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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“Let’s hope that the Nobel Peace Prize has some old fashioned power to awaken the world. To make us do something. Not only cry.”
I almost started to weep when I read this headline, written by Berit Fiske, in my local newspaper. My heart ached because I’m afraid that the stories told by the Yazidi women only makes us weep, and not act.
The slogan “To love is to act” is maybe the reason why I’m working for Partners ...
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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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