Sannox Christian Centre:
Teams 2013:
Chip shop knitwear?
Chip shop babies, as they have become known, are those who are so poor that when they are born they are wrapped in newspaper to keep them warm. News of these babies reached Women's Guilds around the UK and soon a flood of knitted vests/jumpers and hats became available to them. Mission International is now seeing babies in a number of developing world countries being provided with some colourful hand knitted clothes. This picture shows babies at the Cyangugu medical centre feeding station in Rwanda run by the Anglican Church receiving their clothes.
theBIGmeal domain:
Mission International's BIG meal now has its own domain name. This makes it so easy to for those who wish to access the area of BIG meal area of the Mission International website. just type www.theBIGmeal.org into your web browser press 'Enter' and you will go directly there. Give it a go and remember for our next BIG meal fundraising for Christmas 2013 that the BIG meal is easy to access.
January newsletter - read it here!
BIG meal 2012 a great success!
We planned to feed hungry children in 10 countries this year, in fact the BIG meal reached 11 countries on Christmas 2012. Malawi was added for the first time and even though the DR Congo BIG meal could not take place in DR Congo due to the war, Pastor Jean Paul Munganga was able to feed 500 needy kids in the refugee camp, where he and his family are in exile on Christmas Day. To see some of the photos of events on Christmas Day around the world please visit our BIG meal 2012 web page! To support the BIG meal 2013 for next Christmas please click here.
Mighty Meals: You may like to consider feeding a needy child every day of the year! For around £2.00 a month (£25/year) Mission International's Mighty Meals does just that. To donate to Mighty Meals please click here.
DR Congo kids treated to Nativity play:
War in DR Congo meant that our partners, based in Goma, had to flee the country to live for the time being in a refugee camp near Mbarara in Uganda. We initially thought that there would be no DR Congo BIG meal in 2012 as planned, however we were able to transfer funds which were picked up in Uganda and 500 kids (200 invited 500 turned up) were all given a BIG meal on Christmas day as well as being treated to a very realistic nativity play. To see more on the BIG meal 2012 click here. To donate to the BIG meal 2013 click here!
Christmas Message 2012
Nursery raises funds for BIG meal 2012:
Angus College nursery children raised £92 for the BIG meal after hearing how many poor children don't get any presents or Christmas dinner on Christmas Day!
Funds raised for medical facility:
Recent fundraising carried out by a church congregation in England after Mission International friends Ian & Jude Mayer highlighted the plight of the needy community, means that Mission International can now provide health care and support for refugee returnees in the Gatumba area of Burundi. £10,000 added to funds already raised will make it possible for us to construct a further house (house 6 on the plan, which will revert to being a house once the medical centre is complete) which will become a temporary medical centre until the funds are raised to build a permanent medical centre on the Hope Centre land in Gatumba. When the Hope Centre was in the planning stages we asked the local community, mainly consisting of refugee returnees, what we could do which would best help them. their answer was for us to provide a skills centre and a medical centre. Both of these projects are still on our agenda, however we feel that it is important to provide a simple medical facility as a dispensary and consulting rooms in order that the many needy folks in the area can have at least a basic provision until a more complete provision can be put in place. Burundi currently has 11 dentists for 9 million people and the doctor patient ratio is 1:300,000 or thereby. Mission International's Mission Medics teams will also be involved in this facility and in the centre when it is completed.
Award ceremony Buckingham Palace!
Mission International director Hugh Henderson receives MBE at a recent investiture at Buckingham Palace. Here Hugh and his wife Marie display the medal on the steps of the Palace during a three-day trip to London.
Bibles needed for Tanzanian School!
An Islamic country, a school, "we need Bibles"! Does this tick almost every box in terms of Christian mission? Yes it does! Yesse Mlongecha, the school chaplain and a Mission International partner in Kigoma, Tanzania, has asked for a consignment of 200 Bibles to meet the needs of the school children to whom he ministers. If you can help please visit our Give.net donations page or choose one of the other options on our 'Make a Donation' page.
Forced repatriation of refugees:
Watch this video and see what is taking place in Mtabila refugee camp in Tanzania as Burundian refugees are forcibly repatriated.
Truck for 2013:
You can donate directly to assist us with the costs of sending this truck here!
British Dental Association Lecture:
Wheelchairs in Uganda!
Mission International partners in Uganda, Father's Heart Mobility Ministry, are distributing a recently delivered consignment of wheelchairs to some really needy people. If you would like to support this ministry please visit our 'Make A Donation' page.
No respecter of persons!
Christian pastors are currently languishing with their congregations in Refugee camps in Congo. This picture just in today (7/11/2012) is one of many showing the dire circumstances in which many are experiencing right now in Congo. I make no comment on the rights and wrongs of the unrest but only pray that these dear people, believers or otherwise, are protected and looked after as they await a peaceful return to their homes.
Mary Weeks-Millard's book goes for a reprint!
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Mary Weeks-Millard (pictured on the left on the book cover image) is a Mission International missioner mainly in Rwanda. Mary has written a number of books however her "After the Genocide there is hope" is now going for reprint. This is a worthwhile story of Rev Etienne (Steven - pictured middle) who still ministers in the area (Mbyo, Nyamata) where the troubles once overtook him and his family. A worthwhile read and would make a superb Christmas present!
Intrinsic Skills training:
Truck arrives in Burundi!
We are happy to announce that the truck sent out from the UK about a month ago has arrived in th Burundi Port Authority. What happens now? Well the port authority will agree with Rema Ministries what the import taxes will be on the truck and its contents; the truck will be registered and insured and hopefully released into the hands of Rema Ministries in the very near future. Our prayer is that the Govt do not apply a very heavy tax and also that they release the truck quickly, allowing it to be 'Opened' at Rema's premiss to avoid any corrupt removal of items from the truck.
Donation from LRGS!
Charles & Val Carr are given a donation of £2500 from the Lenten Charity Fundraiser run by Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) in support charities connected to the pupils who attend the school. Charles, Val and their son Sam are on the left of the back row. The funding will be used to further develop the Hope Centre in Burundi.
Global Hunger Index:
Two countries where Mission International is currently working (Burundi & Haiti) score highest on the Global Hunger Index (GHI). It is crucial that we continue our work in these and other poor developing world countries; developing suitable projects and finding initiatives that will help change these statistics. To donate to Mission International's work please donate via Give.net.
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