Prayer Requests
The January 2012 team are preparing for their journey, please pray for this team also.
Development Projects
Supporting and funding development projects are ways that we can enable the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar to stand on their own two feet and make a difference in the lives of people in their communities for the long term.
Some of the development projects we are working on together include :
Baby Home
Baby Home was established in 1984 to care for babies andoned if they were of mixed ethnic tribes or if the family simply could not afford to keep them. Church missionaries would go into the jungle and rescue babies that had been wrapped up in cloth and left in the trees.
Today Baby Home cares for 81 children from 3 – 17 years of age. They come from all over Myanmar after their parents have died, or are no longer able to provide basics care for them. Read More...
Relief for Cyclone Giri
On the 22 October 2010, Cyclone Giri struck Myanmar's western coastal state Rakhine.
A total of 170,000 people were estimated to have been affected by the cyclone Giri that also caused widespread damage to 71 villages in some townships in the state, of which Myebon, Kyaukphyu, Min Bye and Kyauktaw suffered the most.
The Presbyterian Church of Myanmar together with the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand responded by providing aid and relief to the Missionaries working in Myebon Township. Read More...
Boarding Houses
Boarding Houses in remote areas provide accommodation and education for students who otherwise would have to travel great distances to receive any form of formal education. Synods in the PCM see these boarding houses as a source of income, along with meeting the needs of their communities and future generations.
Community / Church Hall
Four synods need of a facility where their communities can meet together and receive care, by having a church hall; they are able to show God’s love to those who don’t know him. Many Monks travel throughout the country on pilgrimages as do locals who need a place to stay overnight. Having a church hall allows them to serve the community and meet their needs.
Mithun
Mithun is an Indian Buffalo ideally suited to the hill country, that provides an excellent food source and income earning potential. Supporting the acquisition of mithun is an agricultural project that aims to provide self sufficiency.
Scholarships and Training
Scholarship and Training grants are given for groups and individuals who express a need to up skill in a particular area. These grants can be used for locals to teach locals, or for opportunities to be made available for overseas training.
Areas of up skilling include Computer Training, business development and empowering women to learn new and more enhanced skills.