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The blind spot

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Hvorfor reiser de?

Hvorfor blir så mange barn i dette landet sent til barnehjem selv om de har foreldre? Selv et foreldreløst barn har det bedre hos kjente slektninger enn å bli sent til et ukjent hjem. Hvordan kan foreldre rettferdiggjøre og sende barna vekk for å bo på barnehjem? (Studier antyder at mer enn 50 % av barna på barnehjemmene i Yangon har foreldre eller slektninger som kan ta vare på dem.)

Hvor mye er du villig til å risikere?

Det er mange grunner, men den mest åpenbare grunnen er at foreldrene ønsker at barna skal få en god utdannelse og et bedre liv. Tilsynelatende er de ikke bekymret for barnas følelsesmessige og moralske utvikling. De tror barna vil få en bedre utdannelse og et bedre og sunnere liv. Helt uvitende sender de barna til det som faktisk kan bli det helt motsatte.

Alt kan ikke kjøpes

Et barnehjem her i Yangon er sponset av en rik menighet fra Australia. De ofrer mye for barnas utdannelse: de ansetter gode ekstra lærere og har fulgt gode studieplaner i mer enn 10 år. Hvert år er det barn som skal uteksamineres fra grunnskolen, men enda har ikke ett barn stått eksamen. Et annet hjem har tatt avslutningseksamenen mer enn 25 ganger. Bare ei jente har foreløpig stått. snapchat online login Det hele virker ganske klart: Barnhjem er ikke løsningen for barna utdanning.

En farlig blindsone

Det skulle være unødvendig å nevne familiens viktighet i forhold til følelsesmessig, sosial, etisk, moralsk og åndelig utvikling, selv intellektuell utvikling blir ikke like godt utviklet i et barnehjem. Vi kan fort tenke at en god utdanning i stor by har større verdi og et større potensial enn et enkelt liv i en landsby. Blindsonen vi ikke vil se er at de fleste barna ikke klarer tilværelsen i barnehjemmet og mister all kontakt med familien! Hva har de uten familien?

The Christmas Project 2010

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Jul i Chinfjellene

Julen nærmer seg og barn rundt omkring på jordkloden ser med forventning frem i mot denne høytiden. Barna i landsbyene i Chin fjellene får ikke mange gaver til jul, men de har alltid en stor fest sammen med resten av landsbyen. Families Together har de siste årene gitt ut julegaver til barn på landsbygda i Burma.Julegaveprosjektet 2010

I år vil alle barna i Skoleprosjektet til Families Together få en flott barnebibel på deres eget Chin språk. Hver side har fargerike illustrasjoner og med en tekst som er lett å forstå for barn. Innbindingen er noe av det beste en kan få i Burma, og en slik barnebibel vil landsbyfamiliene verdsette i mange år fremover. Det er også flott at barna kan få lese bibelen på sitt eget morsmål. Alle skoler i Burma foregår på burmesisk selv om barna snakker et annet morsmål. snapchat online login I tillegg til barnebibelen vil hvert barn også få en varm genser for den kalde perioden i Chin fjellene. I denne perioden kan det faktisk bli minusgrader i fjellene og da er det kaldt når husene ikke har noe isolasjon!

Gi en gave

Du kan være med på Julegaveprosjektet 2010. En gave med barnebibel og varm genser koster 25 kroner, og du kan bruke betalingsinformasjonen på denne siden for å overføre penger til prosjektet. Alle som gir til Julegaveprosjektet 2010, vil få en detaljert oversikt over hvordan pengene har blitt brukt.

Julegaveprosjektet ’10

Bus adventure

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Slippery roads

Whenever I think back on the first day on my trip to the project area this May, I am struck with fear of the experience, but praising God for His protection. We were to take the bus from Hakha, the capital of the Chin state to Thantlang, a small town. The monsoon rain had filled the road with mud and it was very slippery. In many places, our bus had do manoeuvre around chunks of mud sliding down from the upper bank of the road.

Big rocks blocking the road

After about an hour drive from Hakha, the road was blocked by two big rocks falling down from the upper bank. It was fortunate for us that the rocks did not hit us, and that they were not too hard to break with hammers, iron rods, etc. Finally, after about two hours, the bus could move through the spot. But very soon after, we almost encountered the doom of death again.

Going off the road

After about 35 minutes drive from the first spot, our bus slid on the muddy road for a long time before it finally stopped. It was good I didn’t even realize what had happened. Only when our bus conductor shouted, “quickly get out, quickly get out”, I realized that our bus was almost 45 degree inclined downhill. It was only because the axle underneath the bus was stuck on the hard soil at the edge of the road snapchat online login that the bus didn’t roll downhill to the deep hill.

God’s miracle

The right wheels, both the front and the back, were already off the road. I saw some young men who sat on the top of the bus jump down and then run away from the bus. It was really a miracle done by God to save us. We reached Thantlang two hours later. We took about 8 hours for just 23 miles (37 kilometres). Under good conditions it can be done in 2 hours! (That’s an average of 12 mile/h or 19 km/h!) Imagine the road condition in the rainy season!

New school year in the Chin Hills

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New school year in the Chin Hills

It has already been two months since Families Together started the 2010-2011 school year in Northern Chin State. This is how our Project Leader remembers the tiresome, yet rewarding time of travelling in the Chin Hills Jungle.

Not so long ago

It has been two months since I came back to Yangon, but it still remains clearly in my memory almost every detail of the trip as if it just happened a day or two ago. I am happy to tell you why it is so.


A tiresome trip

We have the total of eight preschools and two primary schools, and another new primary school which is partly supported from this year in a small village. snapchat online login The local area supervisor and I were able to reach each village to reopen the schools for the new academic year in the first week of June. As we knew ahead of time, the jungle track we would take on was steep, bumpy, bushy and very tiresome. We were a bit afraid to even start on the more than 10 day foot-journey. As it normally is in the rainy season, the conditions of the first two-three days were indeed worsened by the heavy monsoon rain which in turn caused swarms of leeches welcoming us throughout the bushy track to feed their selves with our blood. We were really physically exhausted at the end of it. But I am happy to say this: the pure, cordial and genuine fellowship of each villager, their warm company throughout our trip, their thankful and blessing words, and their simple but honest and heart-felt hospitalities and entertainments were more than enough to redeem our physical exhaustion. It is really difficult to find adequate words to relate the joy and happiness they shown.

A dream comes through

When we gave small gifts like umbrellas and bags to the children, we saw the same joy in them as in their parents. The improvement of the children was also strong yeast to our emotions. The academic level of the students has really excelled in the last year. More children in the villages can read now than ever before. But more than that, it was indeed our highest satisfaction to see the stability of each family, no longer sending their young children away to cities to have them get education. Believe it or not, some children are taken back from orphanages; some families come back to their village! Thanks be to God for this great mercy practically shown to the poor people in these remote jungle villages. We, along with the villagers, are really thankful to well-wishers and helpers around the globe, whom our Father has been using as His channel of blessings.

More students, more teachers, and more schools

Presently we have ten primary school teachers and 18 preschool teachers for the 151 primary students, and the 296 preschool children in this area in the Northern Chin State. We have more schools in the Southern Chin State in a different project area, about which we have not mention here.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download

May God bless you,

Project Leader

Families Together