Mission Trips 2013 Sri Lanka - August India - September Nepal - October Bhutan - November
India
do you know?
•There are 20 million street children in India. •Over 59 million children in India have no access to school. •One out of two children between the ages of 6 and 14 has no access to primary education. •Out of 27 million children born in India every year, 2 million do not survive to celebrate their first birthday. •About 60 million Indian children under the age of 6 live below the poverty line. •500,000 children are forced into this commercial sex trade every year. •1 out of every 3 girls does not live to see her 15th birthday. •5.2 million HIV/ AIDS infected children •Statistics reveal that India has 17 million child labourers -- the highest in the world.
“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” Psalm 127:3
INDIA
Sri Lanka do you know?
"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 18:3-4)
•There are five million children in Sri Lanka. •More than 1,000 children have been used as soldiers for the Civil War by terrorists. These children needed to be healed, emotionally and spiritually. •There are 2,000 street-living and streetworking children in Colombo city and 2,500 outside Colombo •There are 40,000 child prostitutes, and more than half are boys. •There are more than 1.1 million children under 5 in Sri Lanka. 392,000 (35%) children are nutritionally undernourished. •There are more than 250,000 unschooled children in Sri Lanka.
Nepal do you know?
•Children ages 16 years and below, constitute 41% of Nepal’s population. •More than 50,000 children die annually in Nepal – malnutrition is the underlying cause in more than 60% of those deaths. •31% of children ages 5 -14 are involved in some sort of child labour. •Children have contributed 6% of Nepal’s total domestic production. •12,000 Nepali girls are sold in India every year. •About 95% of street children have an addiction to glue.
"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.“ (Mark 9:37)
Bhutan do you know?
Whosoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. (Mark 9:37)
•Poverty - Almost a quarter of the population in Bhutan lives under the poverty line. •Migrant children - The Bhutanese nationality is very difficult to acquire, as it requires the two parents to be Bhutanese. Thus, many children that are born and live in Bhutan are not nationals. •The right to education - more than one in ten children are not educated. •AIDS - The number of people infected with HIV in Bhutan is increasing. •Child Labour - close to one out of every five children are required to work to support their families in Bhutan. •Sexual exploitation - Sexual exploitation of children is equally very alarming in this country. •Violence against children - Physical abusive punishment is not explicitly restricted in Bhutan. Thus, many children are already victims of poor treatment in the context of family life as well as in school.
For Leaders
Our Vision
To train, equip, and provide resource materials to those who minister to children.
For Children Rallies, programs and camps to encourage, equip and empower them to become men and women of God and see them filled with the Holy Spirit.
What we PLAN to do: For Leaders
1. Teacher Training Programs 2. Seminars to encourage 3. Providing teaching materials 4. One week evangelism cricket coaching camp(Sri Lanka)
For Children We share Bible truths through…. •Exciting children’s rallies •Camps •VBS programs •Other children’s meetings
Do you want to be a part of this Mission Trips?
If YES You can help us • • • •
with praying with finance with supplying resource materials With informing others about the trip etc
Please let us know your interest: aselaja@gmail.com 217 324-6215 or 217-313-1211 CLICK HERE to download printable flyer