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ANGOCHE COMMUNITY AND TRAINING CENTRE MOZAMBIQUE. Building hope. Missions Offering 13 th May 2012. MOZAMBIQUE – THE PAST. Civil war from 1977-92, famine, floods in 2000 & 08. MOZAMBIQUE – THE PRESENT.
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ANGOCHE COMMUNITY AND TRAINING CENTRE MOZAMBIQUE Building hope Missions Offering 13th May 2012
MOZAMBIQUE – THE PAST • Civil war from 1977-92, famine, floods in 2000 & 08
MOZAMBIQUE – THE PRESENT Approximately 1.6 million Mozambicans are living with HIV or AIDS, more than 90,000 of them are children under 15 years of age.
BUILDING HOPE – AGAINST THE ODDS • Very poor access to secondary education • Extremely low literacy levels • Infant mortality 50% up to age of 5 years • HIV infection at about 12 - 16% • Average life expectancy 49 years • Under-resourced hospital without basic medicine • Lack of investment since 1975
BUILDING HOPE - WHERE IT’S NEEDED MOST • Angoche – a remote fishing community of 65,000 people in northern Mozambique. The nearest supermarket is 4 hours drive down a dirt road. Most people without direct access to water or electricity. One of the poorest communities in Mozambique. • A culture of Islam and magic, polygamy, female circumcision, corruption, abuse and unemployment.
BUILDING HOPE – A FAMILY OF FAITH BAPTISMS WEDDINGS Psalm 50 hand written Koti draft Church planting since 2000 has seen 6,000 people become Followers of Jesus.
BUILDING HOPE – BUILDING COMMUNITY • Fishermen, footballers and students
BUILDING HOPE - EDUCATION Literacy training & bible translation
PATHWAYS TO OPPORTUNITY Better education – scholastic and public health • Better facilities – business space, community venue, classrooms, youth centre, bible translation and administration offices, kitchen and toilets
CLASSROOMS BUILT IN MALAWI FOR 170 CHILDREN Better environment – clean, safe, cool, properly laid out encouraging sense of community, achievement and self-esteem
BUILDING HOPE – BUT HOW? • Mentoring, direction and support from Julian and Annie Bullen and Graeme and Lucy Fawcett. • A vision to make a difference coming from the indigenous Community of Faith (6,000 Followers of Jesus) • Engagement with other stakeholders in the community – school, hospital, council, literacy teams, radio station and small businesses • Cyrus and Naomi Williams from 2013 • Generosity from those who can give – budget £60,000
BUILDING HOPE – HOW CAN WE HELP? Some lifestyle changes that we can consider………. • Live within our means • Celebrate life • Give generously • Don’t keep what we don’t need • Pray lots • Make responses rather than give answers • Learn more about our world and become an agent of change • Change how we live – become net contributors rather than net consumers (reduce our consumer footprint)