Gujarat, India
Bhuj Centre of HOPEPrimary School
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.Galatians 2:10
What happened?Earthquake – 26th
January 2001Over 20,000 deaths,
mostly in the towns of Bhuj, Anjar and Bacchau
50% of people in the affected area migrated to neighbouring states
Background
Primary SchoolDeveloped on an
acre of donated landSeismic proof
constructionGovernment licensed
to teach up to 7th standard
Contains classrooms, library, computer lab and AV room
Centre of HOPE
Needs approx £16k per year
Educates 350 children£5 per month pays for
a child’s education£50 per month pays the
electricity bill
CostsPicture: Typical classroom
FundingMostly support by Edinburgh
and Glasgow ChurchesLast year £11,000 was raised
by Glasgow and EdinburghCurrently £400 a month in
Standing Orders (mostly from Edinburgh)
Fundraising. E.g. Stalls, Carol singing
HOPE worldwide UK keeps the GAD on foreign programmes – due admin costs of supporting these programmes
What can you do?Set up a Standing
Order: £5, £10, £15, £25, £50
Do your own fund raising event
Tag along with someone else’s fund raising event
Make suggestions to the church benevolence working group
If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.Deuteronomy 23:21-23