Mental health therapy is essential for healing from assault and other human rights abuses. Equip local counselors with the skills they need to support women processing trauma in their communities.
For girls displaced by conflict or disaster, having an adequate supply of sanitary products opens the door to dignity, education, and employment opportunities.
Conflict and war can make it difficult to farm or purchase food. Providing a family living in a conflict zone with an emergency supply of food can be a lifesaving intervention.
Preparation before hurricanes, fires, and floods can save thousands of lives. Sponsor a training for a church-based network of first responders so they can provide assistance and help when disaster strikes.
For children who have had their innocence stolen by scenes of conflict, Tearfund’s child-friendly spaces can provide a safe, stable space to recover from trauma, receive education, have fun, and simply be a kid again.
FLOURISH
Gifts that protect communities and restore creation.
Growing food in a hotter and drier climate can be difficult, but climate-resilient seeds help farmers do just that. Help provide seeds to farmers to grow a healthy harvest.
Many rural communities have difficulties accessing traditional banks or business loans. Provide access to capital through local savings groups to allow farmers to shift to climate-resilient farming techniques.
Smokeless cooking stoves can reduce environmental pollution and increase respiratory health in the community. Equip a family with a safer, more efficient stove.
Millions of people around the world do not have access to electricity. Renewable solar light can create opportunities for people to expand their business hours and study later into the night, increasing their earning potential.
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION
Gifts that mobilize churches to overcome poverty and challenge injustice.
Equipped with the right tools, young people can create major changes in their communities. Provide an advocacy + theology handbook to a young church leader so he or she can lead in wisdom.
Self-help groups provide savings and credit opportunities for people who cannot access traditional banks or even microfinance. Help make a group self help group more inclusive of people with disabilities so they too can access economic opportunities.
Sponsor a disaster risk reduction training for a local church. When empowered to do so, churches can take a leadership role in helping their communities prepare before floods, earthquakes, or other disasters strike.
Around the world, many churches have successfully petitioned their governments about the issues impacting their communities. Provide training to a church community to advocate for increased access to services and support.
Membership in a self-help group can be absolutely life-changing for men and women in poverty. This group provides savings and credit opportunities for people who cannot access traditional banks or even microfinance. By saving small amounts each week and eventually taking out loans from the group fund, people can start small businesses and raise themselves out of poverty.
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