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Violence against foreign migrants (7:30)


May 20, 2008
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Attacks in South Africa on foreign migrants have escalated. The violence has spread to at least four new areas around Johannesburg. Host Lisa Mullins speaks with Bishop Paul Verryn. His church has become a safe haven for over a thousand foreign migrants.



Listen to Lisa Mullin's April 23, 2008 interview with Bishop Paul Verryn

View pictures from South Africa

If you'd like to help the Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa--which is providing a home for refugees fleeing Zimbabwe and other migrants who fear attack in South Africa-- please contact

The Mission's sister church in the USA:

Minister Carleen Gerber
(S. Africa Partnership)
1st Congregational Church
2 Ferry Road
Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371

1-860-434-8686
email: FCCOL@SNET.NET

Please note: Bishop Paul Verryn in Johannesburg is appreciative of not only financial contributions, but books-- including books about the following subjects: politics, religion, global warming, geography, mathematics, economics. Children's books are also extremely welcome.


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