Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Partners Blog: "I will not follow her example"

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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I will not follow her example

Politics are the activities associated with the governance of a country or an area.

When I was 18 I thought those would be activities I could dedicate my life to. “Imagine being a prime minister,” I dreamed. “I could decide so much, and the world could become so much better.” Back then I didn’t know that most politicians spend their lives writing policy, tweaking words, compromising and negotiating. It was not obvious back then that the greater the power a politician gets, the greater his or her willingness to compromise their values ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

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