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Walk for Water!
Posted on 30th June 2016 by Chris Jones
To celebrate Bryan's 70th Birthday, he and Martin will be following in Wainwright's footsteps trekking 200 miles coast to coast, from St Bees in the Lake District to Robin Hood Bay near Whitby.
He writes "Having had the privilege to meet Dr Sasa and learn about the work of Health and Hope through Coast Family Church in Bude, I'm delighted that we can use this occasion to support his work in Myanmar."
The route will take Bryan and Martin 11 days to complete, starting out on the 5th July with Bryan's wife kindly heading up the support team!
Bryan started off with a fundraising target of £2,500 which he has already surpassed. He is hoping to help us raise money towards finishing off the construction of the hydro-electric work, which will bring clean drinking water and electricity to the clinic, training centre and village. We are really grateful to Bryan and Martin for using their time so generously and for the significant contribution that this will make to bring clean running water to the local community.
If you would like to support them and donate to their incredible fundraising efforts, please click here.
Well done Bryan and Martin, we really look forward to hearing more about your exploits!
Running water at last (well nearly!)
Posted on 28th May 2016 by Chris Jones
Over the last few months we've been hard at work on a project in Chin State to bring hydro-electricity and a clean water supply to our Community Health Worker (CHW) training centre and Clinic.
This has taken multiple explorations into the jungle, assessments of five rivers, the hard work of the whole community and the laying down of over 3 miles of pipework and cabling.
We are delighted to report that water has now started to defy gravity and is flowing up and not down the Chin Hills!
The hydro-electric generator alone took 5 days to dismantle, 3 days to transport and 5 days to reassemble once in-situ. We've also had to cut down enough trees to make 200 pylons to carry the electricity cable.
The project is about 75% complete and we're still looking for ongoing support. If you would like to help us complete this project, do get in touch with our team on info@healthandhope.org or donate to this project here.
Everyone Counts
Posted on 2nd February 2016 by Chris Jones
When we visited the Asochin tribe, it was such a joy to meet literally everyone by name! Villagers waited for hours to greet the team on their arrival and as you can see from the photographs, we had the opportunity to meet each one by name.
As we shook hands and greeted each of these precious people, it was evident again why we do this work. We do this work because we know that everyone counts - everyone of us is equal, known by and loved by God. And, as an expression of what He has done for us, in loving us first, we want to reflect that love to others around us.
It is very easy for us to look down on others whom we see as below us in status or ranking, or to look up to those whom we see as more important than ourselves. It's very hard to treat everyone as equal in worth and recognise that everyone counts. Whether they are poor, crippled and illiterate or rich in education and resources.
But when we recognise that 'everyone counts', we start to change our behaviour and we find our eyes are opened to find joy and friendship in unexpected places.
