-1 939-940; it-2 769; kr 209-210, 212-213, 216-217; w12 12/1 6; w07 9/15 27-28; w03 6/1 6; yb94 10-11; w93 7/1 21; jv 304-305; w89 3/1 7; om 158-159; g88 6/22 28; w86 10/15 10-21

blessings for providing help: wp20.3 13

elderly Christians: it-1 939-940; w88 7/15 21-23; w87 6/1 8-13

elders’ responsibilities: w86 10/15 16-19

form of worship: w22.03 24

governmental aid: w09 6/15 19-20

how Jehovah provides: ijwbq article 157; w93 12/1 10-13

individual responsibility: w86 10/15 19-21

law on gleaning in Israel: w06 6/15 22-23

poor people: scl 14; mwb21.07 4; od 126-128; it-2 652-653

“public service” (2Co 9:12): w00 11/15 11-12

qualifications: it-1 1198; it-2 228

sacred service: kr 209-210

widows: it-2 227-228, 769, 1182; w87 6/1 8-10

within Christian congregation: mwb21.07 4; od 126-128; mwb19.05 3; it-2 410; g 2/13 14; kp 30-31; w02 11/15 13; w01 6/15 10-11

Catholic Church:

encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (The Social Concern): w88 8/15 31

Colombia volcano disaster (1985): g86 5/8 13-15

famine:

transportation problems: g86 8/22 30-31

first-century Christians: it-1 939-940; it-2 769; w03 6/1 6; jv 304; om 158-159; w86 10/15 14

after Pentecost 33 C.E.: bt 27, 35; it-1 503, 939-940; w09 11/15 19; w89 12/15 16; w86 12/1 29

collection for Christians in Jerusalem and Judea: bt 169, 182; w19.11 26-27; w18.01 20; it-1 487-488; it-2 631, 1111; w12 11/15 8; w03 6/1 6; w02 11/15 13; w02 12/1 5-6; w01 3/15 29-31; w00 11/1 28; w98 7/15 7; w98 11/1 24-26; w98 11/15 30

from Syrian Antioch for Judean Christians (Ac 11): bt 74, 76; it-2 769; kr 209; yb93 11

“seven reputable men” (Ac 6:3): bt 41-42; it-2 628, 1034

widows: it-1 940, 1198; it-2 1182

foreign aid:

amount reaching needy: g93 5/8 28

costly errors: g93 3/22 28-29

no sacrifice: g87 6/8 27

Greece earthquake (1986): g87 3/8 22-23

homeless children: g90 1/8 6-7

India gas disaster (Bhopal, 1984):

corruption: w97 5/1 3

Japan volcano disaster (1986): g87 7/8 4-9

Mexico City earthquake (1985): g86 2/22 23-25

organizations strained: g91 8/8 28

Jehovah’s Witnesses

AIDS victims: g95 7/22 11-12

appreciation for aid: hdu articles 9, 25, 29; w17.09 11-12; kr 217; w05 11/1 29

appreciation for privilege: kr 216

assisting non-Witnesses: w07 3/1 6; g03 8/8 11-14; g01 10/22 26; yb00 15; g00 6/22 19; g00 9/8 27; g99 3/8 13; g99 9/22 15; w98 1/15 5-6; w98 12/1 11; yb98 143-144; g96 11/8 30; w95 11/1 29; jv 315; g93 1/8 17-18, 20-21; g89 6/8 30

neighbor girl in labor after quake: yb01 213

attitude toward relief work: bt 76; od 166-167; mwb19.05 3; kr 209-210, 212-213, 216-217; w13 11/15 8; w08 10/15 28-29; g 5/08 21; yb00 4-5

attitude toward world’s relief organizations: jv 307

benefits: kr 216-217

commendation: hdu articles 25, 29; kr 212-213; w08 5/1 15; g01 7/22 9

contributions for relief work: hdu article 9; g 8/06 25; km 1/05 7; km 11/05 3; jv 310, 314

warning on solicitations by e-mail: km 2/02 7

Disaster Relief Committees: w23.07 4; hdu articles 9, 14, 20, 23, 25; kr 219

Disaster Relief Departments: mwb23.03 3

disaster relief projects: w23.07 4

discussion: ijwfq article 22; mwb23.03 3; lff lessons 18-19; kr 192-193, 209-213, 216-219; om 158-159

during persecution: jv 315-317

encouragement to participate: w22.08 24; w18.08 26; w17.09 11-12; kr 217

examples: lff lessons 18-19; yb07 153; yb06 17-25; w02 7/15 8-9; jv 305-317

after contested election: w13 11/15 8

after World War II: foa article 4; kr 192; yb94 210; jv 308; yb90 177-178; w89 12/15 16-17; yb87 168

assisting Witness whose wife dies: w97 10/1 32

couple move to assist: w09 1/15 15-16

during COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021): hdu articles 9, 14, 20

during World War II: jv 307-308

elderly Witnesses: w88 7/15 22; w87 6/1 11-12; w86 10/15 15, 19

family of hospitalized son: g91 8/22 13-15

groceries bought for elder in need: jv 306-307; w86 10/15 17

home-heating building rebuilt: g05 12/8 31

homes built or finished: yb90 55; g89 3/22 27

homes cleaned: km 4/05 1

homes repaired or rebuilt: yb09 208; w06 12/1 28; g03 7/8 30; g03 8/8 14; g02 11/22 19-24; w95 10/15 32; w95 12/15 6; jv 310; g89 3/22 27; w87 11/15 6; w86 10/15 10, 15, 19; g86 8/22 23

volunteers: kr 216, 218-219

volunteers from other lands: kr 212, 218

widow receives unexpected supplies: w23.04 18-19

widow with nine children: w90 10/15 24

Witness family who lost farm to armed gang: w21.11 21

examples by place:

Africa drought (1990): w91 1/1 6; w91 5/1 24; yb91 64

Africa drought (1991-1992): yb94 11

Angola civil war (1993-1994): yb95 15; yb94 12

Angola civil war (1999): yb00 15-16

Angola drought (1990-1992): yb01 122-124; jv 312; yb93 15-16

Argentina earthquake (1977): yb01 212-213

Argentina floods (1998): yb01 213-215

Australia flood (1990): g91 1/8 31

Australia flood (2013): kr 218

Austria floods (2002): g03 8/8 12-13

Belize hurricane (2000): yb10 250

Bosnia civil war (1993-1994): yb09 199, 202-205, 209, 211, 227-228; yb00 120-121; yb95 11, 14; w94 11/1 23-27

Brazil drought (1993): yb97 196-197

Brazil drought (1998): w06 5/1 5-6; g99 9/22 13-15

Brazil floods (1983): yb97 159-160

Brazil floods (2020): mwb23.03 3

Brazil floods and mudslides (2008): kr 219

Britain during World War II: w88 3/1 15

Cameroon volcano disaster (1999): g00 4/22 16-17

Canada ice storm (1998): g98 8/22 18-19

Caribbean and Central America floods and hurricanes (1998): yb15 138-140; yb00 11-12, 15

Caribbean hurricane (1966): yb95 161

Caribbean hurricane (1989): yb95 160-161; jv 313; g90 2/22 17-19

Caribbean hurricanes (2017): mwb19.05 8

Carriacou hurricane (1955): yb89 182-183

Central African Republic (refugees from Congo [Kinshasa]) (1999-2000): w01 4/15 30-31; yb00 51

Central America hurricane (1998): yb03 134, 136; g99 6/8 14-20

Chile during COVID-19 (2020-2021): hdu article 14

Chile earthquake (1985): w89 12/1 27

Chile earthquake (2010): w11 12/1 7

Chile flood, earthquake (1997): w99 6/15 8-9

Chile mud slide (1991): g92 1/8 22

Chile wildfires (2023): hdu article(s) 29

Colombia earthquake (1999): g02 3/22 7-8

Colombia volcano disaster (1985): jv 314; yb88 19; g86 5/8 14

Costa Rica earthquake (1991): jv 313

Cyprus war with Turkey (1974): yb95 104

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) instability (1991-1993): yb04 234-235; yb94 12; jv 712

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) volcano disaster (2002, 2021): hdu article 20; yb12 244-245; yb03 10-11, 14-15; g02 11/8 24-25

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) war (1996-2000): w12 3/1 6; g05 11/8 9; yb04 244-247; g01 7/22 8-9; yb00 14-17; w98 1/15 4-7; yb98 44-45, 53

Ecuador explosions (2002): g03 9/8 13-15

Ecuador floods (1998): w00 1/1 13

El Salvador earthquake (1986): yb88 51

El Salvador earthquakes (2001): w02 11/15 13-14; g01 10/22 23-27

El Salvador war (1989): yb91 56-57

European and Asian lands after World War II: kr 211; g05 11/8 8

Fiji cyclone: w87 11/15 6

Finland after World War II: yb90 177-178

France explosion (2001): g03 3/22 14-15

France flood (1992): w93 12/1 13

France storms (1999): g00 6/22 18-19

French Guiana (refugees from Suriname): yb90 249

Germany floods (2002): g03 8/8 10-12, 30

Ghana floods (1995): w96 12/1 5

Greece earthquake (1986): g87 3/8 23

Guam typhoon (2002): w04 6/1 30

Guatemala refugees repatriated (1989): yb90 55

Guyana drought (1995): yb05 184

Haiti earthquake (2010): yb15 152-155; yb11 31-35; w10 12/1 15-17; g 12/10 14-19

Haiti earthquake (2021): hdu article 25

Haiti floods (2004): yb06 17-18; yb05 19

Haiti hurricane (2016): lff lesson 19

Hawaii hurricane (1992): yb94 13; w93 12/1 10-12

Honduras hurricane (1974): yb93 180-181

Honduras hurricane (1998): w00 1/1 13

Indonesia earthquake (2005): yb16 143

Italy earthquake (1980): jv 312

Italy earthquake (1997): w02 1/15 32

Italy flood (2000): w02 1/15 32

Jamaica flood (1986): g87 7/8 26-27

Jamaica hurricane (1988): yb90 6

Japan earthquake (1995): g01 7/22 8; yb98 142-145; w96 12/1 7; g96 11/8 30; w95 11/1 29; g95 8/22 24, 26-27

Japan earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster (2011): w17.09 11-12; w14 12/15 26; kr 192-193, 212; w12 8/15 16; yb12 21-23; g 12/11 17-20

Japan typhoons, flood, earthquake (2004): yb06 19-20; w05 11/15 32

Japan volcano disaster (1986): yb98 135-136; jv 311-312; g87 7/8 7-9

Japan volcano disaster (1991): yb98 136-137

Japan volcano disaster (2000): w02 3/1 19

Korea typhoon (2002): g03 8/8 14-15

Lebanon civil war (1989-1990): jv 309; w91 1/1 25, 27-29

Lesotho famine (2002): yb07 165-166

Liberia civil war (1989-1990): jv 309; w92 1/1 28-31; yb92 42

Liberia civil war (1993): yb94 14

Liberia civil war (2003): w04 4/1 30

Madagascar cyclone (1997): yb00 253

Malawi refugees (Zambia, 1972): jv 317

Malawi tropical storm (2022): hdu article 25

Mexico City earthquake (1985): g86 2/22 25

Mexico City explosion (1984): jv 312

Mexico floods (1998): g99 6/8 20

Mexico hurricane (1988): g89 3/22 27

Mexico hurricane (1997): g98 10/8 26-27

Mexico hurricane (2002): g03 8/8 13-14

Mexico hurricanes and earthquakes (1995): g96 4/22 31

Mexico volcano threat (1997): w98 8/15 24

Moldova famine (1947): yb02 164

Mozambique civil war: w89 3/1 7

Mozambique drought (1991-1992): yb94 11

Mozambique drought (2003): w04 6/1 30-31

Mozambique floods (2000): w02 11/15 14; g01 4/22 24-27

Mozambique refugees: yb96 172, 174

Mozambique tropical storm (2022): hdu article 25

Myanmar Cyclone (2008): yb13 163-166; w11 6/15 26; w09 3/1 10-12

Nepal earthquake (2015): g17.1 12-13

Netherlands evacuation (1995): yb96 64

Nicaragua earthquake (1972): yb03 85-86; jv 311; yb88 238-239

Nicaragua flood (2017): ijwex article 17

Nigeria aviation disaster (2012): yb13 29-30

Nigeria floods (2023): hdu article(s) 29

Nigeria munitions explosion (2002): g03 2/22 13-14

Nigeria road accident (2012): kr 218

Panama invasion: g90 7/8 27

Papua New Guinea volcano (1994): yb11 152

Peru earthquake (1970): jv 311-312

Philippines tropical storm (2011): w14 12/15 26

Philippines volcano disaster (1991): yb03 240; g92 2/8 17

Philippines volcano lahars (1995): g96 5/22 20-21

Poland flood (1997): g98 10/8 10

Romania (1990): yb06 146; jv 309-310; yb91 8

Romania famine (1946): yb06 107

Russia floods (Caucasus, 2002): g03 10/22 16-18

Rwanda civil war (1994): w24.06 17-18; yb96 255; yb95 14-17; w94 11/1 22; w94 12/15 29; g94 12/22 13-17

Rwanda refugees (1993): yb94 11-12

Rwanda refugees (1994): kr 218; yb12 225; g05 11/8 8; w98 1/15 3; w98 12/1 11

Samoa cyclone (1991): w93 12/1 12-13

Sierra Leone civil war (1991-2001): yb14 130-131, 133, 144-145, 155

Solomon Islands cyclone (1986): yb87 12; g86 11/22 16-18

Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami (2007): w08 5/1 14-15

Soviet Union countries (1991-1992): yb02 240-241; w93 1/1 27; w93 2/1 20-24; yb93 11-13, 15

Sri Lanka tsunami (2004): yb06 23-24

Switzerland to Germany (1945-1948): foa article 4; kr 192; yb87 168

Taiwan earthquake (1999): g00 9/8 27

Tanzania refugee camps (2001-2002): w03 2/15 11

Tuvalu tidal wave (1993): yb94 13-14

Ukraine (1991-1992): yb02 240-241; jv 309; w92 3/15 31

Ukraine flood (1998): yb02 241-244

Ukraine invaded (2022): hdu article 23

U.S. earthquake (California, 1989): g90 2/22 20-21

U.S. earthquake (California, 1992): g92 12/22 15-16

U.S. flood (California, 1986): jv 313; w86 10/15 16; g86 10/8 21-25

U.S. flood (Texas, 2001): w03 6/1 6; w03 8/15 22; g03 7/8 30; g02 11/22 19-24

U.S. hurricane (1989): g90 2/22 16, 19-20; g89 12/22 29

U.S. hurricane (Florida, 1992): jv 315, 712; yb93 16-17; g93 1/8 16-21

U.S. hurricanes (Florida, 2004): w12 3/1 6; yb06 18; g 8/06 24; km 9/05 1

U.S. hurricanes (Louisiana, Texas, 2005): w09 1/15 15-16; w09 9/15 19-20; g 10/09 23; g 8/08 16-19; w07 10/1 24-25; g 6/06 16-17, 19; g 8/06 23-24; km 3/06 3

U.S. terrorist attack (2001): g02 1/8 10-11

U.S. tornadoes and hail (Texas, 1995): w96 12/1 5-6

Vanuatu cyclone (1987): w88 7/15 29

Venezuela economic crisis (2021): hdu article 20

Venezuela mud slide (1987): yb96 224

Venezuela rains, floods (1999): w02 4/1 26; g00 10/22 18-19

Yugoslavia civil war (1992-1993): yb09 208-209, 211; yb94 12-13; w93 1/1 29-30; w93 12/15 20-21

Zambia (refugees from Congo [Kinshasa]) (1999): yb06 190, 192-193, 195-196; yb00 16-17

Zambia drought (1991-1992): yb94 11

Zimbabwe drought (1995-2006): w07 2/15 10-11; yb07 155; yb96 64; g96 8/22 28

Zimbabwe drought (2020): hdu article 9

experiences: w93 12/1 11

asks Witnesses to distribute food: w93 1/1 30

box meals after earthquake: w95 11/1 29

contractor donates equipment, labor, materials: w23.07 4

multiple sclerosis victim helped with housework: w90 5/1 31

needed papers reach convoy: yb00 120-121

neighbor admits misjudging Witnesses: g 8/08 19

neighbors applaud: wp17.2 14-15; yb00 15

new brother buys food store: w93 1/1 30

unbelieving husband touched: yb98 144-145

woman removes “Do Not Call” sign: kr 212

Governing Body provisions:

Coordinators’ Committee: mwb22.01 7

relief fund: yb87 12

methods used: mwb23.03 3; od 128, 166-167; kr 214-215; jl lesson 18; km 2/97 7; w96 12/1 4-5; jv 310; g93 1/8 20-21; yb87 12; w86 10/1 24

brochure Jehovah’s Witnesses and Disaster Relief: kr 215

food provisions: hdu article 20

objectives: kr 210, 212-213, 216

Regional Building Committees: yb00 12, 15

spiritual provisions: kr 213, 216; jv 314

why so quickly done: jv 313-314

within congregation: w08 8/15 18-19, 21; w03 6/1 5-6; w99 5/15 27-28; km 4/95 7; jv 304-305

youths assist: g 8/06 23-25