巴拿马基督复临安息日会在全国动员赈济地震灾民：ADRA在各地区设收集中心，逾2.7万人报告房屋受损
基督复临安息日会美洲分会10月23日报道，巴拿马基督复临安息日会已在全国发动地震赈济：其救灾机构ADRA巴拿马在各地方教会区域开设收集中心，向灾民分发食物、饮用水、卫生用品与衣物。10月9日的强震震中位于巴拿马南部Tonosí附近，Los Santos、Herrera、Veraguas与Coclé等省受灾最重。
教会援引巴拿马国家民防系统10月17日的更新说，已有超过2.7万人报告房屋受损；教会报道称地震造成1人死亡、27人受伤。约10座复临教会建筑与数十个信徒家庭受影响。巴拿马联合会会长Jose Smith牧师说，全国每个地方区域都设有收集中心，物资已在送往灾民途中。首都巴拿马城的水处理设施受损、供水受影响，有居民因200多次余震而睡在商场停车场等空旷处。
赈济协调由ADRA巴拿马主任Ennar Arriojas负责，中巴拿马协会作为主要分发枢纽，都会协会、西部协会与东南宣教区也开设收集中心，把物资汇往中巴拿马协会再分发。教会青年与开拓者志愿者参与接收、分拣与打包。
Smith说，已知至少86个信徒家庭房屋受损，教会将逐户协助；各堂会同时组织祷告活动，鼓励会众支持受灾家庭。他表示，无论对方来自哪里，教会都会站在灾民身边提供帮助。ADRA巴拿马与地方教会领袖计划在识别出需要长期支持的家庭后持续提供援助。
Adventist Church Mobilizes Nationwide Relief After Panama Earthquake: ADRA Collection Centers Open Across the Country
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Panama has launched a nationwide relief effort following the strong earthquake that struck on October 9, the church's Inter-American Division reported on October 23. Through the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Panama, the church has mobilized volunteers and activated collection centers across its local fields to provide food, drinking water, hygiene products, clothing and other essential supplies.
The earthquake, centered near Tonosí in southern Panama, caused widespread damage particularly in Los Santos, Herrera, Veraguas and Coclé provinces. More than 27,000 people have reported damage to their homes, according to an October 17 update from Panama's National Civil Protection System cited by the church, which reported one person dead and 27 injured. Approximately 10 Adventist churches and dozens of Adventist families have been affected. "We have collection centers in every local field, and supplies are already being sent to those affected," said Pastor Jose Smith, president of the Panama Union. More than 200 aftershocks have followed, and damage to water treatment facilities supplying the capital has disrupted services.
ADRA Panama director Ennar Arriojas is coordinating the response. The Central Panama Conference is serving as a major distribution hub, while the Metropolitan Conference, Western Conference and Southeast Mission have also opened collection centers, with church members, Pathfinders and youth volunteers receiving, sorting and preparing donations.
Smith said at least 86 Adventist families are known to have sustained damage to their houses and will be assisted, and congregations across Panama have organized prayer initiatives for affected families. ADRA Panama and local church leaders plan to continue providing assistance as they identify families needing longer-term support during recovery.
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图片来源：救灾捐赠物资整理现场（资料图）。David and Jessie Cowhig 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Relief donation supplies being organized (file photo). Photo by David and Jessie Cowhig, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
