Bibles instead of weapons
Project Summary
BIBLES INSTEAD OF WEAPONS Bibles instead of weapons The delinquency is taking over the streets of Dominican Republic, we only watch and listen to tragic news: Four teenagers shot a police officer, and left him lying on the pavement, girl of 9 years old killed her sister of 12 years old with her fathers’ weapon, business man commits suicide with a shot in the mouth. It is sad to see haw our society vanishes for the hate and the evil, accompanied to the use of firearms and white weapons. The chief of the police department in Puerto Plata, approached our bible committee, of this place, expressing his concern of making a call to the nation, where we will give bibles in exchange for their weapons, to heal a little bit currents of criminality that have been raising in our days. This year, our partners have been very motivated by this project, and the need still vital which drives the Bible Society to want to continue to present to project in other areas. This time (2020) in Santiago and Santo Domingo, were we have Bible Committees, and in the next years in another place of the country. We want to see, 15,000 people (5000 each year) change their weapons for the word of God and like this reduce the rate of criminality in our nation.
Project goal Make aware selected public about the danger of weapons, through an advertising campaign that includes radio, television and the press, and motivate them to exchange the bible for weapons. Achieve that 5,000 people, each year, during 3 years, can exchange and receive a copy of the scriptures and start a new life with Jesus.
PROJECT
74822 Category: SPECIAL AUDIENCES
Running from Jan 2019 to Dec 2021
Beneficiary impact Total number of people this project aims to impact:
30,000
#1 #2
This project is related to the # 1 and 2 promise of Philadelphia, because in addition to raising awareness of the population to move away from violence and motivate them to change their weapons, also, the churches of the neighborhood will be involved in a massive evangelization that we will carry out, distributing Biblical portions "Let's change weapons".
Beneficiary focus
project location
PHILADELPHIA PROMISE
#1: Focus on audiences #2: Strengthen Church relations
Santiago & Santo domingo
Santiago, located in the north Region, to 135 Kms from Sto Dgo., and Santo Domingo, the capital of Dominican Republic
Natives of Santiago, and of Santo Domingo city.
In our country there is too much violence, and we need to do something for to reduce it. The provinces of Santiago and Santo Domingo have experienced a major increase in their rate of criminality, to the point that the prosecutor of this town has been attacked. The Dominican Bible Society has been developing projects of prevention, working with the children, teenagers, and youth, and we have had very good results with the youth we have worked with. But the sad reality is that jails each day are getting fuller, because of so many crimes and offense caused by the use of homemade weapons and dangerous ďŹ rearms. In most of the cases, illegal weapons without any record of owners are used. We intent to launch a campaign where we promote the bible and we encourage the youth to exchange harmful weapons to a Bible. Our strategic plan includes the implementation of projects of distribution, with the purpose of encourage and promote the experience of the sacred Scriptures. During the development of this project, in other places we have seen how God has worked powerfully, as several people surrendered their weapons and accepted Jesus as their savior. When we came to the places, people spread terror and terror, with guns, with their faces and strong looks, however, changed when Bibles for weapons, everything changed .was shocking to see offenders with Bibles in their hands, and very happy. A young man was so shocked that appeared the next day after trading his gun for a Bible in the Church of God in the neighborhood of Capotillo, well dressed, shaved, trimmed and with his Bible in hand. All were surprised spiritual and physical change that God worked on that life through the project.
How this project will help the beneficiaries? This project will help them get rid of dangerous and harmful weapons that could cause death to their families or themselves. And the project will help them to have a new life in God, for when reading and study the bible, things Have to change.
PRAYER AND SCRIPTURE
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword; penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
PRAYER POINTS Let's pray for the authorities of the province of Santiago and Santo Domingo, which has requested this help to relieve the delinquency that is, surrounded this area.
KEY VERSE PROJECT PARTNERS Bible Committee of Santiago Pastors of Santo Domingo Churches, Volunteers
PROJECT CONTACT Nurys Esther Noboa Project Coordinator esthernoboa@hotmail.com soc.biblica@claro.net.do
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
2019
January february 2020 We will meet with the Bible Committees extension in Santiago , to coordinate the logistics of the project. We will travel to the interior of the country to Santiago, and we will meet with local police in this provinces.
march-april 2020 We will produce specialized portions "Change of weapon� April. First report
may 2020 We will contact our partners, Pastors, ministries and Bible committee and the police headquarters to coordinate the event for the month of the Bible (September).
In June-July
Second report
We will prepare the production of the promotional materials for radio, television and the press.
In August
we will start the advertising campaign, getting to know the project, with the purpose of next month (September), people can come to a centric point to exchange their weapons for the bible. They will register their names, and we will give them the word of God.
October-November
Third report With the bible committee of Santiago, we will have a meeting with the pastors of the province that were supporting the event, to raise a clamor for the list with the names of those who got their bibles, and see if some of them have been visiting the church.
December
They will send to us a final report of any eventuality. End year report.
This process is repeated for the year 2021.
2019
BUDGET
EXPENDITURE
INCOME
ISP GRANT
January 2019 December 2019
From To
2021
January 2020 January 2021 December 2020 December 2021
Staff Costs
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Scripture costs
39,380.00
39,380.00
39,380.00
Other Direct Project costs
12,000.00
12,000.00
12,000.00
Indirect Costs Applied
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
Project Costs (Subtotal)
60,680.00
60,680.00
60,680.00
Designated
0
0
0
Undesignated
0
0
0
Project income (Subtotal)
0
0
0
60,680.00
60,680.00
60,680.00
New ISP Grant requested
SCALABLE PROJECTS $25,000.00
FINANCIAL NOTES
PERIOD
2020
Bibles Total 5000 ($5.40) • Specialized Portions 30,000 U.S. $ (0.40) Customs costs Total Cost writes Direct personal costs Promotions Material vehicles cost indirect costs: Relationship churches Finance Facilities
$27,000.00 $12,000.00 $ 380.00 $39,380.00 $ 7,000.00 $10,000 $ 2,000 $2,300.00 $800.00 $1,050.00 $450.00
Total costs writings, direct and indirect U.S. $ 60,680.00 each year
Outputs & Impacts
OUTPUTS We hope to distribute 5,000 Bibles, 30,000 specialized portions "Cambiemos de Arma", "Change of weapon", each year, during 3 years.
IMPACT
We hope that Santiago and Santo Domingo reduce their rate of criminality a least a 10%. We hope that the people receiving these bibles change their way of living and can be transforming by Jesus. We hope that all these provinces get know the ministry of the Bible Society, by the strong campaign we will have in the media.
INDICATORS Reducing crime, less crime, less weapons circulating in our streets. 10% reduction in these towns measured by crime statistics in the country. People generally recognize the ministry of the DBS, through the campaign.
TRACKING National Statistics Office Polling participating churches (Opinion of the population). (Reports)
Supporting information-RESEARCH According the last census 2012, conducted by the National Office of Statistics, Santiago has 1,500,000 inhabitants, with a rate of violence 18.04. Santo Domingo has 2, 581,827 inhabitants, (Santo Domingo 965,040, Santo Domingo Oeste 318,181, Santo Domingo Este 851,853, Santo Domingo Norte 446,753). We want to receive at least 5000 arms, as result of this campaign, to reduce the rate of criminality and God can change the lives of these people.
Best practices This project we have developed in different parts of the country. In Puerto Plata, Monte LLano, La Vega, Capotillo, Villas AgrĂcolas, San Juan, Cristo Rey. We are destroying the weapons to prevent them from circulating in our streets again. The churches of the places where we carried out the project, pray for the people who acquired their bible, and some received Jesus in his heart.
SUPPORTING MATERIALS Strategic Plan Dominican Bible Society
TESTIMONIES
In 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 we were doing this project in Puerto Plata (Province), La Romana, La Vega, Nagua, San Cristóbal, Azua, Santo Domingo, and in the neighborhood of Capotillo. In the development of the program in the neighborhood of Capotillo, a lady arrived with a knife, saying that her husband using that weapon was going to kill her days ago, and today she was delivering this weapon to receive a Bible. Glory to God! Others claimed that the weapon delivered had docked several people, but that they wouldn´t do this anymore. A man give, what he consider a weapon that was destroying his body for years: A bottle of Rum. And asked them to pray for him, no longer wanted to drink more alcoholic beverages, he wanted to be accepted by his family and accepted Jesus as his savoir. Others arrived with his weapons, and expressed: I give my weapon and my soul, praise the Lord! it was beautiful!
CERTIFICATION
proposed project.
Carmen Checo de Acosta DOM- General Secretary Mayo 2019