Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Partners Blog: "An Opportunity for Education"

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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An Opportunity for Education

“School” is a word that sounds simple. The majority of us believe that once in a life time we will go to school to study and we expect to use those skills when we grow up. Sadly, in real life, it happens differently, or for some children “school” is only a word that only exists within a deep sleep. In my experience, often we have to leave school early in Myanmar or some of us have never been to school at all. Away from home, a lot of young people from Myanmar are working in different occupations in Thailand. They are such incredible people as they are earning money to support their family back home ...

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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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