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Region: Middle East and North Africa

Whether from fleeing a war-torn country or enduring years of physical and emotional abuse, many individuals in the Middle East and North Africa region have experienced significant trauma. Our workers in the Middle East are dedicated to a holistic approach to trauma healing. Offering workshops and one-on-one sessions with trained professionals, they aim to build trust and provide safe spaces where individuals impacted by trauma can experience healing and encounter the love of Jesus.

By supporting this project, trauma victims will receive the following services:

• One-on-one session of Somatic Experiencing, a trauma healing modality used by licensed therapists, teachers, doctors, physical therapists, and other professionals who treat trauma victims
• Expressive arts workshops for women with a trained art therapist and trauma professional
• Informal support for third-culture kids and families
• Trauma-informed spiritual direction

To give to this project, enter code 567375 on the “Note” line of the donation form.

Region: Southeast Asia and South Pacific

A rampant drug problem in the Southeast Asia and South Pacific region is leaving many communities vulnerable. In one village of 70 families, more than 30 families have one or more people addicted to crystal meth. This problem has been looming for over 12 years and many of the locals, experiencing economic hardship and limited job opportunities, are discouraged.

One of the goals of this project is to protect the next generation of youth from drug addiction and help them take steps toward productive adulthood. By providing basic educational needs and a safe space to kids, our workers aim to show youth the benefits of walking a drug-free path rather than following in the steps of the previous generation.

This program will provide the following for kids:

• Kids club and English lessons for school children ages 6-12
• English study group for teens
• Stock of toys and equipment for all ages
• Duplo blocks and train set
• Playground equipment, including trampoline and swings
• Formal and informal gatherings at a safe place community center
• Connections and partial sponsorships to drug addiction recovery and post-recovery vocational programs

Financial support for this project will provide:

• Community events assistant/ESL teacher for youth program – $600-800 per month
• Playground equipment and toys for the youth center
• Drug rehab sponsorships – $500 per participant to a 1 year program
• Community events and drug prevention workshops
• Computers, printers, and accessories along with electricity and maintenance costs for computer literacy classes for teens and unemployed adults
• Training and development for vocational opportunities

To give to this project, enter code 506400 on the “Note” line of the donation form.

Region: Middle East and North Africa

This project is devoted to providing free medical services to more than 20,000 refugees in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the Middle East. These families have been displaced for nearly nine years, and most are unable to return to their villages due to destroyed homes and infrastructure (water, power, schools) and lack of safety due to ongoing conflict with continuing periods of escalation.

Unemployment, poverty, and hopelessness are issues for a majority of the families in the camp and nearly all of the individuals to whom we provide service. Many different cultural, social, and financial issues impact health in this region, including specific ongoing stress due to the recent history of significant trauma related to war, genocide, kidnapping of family members, and community displacement.

The Medical Center offers:

• Family medicine clinical services with ongoing access to advice for established patients via phone – 2 days a week
• Specialized outpatient obstetrics and gynecology care with daily phone assistance for advice and care – 2 days a week
• Nursing services including health education/health improvement classes – 1 day a week
• Back care to reduce chronic back pain and injury
• Education in childhood nutrition
• Education in weight management
• Specialist midwife care for low-risk pregnancy – 1 day a week
• Counseling services – 1 day a week

Financial support for this project will go toward the continuation of the medical clinic and also provide:

• Medication for patients who cannot afford them
• Financial assistance for laboratory tests or necessary specialist care
• Funds for hiring local nurses to expand health promotion classes

To give to this project, enter code 588980 on the “Note” line of the donation form.

Region: West and Central Asia

After serving more than 20 years on the field, our project leaders hope to carry the burdens of persecuted believers in West and Central Asia. This project helps local believers with basic needs – including medical care, food, and clothing – and also helps them serve widows, elderly people, and other needy neighbors.

Financial support for this project will:

• Support persecuted believers experiencing economic hardship
• Relieve the financial strain of low-income pastors who serve without salaries
• Help local believers be salt and light in their communities by serving their neighbors

To give to this project, enter code 546554 on the “Note” line of the donation form.

Region: South Asia

The native people of this region are less receptive to education and discipleship in the form of speeches and are more accustomed to learning through song. To communicate in a more culturally-relevant way, our workers have developed a means of teaching content through song and dance.

This project includes:

• Developing indigenous music, audio, visual and written resources to be used by the local believers for outreach and mentoring.
• Working with local believers to develop, print and introduce appropriate Christian customs and rituals in the local language, to be used at major life events to help believers be a witness and strengthened in their faith.
• Training and send teams to do outreach to surrounding villages, using indigenous music, dance, drama and video.
• Training 50 part-time contract workers and their wives to work in a total of 150 villages doing spiritual outreach and mentoring using the story-telling method, as well as health training, village development and at times disaster management and relief.
• Due to limited audio-visual resources, our teams have more invitations to villages than they can accept.

Financial support for this project will provide:

• Production of a high-quality album of 10 songs in one of the local languages – $5000 total ($500 per song)
• Production of songs for spiritual wedding, baby naming, or dance – $2000 total ($200 per song)
• Additional audio/visual team member – $1500 a year ($125 a month)
• Outreach Team visit to a village to share through song or dance – $75

To give to this project, enter code 415314 on the “Note” line of the donation form.

Region: West and Central Asia

This project focuses on the spiritual formation of local congregations, as well as character growth and family renewal for parents and marriages.

Project services include:

• Translating and printing books focusing on inner healing and positive relationship skills
• Mentoring congregational leaders in spiritual maturity and how to use project books for small group study
• Training congregational lay counselors and secular social workers in personal growth and professional counseling skills
• Teaching character development for teens and parenting skills for parents, teachers, and social workers in remote countryside areas.

Financial support for this project will provide:

• Paper for printing translated books – $1025 per month
• Fuel for seminar travel – $325 per month
• Rent for classroom teaching – $62 per month
• Salary for oral and written translators – $900 per month
• Salary for experienced seminar teachers – $570 per month

To give to this project, enter code 515278 on the “Note” line of the donation form.