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Families in North Korea Suffer Worst Flooding in Decades - Reuters Video
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Severe flooding in 2007 has severly effected the agricultural ouputs, infrastructure, water, and food supplies for 2008.GRS is working on a series of shipments in 2008 to provide medical, agricultural, and construction supplies worth over $2,000,000 to assist our friends in the DPRK respond to the resulting health needs.We are also ramping up our existing food security programs to assist with the food shortages and developing a new water project.
Global Resource Service's
10-10-10 PROJECT
10-10-10 PROJECT: In celebration of 10 years of service in the DPRK (North Korea), Global Resource Services is launching its new campaign, the “10-10-10 Project.” The emphasis of this special effort is first, to deliver 10 containers of medical supplies (Approved Medical Supply List) and children’s coats to the DPRK by Christmas of 2007 in response to the current disaster situation created by severe flooding in August of this year. The second goal of the project is to deliver the ten containers to 10 hospitals in ten different communities of the DPRK. Currently, GRS has long term projects in four areas; the third goal is to expand this relationship to ten different communities by the year 2010.
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News, Programs and Projects
Casting Crowns in DPRK
 Grammy Award-winning band Casting Crowns participated in North Korea’s 25th Annual April Spring Art Festival, sharing a message of friendship and cooperation. The group was the only native U.S. band to perform at the event, which emphasizes artistic exchange and promotes peace and good will. Global Resource Services (GRS) has worked in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the past ten years and joined with the organizing committee of the Friendship Art Festival to facilitate the band’s participation. A delegation from GRS traveled with Casting Crowns to Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city, and the location of the week-long festival.
Open dialogue between GRS personnel, the DPRK Ministry of Agriculture, local farm managers and engineers make the HaePo Ri Soy Farm an ongoing success.
Soy Farm Project.
GRS staff, University professors, the DPRK Ministry of Agriculture, and Jangpoong Farm managers have been working together since 2002 to develop the Goat Farm and Dairy near Jangpoong.
Goat Dairy Project
 Professional Development Workshops are the foundational projects of the GRS Education Program. These workshops promote training, offer lecture series, discuss international business trends, teach communication science, and develop cultural exchanges with professional educators.
Education Program
Global Health Programs
Three major components of Global Health Programs include (1) distribution of medicines, vaccines, and health supplements; (2) distribution of medical/hospital supplies and equipment; and (3) education and training of healthcare providers- Global Health Programs.
Opportunities to Serve - Internships
GRS internships provide students and professionals with a substantive and challenging work experience, and an opportunity to expand their knowledge and understanding of international development. GRS may offer US-based and internationally based internships. Student Internships may range from six weeks to nine months. Professional Internships are usually for two to three years. Internationally based internships are full-time. US based internships may be full-time or part-time depending on GRS's needs and the intern’s goals.
Opportunities to Serve - Volunteer
Global Resource Services depends on volunteers for many aspects of our US based operations to augment our support staff. Our programs and staff are continually growing and our need for volunteers is expanding. Our Ambassador Program provides many opportunities for volunteers who want to be involved in the implementation of our international programs. A sample of our currently available opportunities is listed below.
Advocacy
 Relationships, Respect, & Reconciliation are the common threads that empower our cause. This calls us to action as advocates for cultures who have much to offer the international community, and yet are suffering from natural disasters, injustice, or crisis.
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AG 2100 - Cooperative Farm & Food Production: It is estimated that 3.5 million will perish as a result of the extended complex food shortages in North Korea. Several US and other humanitarian officials have predicted that unless the international community continues their relief effort, this could become the worst famine of not only the 20th century, but also the 21st century, with deaths totaling 5 million.
GRS was founded as a response to the complex natural disasters in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK). It began as a way to advance the efforts of various private sector humanitarian organizations in an effort to facilitate a unified approach....
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