The Crisis Fund has now topped £40,000! Thank you so much.
Yesterday and today these encouraging text messages were received from Edward Buria.
March 10th
My heart leaps with unspeakable joy as I see the joy displayed by our friends from receiving water. We brought around 5000 litres. I admire the order as they all know that they will go home [...]
Continuing to consider the Logframe as a planning tool we shall now look at the left hand column of the Logical Framework Matrix:
Goals
Purpose
Outcomes
Activities
Goals
In the development world the Goal may arise out of a national or sectoral policy e.g. HIV in sub Saharan Africa. However, it need not be this far-reaching. A city may have [...]
No sooner had I posted the last blog (or so it seemed) than I received an update from Edward himself. Please read this to help your praying for the situation.
Another drought……….Another crisis
My big question
The last one month and two weeks of February 2011 have been a very difficult and trying time as we find ourselves [...]
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Since my last blog I have received a further text message (which I have edited for clarity) and some photos:
Here is a report on my trip to Samburu and some of the very sad encounters over the weekend which will be with me 4 a very long time to come. On Sunday after dedicating and [...]
Starvation and Dehydration
I am breaking into my series on Planning for Ministry since the situation in Kenya is dire and I want to share with you the text messages I have been receiving from Edward Buria, who leads the Newfrontiers churches in Kenya, during this very severe drought.
Water is in very short supply and it [...]
Concluding the review of this excellent book we shall now look at one very practical application.
Short term mission teams.
Like the story of the elephant and the mouse dancing together at a celebration - both benefit and enjoy it until the mouse is squashed - such can also be the effect of a short-term mission team. [...]
Recently I was visiting India and was very impressed by what I heard of a beautiful ministry of compassion. I asked Lynn Fernandes to write it up for my blog:
Around December 2007, a few of us from Living Word Church, Mumbai, India, felt sovereignly lead by God from a verse in Is 58:7 ” …is [...]
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Continuing this somewhat protracted commentary on the strongly recommended book, When Helping Hurts, we will now see what the authors say about Principles that need to be followed to avoid causing damage to those who are in need.
Relief, Rehabilitation and Development
First, it is important to distinguish between Relief, Rehabilitation and Development. In true crisis (e.g. [...]
Continue reading about When Helping Hurts - Part 2 - General Principles for helping without hurting.
The floods which hit Pakistan in August were the worst in living memory and their magnitude eclipsed some of the recent disasters in other parts of the world.
Newfrontiers have several churches in Pakistan and one, in Nowshera, was particularly badly affected. People lost their houses and all their possessions, and the church building and office [...]
Manyangalo
In 1924 people from 8 tribes were brought together in the centre of a 160,000 acre (250 sq miles) game reserve. They had been brought there to care for the area and tend the animals. Over the next 80 years the land changed ownership several times, the most recent being in 2004. The new owner [...]
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