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Welcome to Echoes. We are a mission service organisation, based in Bath, UK. We exist to advance the work of mission globally and see individuals and communities impacted by the Gospel. We do this by partnering with local churches, cross-cultural mission workers, and indigenous people whose ultimate goal is to proclaim God's love in Christ and demonstrate this through loving service by a variety of means in different circumstance across the world.
GLO Alive Zambia is the youth department of the GLO College of Ministries, Zambia. Our passion is young people. This passion comes from a strong and genuine desire to be a relevant signpost for children and young people, to demonstrate God’s love and compassion in a country whose population is 13 million, 75% of whom are young people.
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In early 2009, Andry Rajoelina, the mayor of the capital, overthrew Marc Ravalomanana, the elected president, and despite many subsequent meetings, at the time of writing no agreement has been reached on how to resolve the crisis. The population is left to pursue 'life as usual' while things become more and more difficult. Poverty was widespread before the crisis and now it has increased. This situation has generated violence, disorder and theft throughout the country. Sometimes people will even kill for a cow, or for money.
It is 62 years since mission workers arrived in the predominantly Muslim area of north-east Ethiopia during Emperor Haile Selassie’s reign. They ran schools and clinics in three areas: Bati, Degan and Gofa Sefer in Addis Ababa. When the Communist government took over in 1974, missionaries were deported, schools and other church properties were confiscated and some of the leaders were questioned and imprisoned. I was converted a few years after this difficult time.
The Cochabamba women's prison is probably not what you would expect; inmates are not confined to their cells, most work in the prison knitting, ironing or cooking and no meals are provided. 25 years ago Helen Ponce and a small team were granted permission from the authorities to visit and she has been engaged in this work since. Here Helen shares a glimpse of her work and the stories of some of the women she has met behind bars.
A body of five Trustees presently administers the charity in conjunction with the executive team of Ian Burness (General Director), Andy Street (Administration Director) and John Aitken (Operations Director). The Executive Directors and Trustees meet monthly with biannual planning days, and biannual meetings with an Advisory Group. This report summarises objectives, performace and achievements from 2012.
China now has more than 260 million migrant workers who have moved to cities for employment- one fifth of the country's population. Many workers who have moved from rural areas often leave children behind in the care of grandparents. Their dream of a better life and greater wealth is not always realised and some end up in poverty or with family difficulties.
As refugees pour into Jordan from the conflict in Syria, Echoes have been able to send funding to assist in providing basic daily needs for 200 families. This includes food and blankets, for each family as well as medicine and cookers as needed. There are as many as 120,000 people in the overcrowded Zaatari refugee camp.
Friends of Echoes are involved in mission in various parts of Europe. Activities include reaching students, outreach and church work in Europe's cities, evangelism and social support for gypsy people, work among prostitutes and evangelism through music. If you wish to pray for or support these workers contact the Echoes office on echoes@echoes.org.uk
With the significant expansion of the church in the global south, a new missions force has emerged as national workers take responsibility to push mission forward in their own context and beyond. The 2013 Echoes magazine seeks to capture something of these momentous developments and inform the church of what is happening globally in indigenous mission
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John Aitken and Andy Street travelled to Haiti in November 2011 to report on the distribution of relief funds sent following the earthquake in 2010. They returned with many stories and photos which they would like to share with your church. If you are interested in hearing about the situation and getting to know some of the work there so that your church can continue to support the Haitians through prayer, please get in contact with the Echoes office and let us know.
This gap year programme for students aged 18-25, currently has 7 participants on overseas placements in Zambia, Israel, Bolivia, Peru, Albania and India. Catch the excitement of their misison experience by reading their blogs on the FirstServe website www.http://first-serve.org.uk/
Following the worse earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years, Echoes sent funds for emergency medical relief and for feeding programmes.
Over the last 19 months £200,000 of relief funds has been made available for house building, the provision of clean water for schoolchildren and for trauma counselling through which over 200 people have become Christians.
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