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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Last night as we sat on the deck discussing various things, our conversation turned to time. We discussed the length of time another organisation had planned for a development project. The project was planned to take 20 years until completion.
Twenty years seems like an very long time in our instant gratification society ...
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This week's contributors, Ken and Alison, are both doctors from New Zealand. They work with Partners training healthcare workers in Shan State, near the Myanmar/Thailand border.
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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