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.
Four months ago, you were probably getting ready for Christmas. Times of gathering and celebration would be followed by ringing in a new decade together, and the expectation was that the new year would have much of the same events as the year before it: celebrations, events, work, relaxation, time with loved ones.
The truth is that none of us expected to be locked into a global pandemic today. We didn’t expect to lose our jobs, stop attending school, stop meeting together, and stop travelling.
The entire world is thrust into uncertainty, anxiety, and into a state of collective grief ...
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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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