Rev. Edwin González-Castillo Archives

When global response requires global resources

Posted February 28th, 2020

The meeting was done, and the Rev. Edwin González-Castillo thought he was leaving with his collaborators from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA).

Presbyterian generosity helps people left behind by hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico

Posted February 27th, 2020

Eighteen months after Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico, Mimita Nieves was still living without electricity.

Programa Presbiteriano de Asistencia en Desastres realiza evaluación inicial después de los terremotos en Puerto Rico

Posted January 8th, 2020

El Rvdo. Edwin A. Gonzáles Castillo se quedó paralizado mientras la tierra temblaba.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance making initial assessments of earthquakes in Puerto Rico

Posted January 8th, 2020

The Rev. Edwin A. González-Castillo was frozen, as the Earth shook. It was Tuesday morning, and he was in Guanica, Puerto Rico, when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just before 4:30 a.m.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responding to Dorian in the US and Bahamas

Posted September 6th, 2019

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the North Carolina coast, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) stands ready to respond and already is responding to the devastation the storm left behind in the Bahamas.