Faith-based groups rush to aid quake-stricken Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador (RNS) – Emergency teams from U.S. faith-based humanitarian relief agencies are on the ground in northwest Ecuador to help survivors of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shattered buildings and took the lives of at least 413 people. The Saturday quake destroyed more than 300 buildings, buckled overpasses and trapped residents, workers and motorists.

QUITO, Ecuador (RNS) – Emergency teams from U.S. faith-based humanitarian relief agencies are on the ground in northwest Ecuador to help survivors of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shattered buildings and took the lives of at least 413 people. The Saturday quake destroyed more than 300 buildings, buckled overpasses and trapped residents, workers and motorists.…