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One Heart – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
#GivingTuesday Overview We urgently need your help. This summer the pandemic hit Taiwan hard. Many adults were out of work and their children were out of school. The abuse rate skyrocketed and there was no place safe for many of these children. We turned away many vulnerable children as we currently have a care home setting which limits the numbers of children we are allowed to help. As soon as we have more monthly sponsors and the finances to renovate a larger building we will open a larger home (in Taiwan this type of home is called [...]
Zeka Avelino and Anita Tjiwana – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
We started Twinkle Stars Preschool and Academy to provide holistic quality education that addresses four main areas (Intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual) to impoverished children. Twinkle Stars is situated at the outskirts of Rundu in an informal settlement called Tuhingireni Cuma where residents have no access to running water, electricity, to mention just a few. Rundu is the second highly populated town in Namibia and with the highest number of poverty-stricken families. Many precious children are left vulnerable and hopeless as their families are unable to provide adequate and nutritious food, education, or health care. The [...]
Amazing Grace Missions – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
#GivingTuesday Overview Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving and unity that will take place on November 30th, 2021 as an emergency response to the unprecedented needs that are presenting themselves in these days. Together we can respond to this crisis and can save lives and provide economic relief educational support in our community. Amazing Grace Missions has been invited by The Great Commission Foundation in Canada and in the USA to participate in this important worldwide event. Amazing Grace Missions (AGM) provides spiritual and physical support to the families in need of basic necessities [...]
Torchbearers Japan – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Update Torchbearers Yamanakako (Capernwray Japan), a Christian Camp and Conference Centre nestled at the foot of Mount Fuji, is at risk of permanent shutdown due to COVID19 cancellations. The delightful cuisine, magnificent vistas of Mount Fuji, and most importantly the spiritual ministry of this Centre have made it a popular destination for church retreats, summer camps, mission groups, and youth ministries. Torchbearers Japan has been serving Churches and Christians from around the Tokyo area and around the world for over 35 years. The Spring term is an 8 week English speaking Bible school program which allows [...]
See Global – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
As marriage rates are in decline throughout the world, the global church needs a fresh theological vision that speaks to the diversity singles and marrieds in the twenty-first century. This means equipping the church with a fresh biblical vision that upholds a high view of marriage, singleness, and human sexuality, while modeling and empowering a spiritual family grounded in the pattern of the New Testament. SEE Global is a ministry dedicated to the unique mission of preparing single and married leaders for effective ministry in the changing world of the twenty-first century. SEE Global has the following [...]
Education For Life Society Canada – Giving Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Making an Impact Providing for Today and Tomorrow Giving Tuesday Overview After a tumultuous year, Education for Life is beginning to settle back into a routine, but the needs are still there and pressing as we catch up on missed instruction, with three academic years being compressed into two. Add to that the introduction of the new Competency Based Curriculum we have to provide more resources with the same income. Covid-19 has impacted employment, increasing poverty in our area. Urgent Needs The families of the children who attend the school are some of the poorest. [...]