Justice and compassion are not just words. 2012–2013 Gift Catalogue
Love God. Serve people. Change the world.
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Welcome to the 2012–2013 Alliance Justice and Compassion Gift Catalogue! Our teams of International Workers are ministering among people in over 40 countries in four regions that we refer to as the Silk Road, Caribbean Sun, Desert Sand, and Asian Spice. Many work among the poor and vulnerable where compassion initiatives are an essential part of communicating the Gospel.
experience as a family, small group, or youth group and raise funds for your selected projects. By participating, you will assist us in communicating the love of Jesus as our teams come alongside those with incredible needs.
The message of the Gospel includes the promise of forgiveness of sin and the transformation of people. This transformation means that those who follow Jesus will grow in their capacity to seek justice for the oppressed, and have compassion for the sick, poor, the marginalized, and the imprisoned. God is a God of compassion and it is our responsibility, as his followers, to reflect that compassion and care to the world! It is our vision that as a result of this kind of ministry, we will see communities transformed by Christ as they experience love and compassion and embrace it for themselves!
Joanne Beach Director of Alliance Justice and Compassion
Our compassion work is funded through Approved Special project funds. In this catalogue we have identified specific items that are related to tangible projects that truly impact needy people. We invite you to purchase a gift in honour of someone, or to share the
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Blessings!
“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me . . . whatever you did for these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” —Jesus
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Impacting Niger The United Nations Human Development Report ranks Niger in the bottom 2 of 187 countries. Many people live on less than $2/day. Our C&MA team is committed to seeing the lives of the Fulani and Tuareg people of Niger transformed both spiritually and physically. According to UNICEF, this region of Africa has the world’s highest mortality rate for children under five. Relying mainly on subsistence farming in an unpredictable climate, undernourished children are especially susceptible to preventable diseases like malaria. Join with us as we seek to overcome preventable deaths in Niger.
$30 VILLAGE MEDICATION This gift of medication will help ten infants or five children win the battle over malaria and other deadly diseases.
$25 MOSQUITO NETS Your gift of $25 will provide two families with mosquito nets that will dramatically lower the risk of malaria and save children’s lives!
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Impacting Niger In Niger, a country largely covered by the Sahara Desert, over half the population struggles to find water for their daily needs. Some walk miles to access even unclean water, carrying it home in buckets on their heads. Others build wells in dry soil that often collapse during the rainy season. By reinforcing existing wells and digging new ones, our workers are bringing life to people in a dry and dusty land.
$1000 Water and Sanitation Your gift of $1000 will help supply a community with consistent access to clean water. “In giving us this well, you have given us life. Thank you!” — Woman drawing water at a community well
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Niger Vocational Training School Currently, our C&MA team in Niger is investing in young Tuareg women and men, empowering and educating them for a better future. The Niger Vocational Training School for girls at risk is geared toward girls between the ages of 12 and 19 who are at high risk for early marriage, early childbirth, abuse and prostitution. This school serves as a vocational training centre focusing on spirituality, health and hygiene, nutrition, self-esteem, building life skills and trades training in sewing, embroidery and business. We know that educated girls are more likely to earn greater incomes, raise smaller families, have healthier children, participate in political processes and send her own children to school. In addition to education, these girls also receive something of immense value—their parents’ promise not to give them in marriage until completion of the two year program. Our young men’s apprenticeship program is targeted toward hard working Tuareg men who have a desire to improve their lives and care for their families through new skills and trades. Our team is mentoring young men and combining this with skills training in welding, construction and small business skills.
$40 Feed a girl for one month Your gift of $40 will provide a month of hot lunches for one student at our school for girls at risk. Through this gift, you will directly affect her physical growth, her capacity to learn and her ability to attend school.
$100 Small business start-up Kit We want to celebrate the success of each girl graduating from the Vocational Training School by sending her out with a small business set up kit consisting of all the small things she will need like a table and chairs, tools, thread, scissors and fabric.
$450 Apprentice training station With your gift of $450, you will provide one young man with the equipment necessary to begin skills training. This gift will cover things like work gloves, a welding helmet, boots, safety glasses and tools.
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Animals for Loan The Fulani people, who depend on herds for their livelihood, have a tradition in which someone lends a female animal (sheep, goat or cow) to a friend in need. The recipient looks after the animal until it has young and the young is weaned. They then keep the young and return the mother to its owner. “Poverty is beginning to leave our village.” — Local woman
$50 GOAT Your gift will provide funds to purchase goats to enable village women to establish a herd and thus a means of improving their children’s diet and give them a source of income from the sale of milk and cheese. Please pray that these families will come to know Jesus, their true provider! “Our Canadian friends work with us to help our community move ahead and that makes us brothers and sisters with them.” — A village leader addressing a group of women who received loaner goats
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Guinea Rescue Centre In Guinea, public services do not care for unwanted newborns. In response to this, our team established a Baby Rescue Centre. This Centre receives abandoned infants, provides immediate medical attention and nourishment. The staff seeks to ensure that unwanted children are cared for physically, emotionally and spiritually. They also act as advocates for these precious children to ensure the legal process is engaged to qualify children for adoption.
$90 Baby Formula Your gift will provide a month’s supply of life saving formula that will nourish an infant who has been abandoned.
$50 Medical Care This gift will provide life saving medical care to malnourished and sick infants. “We need resources as soon as possible so that we do not have to turn any infant away. We have only saved a few but our goal is to save many more. We want the people of Guinea to know why we are interested in saving their lives — because God loves them and each individual life is valuable in God’s sight.” — Colette, C&MA International Worker
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Kids in Crisis United Nations research estimates that Guinea has over 380,000 orphaned children. About 25,000 of these children have been orphaned by AIDS. It is also estimated that less than 1% of Guinean orphans go to school. Our Alliance team is seeking to minister to this vulnerable group by providing meal programs and the funds needed to enable these precious ones to attend school.
$75 School Kit One school kit will provide an orphaned child with the required school uniform, tuition and school supplies for one year. By educating a child you will provide life-changing opportunities and hope for the future.
$50 FEED A CHILD Your donation of $50 will feed a young abandoned child for one month.
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Terminally Ill Patients Health care in Serbia is very poor, especially for people diagnosed with cancer. Without enough resources, terminally ill children and adults are sent home without care or medication. Through this Silk Road ministry to terminally ill patients, opportunities are created for teams to visit, minister to and care for those dying of cancer.
$80 Medical Care Your gift of $80 makes it possible for a patient to receive proper care and medication for one month.
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Rehab Centre Drug addiction and alcoholism has become a fast-growing problem in Serbia with an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 drug users. With alcohol, the situation is even worse where 83% of the population is believed to abuse alcohol (Institute for Public Health). The good news is that these people are often very open to the Gospel through the ministry of the Rehabilitation Centre.
$75 Recovery Program Your gift of $75 will cover the cost for one week of room and board, counseling, physical therapy, and discipleship. The Silk Road Rehab Centre seeks to allow men with addictions the chance to become healthy and contributing members of society as they graduate from this 6-month program. ** $1,800 enables one gentleman to complete the entire program.
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Human Rights and Emergency Fund Many people in the Silk Road region who convert to Christianity face persecution from family, society, government and employers. Many lose their jobs, inheritances, family ties and for some, their very lives are threatened.
$100 Assistance for Persecuted CHRISTIANS Your contribution of $100 will help to financially support persecuted Christians in crisis. Funds will be used to help with relocation, legal fees and emergency medical care (hospitalization, medicine etc.).
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Cup of Cold Water It is estimated that anywhere between 40-60% of citizens on this Asian Spice Island are unable to read or write. At the same time, it seems that many in this region suffer from illness and preventable disease because of their poverty and distance from healthcare. Health problems are often exacerbated by illiteracy. Many women are unable to fill out government forms that would entitle them and their children to free medical care. Our Spice team is offering literacy classes for women while incorporating health clinics for their families.
$100 Women’s Literacy and Health Your gift of $100 will provide the funds needed for one woman to complete the literacy course and provide medical treatment as needed.
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Sustainable Village Health Care The Sustainable Village Health Care project works among seven different tribes of people in Papua, Indonesia. Many of these tribes live too far from urban centres to receive necessary care. In these tribes, it is not uncommon for women to bear 10 children, yet see only half of these children reach adulthood. This is most often caused by complications in childbirth, poor nutrition and lack of medical assistance. Prenatal education and medical care is needed to reduce the extremely high rates of infant and maternal deaths in this people group.
$30 Village Health Care Your gift will allow nationals to be better equipped to help their own people through the purchase of medicine and other health resources.
$50 Midwifery Kit $50 will provide training for a woman in midwifery techniques and the means to travel to remote villages to assist women in childbirth. This will have a lasting impact in communities as women gain the skills necessary to assist others in the fight against high infant and maternal mortality.
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Urban Gardens In this Asian Spice country, the cost of fruits and vegetables has escalated beyond the reach of the poor. Living in an urban centre, many families do not have either the skills to grow their own food or the land on which to do so. Our team has introduced Urban Gardening, a technique in which small community plots or individual containers are used to grow vegetables where space is limited. The Urban Garden project has allowed many people the opportunity to supplement their diets and prevent malnutrition. The project has also opened the door to friendship and sharing of the Gospel in this region.
$50 Urban Garden Project Your gift of $50 will provide the means for a woman to begin her own urban garden project and thus enable her to provide nutrition for her family.
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Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured The Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured project seeks to minister to the victims of human trafficking. This program has two locations. One that ministers to women who have been trapped in the sex trade and another site that seeks to bring healing to men recovering from drug addiction. Through this ministry, our International Workers have an opportunity to express God’s love in tangible and practical ways. The counseling, discipleship, skills training and employment opportunities created by this project are vital to help women and men heal and reintegrate into society with dignity and hope. It is amazing to see the growth and transformation that occur when these people come to realize that they are treasured by God.
$50 Rescue and Protect Your gift of $ 50 helps those who are trapped in the sex trade and drug addiction find freedom, healing and transformation.
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Inca Link Inca Link works hand in hand with Alliance churches in Ecuador to reach out to the hurting in the community. Ecuador has the highest teen pregnancy rate in South America. Our dream is to not only take care of pregnant women and their babies, but to help educate them, their families, friends and society so as not to repeat the cycle.
$100 Prenatal and Infant Care Give at-risk children and rejected teen moms a head start in life and in parenting with the gift of prenatal and infant care. Your gift will provide moms and babies with things like: housing, prenatal counseling, vitamins, diapers and other necessary items.
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Brave Heart Kids Investing in education is a long-term solution to deeply rooted problems of poverty and addiction. The marginalized people groups of Mexican society, like the Otomi, live on the outskirts of Mexico City and are often overlooked or ignored. Their opportunity to receive quality education and nutrition is minimal.
$30 Loving Care Your gift will provide a child with tutoring, food programs, Bible studies and children’s clubs. This initiative gives dignity to families and provides hope for their future.
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Patarra Project There are 300,000 – 400,000 Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica hoping for a better life; 30% live in extreme poverty. Even though schooling is free, many children cannot attend because they cannot afford the cost of a school uniform and school supplies. Many parents have made the choice between feeding their children and paying for their school needs. Our team works alongside the local church in Costa Rica to minister to these families.
$60 Hope for a Child’s Future By giving a gift of $60, you can make it possible for a poor Nicaraguan child to live a life of hope by providing things like education materials, vitamin supplements for nutrition and a Bible in their own language.
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Caribbean Island Ministries Severe restrictions have been placed on the economy of an area of the Caribbean Sun region. This reality causes many to live in extreme poverty. Our team started a microeconomic project to help the members of Alliance churches prosper economically so they could be sustained through tithing. This program has expanded to other denominations in order to foster a spirit of unity among the people of God and to partner together in reaching this nation for Christ. Church members who have experienced this blessing developed the vision to invite people in the neighbourhood to participate as a way to serve the community and express the love of Christ.
$200 Microeconomics A gift of $200 will provide a person with a loan to begin a small business venture that will better their social and economic situation which will allow them to be a blessing to their community.
“Now my life has been transformed; I am so thankful that the church opened their group up to me!” — Community participant who came to Christ
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Alliance Compassion The Alliance Compassion Fund is used to finance justice and compassion ministries in Canada and around the world not already covered under other projects. We need funds for immediate use as needs of the poor and oppressed are brought to our attention.
$ Where Most Needed Please use this gift of where most needed for ministries of justice and compassion.
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Food Aid Money designated to this fund will be transferred to the C&MA—Canadian Foodgrains Bank account to enable us to do food programming throughout the world, either administered by our teams or other CFGB members. Funds designated for CFGB Food programming are eligible to receive up to a 4:1 match from the government’s Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
$25 Feed a Household A gift of $25 could become $125 with a CIDA match and would provide a household with the food needed to survive.
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Defend Dignity Defend Dignity is a Canadian justice initiative of the C&MA. It works towards the abolition of prostitution by raising awareness through education and acting as a catalyst for individuals and churches to get involved. Defend Dignity is also involved with advocacy for law and policy reform in our governments.
$50 Be a Voice and Help End Prostitution With this gift of $50, you will become a voice for the voiceless and help our Defend Dignity team work toward ending prostitution in Canada.
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; Deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” — Psalm 82:3-4
For more information visit
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Gift/Item
Cost Per
Impacting Niger — Village Medication
$30
Impacting Niger — Mosquito Nets
$25
Impacting Niger — Water and Sanitation
$1,000
Niger Vocational Training School — Feed a Girl for One Month
$40
Niger Vocational Training School — Small Business Start-up Kit
$100
Niger Vocational Training School — Apprentice Training Station
$450
Animals for Loan — Goat
$50
Guinea Rescue Centre — Baby Formula
$90
Guinea Rescue Centre — Medical Care
$50
Kids in Crisis — School Kit
$75
Kids in Crisis — Feed a Child
$50
Terminally Ill Patients — Medical Care
$80
Rehab Centre — Recovery Program
$75
Human Rights and Emergency Fund for Persecuted Christians
$100
Cup of Cold Water — Women’s Literacy and Health
$100
Sustainable Village Health Care — Village Health Care
$30
Sustainable Village Health Care — Midwifery Kit
$50
Urban Gardens
$50
Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured
$50
Inca Link — Prenatal and Infant Care
$100
Brave Heart Kids
$30
Patarra Project
$60
Caribbean Island Ministries — Microeconomics
$200
Alliance Compassion — Where Most Needed
(gift of any amount)
Food Aid
$25
Defend Dignity
$50
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