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Quarterly Newsletter of International Needs New Zealand www.InternationalNeeds.org.nz
EDITORIAL
Are you doing your one thing?
As I read the news in the morning, sometimes I experience a sense of ‘angst’. While I have been sleeping, men,
women and children die from gunshots, bombs, starvation and disasters! Reading the news I feel overwhelmed
by the enormous needs and I begin to wonder if the extremely small things I do actually make a difference to
what is happening. I was feeding this ‘angst’ one day when our chairperson quoted Ray Harrison “We can’t do
everything, but everyone can do one thing”.
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SPRING
2016
In Brief
During the third week of each month when we send our donations to our partners, one of my jobs is to check
for accuracy. Many times I experience a kind of elation (the opposite of angst!) as I realise I am joining with other
caring people and that together we are making a whole lot of difference in thousands of lives. We are making a
difference to the most impoverished people around the world with food, shelter, education and other resources.
We are funding local pastors who share the transforming love of God.
I see how individually we cannot do very much (unless we have the resources of Bill and Melinda Gates), but
pooled together we can make a big difference. As we join with all the other groups around the world that care
— we are literally changing the face of the world.
Did you know that the proportion of poor people in the world has shrunk over the past two
centuries? In 1981 more than 50% of the world population lived in absolute poverty. Now
it’s down to 14%.
„„ Since 1900 global average life expectancy has more than doubled and is now
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approaching 70 years.
Global child mortality fell from 18.2% in 1960 to 4.3% in 2015.
Even in Sub-Saharan Africa, child mortality has been continuously falling for the last
50 years (1 in 4 children died in the early 1960s — today it is less than 1 in 10).
Unfortunately good news doesn’t always make headlines and that is partly because progress
is slow. However, the reason change is happening is because each of us individually are doing
our “one thing”.
Oxford economist Max Roser said “Things are changing because we care, because we make
change. There’s nothing inevitable about it.” *
Thanks so much for making a difference — you are a big encouragement to me — especially
during the third week of each month!
Gradon Harvey | Executive Director.
* data from Josie Pagani of NZ Council for International Development
New shoes put a spring in children’s step.
Thank you from the Philippines: Sponsored children were grateful for
the things they received from their sponsors through International Needs
Philippines.
Though they receive a new pair every year, the feeling of wearing a new
pair of black shoes every new school year brings a brand new smile to the
children’s faces and the confidence to go to school with complete uniform
from head to toe.
This somehow encourages them to strive harder in studies, knowing there’s
someone at their back helping them throughout by providing their needs in
school, the untiring support of their sponsors and love from their family.
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Justus Miwanda,
Executive Director of
International Needs
Uganda will be
visiting New Zealand
from the end of
October until the
middle of November.
Justus is responsible
for the leadership of
a team that operates
a number of schools,
is the driving
force for a number
of community
development
projects, and leads
and mentors church
planters, evangelists
and pastors. Justus
will visit Dunedin,
Gore, Wellington,
Waiarapa, Auckland
and places in
between. Keep
an eye on our
Facebook page for
venues and times of
meetings. Contact
John (operations@
internationalneeds.
org.nz) if you
would like to host a
meeting with Justus
during the week.
transformed lives, changed communities since 1974
Transforming Lives and Changing Communities...
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In Uganda, Pastor Alex
Mwami of Buikwe
Christian Centre Church
is one of the
beneficiaries of the four
motorcycles distributed
to Church Planters from
INNZ. “I can now provide
spiritual nurture to 5,000
Souls in a month” says
Pastor Alex.
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Aseda was born in
Ghana with heart
complications.
International Needs
New Zealand (INNZ)
was able to raise
the exact funds
needed to give her
the operation and
medical help she
needs.
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Due to the
generosity of
Cappuccino Club
sponsors, over 40
young people in the
Philippines like
Russell can gain a
university
education that
would otherwise be
out of their reach.
200 refugee
families from Iraq
who are now living
in Aksaray (Turkey)
recently received
food, clothing and
medical supplies
from IN Turkey
thanks to your
donations in a
recent appeal.
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Solo mums in Fiji
continue to be
equipped and
empowered with
skills and
knowledge that
will enable them
and their children
to lead
productive and
purposeful lives.
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Recently the Lydia Vocational Training Centre (LVTC) in Nepal
welcomed a new intake of 17 young ladies. These ladies
have come from both remote mountain communities and
the urban sprawl of Kathmandu. To many the only option
available to them is to go to India and ‘work’ in illegal sweat
shops and brothels. LVTC provides a positive alternative.
During their time at LVTC they will learn and develop skills in
sewing, small business management, life skills and practical
Christian ministry.
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Much needed sports equipment has been provided to IN
Uganda schools in Buikwe and Kiyindi.
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18 Ethiopian Evangelists’
families received clothing,
food and schooling
supplies.
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IN Operations
Last week over 100
Bibles were delivered to
families in Tok Pisin in
southern Bougainville.
Kiwi sponsored evangelists in
Vietnam continue to proclaim the
life changing message of Jesus
Christ in one of the last remaining
strongholds of communism.
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Nathan from IN Egypt
says “We went to Lebanon
to minister to the Syrian
refugees at the camps in
the border between Syria
and Lebanon. We set up a
clinic for two days and 200
patients came. After we
met them we supplied
them with the needed
medicine”.
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Partner Countries
In Buka (Bougainville) the guest house is nearing
completion.
Potential Partner Countries
From our team in Bangladesh we
received this report “we are really
thankful to INNZ supporters for their
kind contribution for the clothes and
repair work for Bethany Children's
Village. Please extend our thanks to all
supporters and donors who graciously
have given these funds. We were able
to make clothing and uniforms for all
our children. The work of the Bethany
roof repair is still going on”.
...together it’s what we do!
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Because of your
generosity 25
displaced and
landless
families of
the Mamanwa
Tribe in the
Philippines now
have a place to
call home.
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Is this your one thing?
During August INNZ had the privilege of bringing the Executive
Director of IN Bangladesh, Mcdonald Adhikary, to New Zealand.
This tour proved to be very successful as a number of children
were sponsored and a number of wonderful relationships were
formed. As we heard the stories of children’s lives being changed
our hearts were moved.
There are still eight children from Bangladesh that are without a
sponsor (four of the them are pictured below). Please consider
helping one of these children escape the vulnerability and
hopelessness that comes with such abject poverty.
Badhan is eight years old. He loves to play
football. His family shares their house with
another family. His father goes from door
to door to repair shoes. Badhan’s mother
is a housewife. Badhan’s family struggle
to provide him with sufficient food,
education and clothes. If he had a sponsor
he could attend Jessore International
Needs School where he would receive
food, education and shelter.
Prianka is nine years old and from a
family of six. Her father is a daily labourer
and earns very little and her mother is a
housewife. Prianka also has two sisters
and a brother. Her parents are very needy
and cannot afford to send their children
to school or provide for their basic needs.
Being a girl in a Muslim country means
that her opportunitites are very limited.
Prianka needs a sponsor to invest in her
and enable her to get out of the poverty
cycle.
Sonali is twelve years old. Her father is a
laborer and her mother is a housewife.
They live in the Monga area (Monga is a
vulnerable and economically weak area of
Bangladesh). Sonali’s parents can’t afford
to send her or her two siblings to school.
Sonali now has the opportunity to stay at
Savar Children’s Village where she will be
provided with food, education, clothing
and shelter.
Ratan is five years old. His father, Apu,
is a fish seller and he goes from door to
door to sell his fish. He works very hard,
however his income is very small. Ratan’s
mother is a housewife. He also has an
older sister and a younger brother. They
live from hand to mouth and his parents
can’t afford to send their children to
school. Ratan has the opportunity to be
a student at Jessore International Needs
School where he would be provided with
food, education and shelter.
Visit our website www.internationalneeds.org.nz or phone either
Liz or Jen at the INNZ office for more information.
Missions trip to The Philippines July 2016
Earlier this year a team from Raumati Beach Church, near
Wellington, visited Legaspi in the Philippines to help minister to the
people of the Risen Lord Church.
Team leader Andrew Malcolm shares their story.
“Pastor Joe Dascoe from the Risen Lord Church has planted ten
churches in twenty years, and in the last twelve months (since
our last trip) has planted another four churches! The trip was an
amazing mix of village visits, mixed with projects connected to the
church. Our church had raised funds for a motor bike for the head
Pastor to get around to mentor his part-time pastors and it was
wonderful to follow through on this project and bring it to fruition.
Heat, sore feet and long days were the minor down side to a
wonderful trip with huge personal growth. We returned home with
amazing stories and an excitement of what God is doing through
our partnership with International Needs.”
Sponsorship makes a difference
Myca was just a one-year-old when her mother abandoned her to
the streets of the Philippines. Her grandmother, Remedois, a street
sweeper, took her in. Myca was in danger of becoming another victim
of the notorious sweat-shops and sex trade that is prevalent in the
Philippines when the International Needs Child Assistance Program
came to the rescue. Myca was sponsored by a family in New Zealand
and her life has been dramatically turned around.
Fast forward to 2016 and Myca is in her fourth year in
university, studying towards a Bachelor of Science in
Operation Management.
She works part-time to provide support for her
grandmother and eventually will help other family
members to achieve their dreams.
Child sponsorship has helped break the cycle of poverty and
hopelessness in Myca’s and in her family’s life.
Tel: 64-7 578 6198
Postal Address
Fax: 64-7 578 6195
PO Box 1165
Freephone: 0800 4 63337
Tauranga 3140
Email: [email protected]
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