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First Annual
Christmas-For-Orphans fund drive
This has been an exciting, yet difficult year for our
partner ministries in India. The exciting news is four new
orphanages are
being build,
sponsored by World Orphans, http://worldorphans.org . These new concrete homes will allow our
present homes to expand and to be secure from the annual
monsoons and cyclones that devastate the area every
year. Most of
the homes are thatch roof and mud walls. This
year saw the worst floods in 100 years. To help the
children celebrate their new homes, we decided to
sponsor gift packages similar to the boxes that some
churches are sending
worldwide, for only a fraction of the usual
cost. All funds go directly to purchase
items for the child, no overhead, no shipping, and the
children get items appropriate for their
situation.
We are
providing these gifts for 200 children
in homes run by five of our
ministries. For $5 a child, they get
personal items like toothbrush, shampoo and soap, plus a
toy. For an additional $5, each child gets a new
dress or pants/shirt.
We are also providing
Christmas dinners (at 88
cents/person!!). Friends and
village neighbors come to enjoy the celebration, to
hear the gospel, and to have a good meal. These
come from the poorest of the poor. Many lost
homes, food, jobs, everything, in cyclone
Ogni.
see
our brochure |
This family is standing on the
ground amidst the remains of their home. They are
surrounded by stagnant flood waters with mosquitoes
and disease. They lost everything in the flood and
the father was seriously injured. They are
agricultural workers. All the fields and crops
were destroyed, so they have no income to rebuild their
home, to buy food, medicines or clothes.
