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 hate being a Rohingya. We are being tortured in Myanmar. Now in Bangladesh, we have no rights. Nothing. After this cyclone, we don’t have a roof. We are living under the sky. We have no future.”
>br /> When a cyclone hits the coast of, say, Florida, the damage can be extensive and take years to repair. But when a cyclone hits an internment camp whose homes are made of bamboo and reeds, the damage is devastating: houses are swept away like sandcastles, raw sewage fills the dirt streets, and there isn’t a dry area anywhere to eat or sleep ...
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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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