A new shirt, skirt, shorts, or shoes instills confidence into a child living at Khayelihle Children’s Village (KCV) and helps them wear their uniform to school with pride. Luke says, “At KCV I’m feeling safe and comfortable.”

In Aweil, South Sudan, changing climate and weather patterns have negative impacts on local farming and the environment. Shorter, more intense, rainy seasons mean less food and income. You will help plant trees in a variety of public institutions to improve rainfall, better the living environment, and help increase farming production for subsistence farmers. Your project will invest in a better environment for the future. 

School Peace Clubs are voluntary lunch-time groups where students learn and practice non-violent resolution of conflict, understand peace and see the shortcomings of tribalism. This year, more Peace Clubs will be established in schools and training provided for community leaders. 

Salma is a very cheerful girl. Her family of six lives in a small shed of tarpaulin in the slums of Ambernath, Mumbai. Salma attends the Emmanuel Education Centre. She gets some basic education and one nutritious meal every day. Your gift of a meal helps to ease costs at home, as well as providing Selma with the nutrition she needs to to grow and continue learning. This education gives her the chance of a brighter future.

A small market business, providing animals to raise along with financial management and environmental impact training, will support the most vulnerable people in the Hill Tribes communities including women, the disabled and large families.

For many poor or marginalised people in Mumbai and rural Lasina, the opportunities for work are few. With limited education, a training course can provide a way to a more secure career to support themselves and their families. Your gift will help train people in profitable trades, so that they can earn an income, and gain more financial independence. 

Baby is ministering in challenging circumstances where there is prejudice against her sex, faith, and ethnicity, yet she is making a difference in her community. Your support enables women, like Baby, to access resources and overcome hurdles in mission.

Indigenous ministry training needs community and cultural resources and supports in place. Your gift helps give relevant ministry training to emerging Indigenous leaders as well as facilitating support from elders and mentors.

Your gift will help our partners access better internet and equipment, including phones, so that they can stay in touch despite travel restrictions. By helping our partners stay in touch with their teams, and GMP, you ensure their programs can continue to be implemented to a high standard, and that they have the support they need!

Many of the poorest farmers in Aweil District of South Sudan still plough by hand - an exhausting and time-consuming task. Your gift will help these farmers trial conservation farming to increase their harvest, improving their food supply and income. This can double or even triple farming production, is more cost-effective than funding traditional ploughing, and is better for the environment.

Your gift will help our partners access better internet and equipment, including phones, so that they can stay in touch despite travel restrictions. These resources help maintain vital connections with ministers, church leaders, faculty, students and church members during difficult times. You will also help our partners stay in touch with GMP to ensure we can continue to support them. 

In times of emergency, you can help our Aboriginal church partners reach out and care for their communities in appropriate ways. Your gift helps provide emergency accommodation, funeral costs or vital supplies that can give people practical care in times of difficulty or grief.

When people have access to functional and clean toilets, there is less sickness. The risk of drinking water becoming contaminated by faeces is lower. The possibility of bacteria spreading and causing outbreaks of diarrhoea is reduced. Women and girls feel safer because toilets can be built closer to the village houses.

The gift of a goat assists caregivers in South Sudan to provide for children they foster. Caregivers receive a capital injection in the form of two female and one male goat. They are very happy with their new goats, and with the income raised, are empowered to properly care for students attending Emmanuel and other not-for-profit schools. 

Many Indigenous leaders are isolated by cultural as well as geographical barriers. A gift of a Firepit Gathering helps facilitate Indigenous-led events that are vital in sustaining and growing stable leaders.

Moyo uses his motorbike to reach rural communities and share the love of Jesus with unreached villages. He says, “When a bike is broken, evangelism is stalled!” He trained in motorbike repairs learning how to change the shocks and oil, and to repair rubber. Now he supports other motorbike evangelists to maintain their bikes, too.

New taps and repairs to water tanks and pipes meant clean water for everyone in the Baravet community. But the impact didn’t stop there. Having easy access to clean, safe water rippled out and improved life for people  in many ways. “Now the pre-school has a standpipe. We have clean water and do not need to walk long distances,” Matan says. “The children can clean their hands after (using the) toilet and not worry about using up the water.”

Rural communities in Vanuatu are prone to natural disasters like cyclones. In the event of a disaster, it’s critical that communities know how to respond. Your gift will help train disaster committees to lead communities in times of disaster, and help them establish evacuation centres and disaster plans for emergencies. Your gift also helps communities identify vulnerable people, such as children and people with disabilities, ensuring they’re not at further risk in times of disaster.

After the previous Project Management Course, attendees said they were more comfortable designing projects and identifying risks. They felt they had the support of a GMP family that stretched around the world! COVID-19 has made connecting online so important. You can help fund a new online training module that will serve and connect COCOA leaders for years to come.

Your gift will help the International Christian College of Manila develop and equip the next generation of teachers, ministers and lay leaders who are Christ-centred, faithful and focussed on telling the good news to people on the margins. Your gift will give around 70 students living on campus quality education by providing resources and facility maintenence.

Your gift helps give theological or ministry training to emerging Indigenous leaders who may otherwise be unable to fund their education. Indigenous ministry training needs community and cultural resources and supports in place. Your gift will also facilitate support from elders and mentors.

Access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, helps reduce illness and has transformed lives forever. The spread of the coronavirus has made the world aware of the critical importance of good hygiene and health care services. However, many of our partners still don’t have access to these vital services. Your gift helps ensure people have safe water, and good sanitation and hygiene solutions to keep them heathy and help to stop the spread of disease.