The 2nd ECHO Agricultural Conference will be held at the Empress Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand fromSeptember 21-25, 2009. Geared towards enabling persons serving Asia’s poor to network solutions related to alleviating hunger and poverty, this ECHO conference will offer:

Three mornings of plenary sessions featuring knowledgeable and experienced speakers. Slated speakers include Dr. Norman Uphoff [...]

The YWAM Child Protection Policy guidelines have been revised. The most current copy of the YWAM Child Protection Policy can be found in the YWAM Mercy documents section.

You can now keep up to date with YWAM Mercy news, or have your dos of YWAM Mercy Daily Prayers right on your facebook page!

From John and Jill Bills report June 2008 Uganda –
St. Ameria Orphanage
John Mark, a Ugandan who is a student in the YWAM DTS I taught in for that week, escorted me to the St. Ameria orphanage. John Mark has a remarkable story. Both of his parents died from AIDS and he was left at the age of 13 [...]

Reported by John Bills
While in Jinja, I was invited to visit an AIDS clinic out in a remote village. I was greeted by Pastor ROC a Ugandan with a huge heart for those suffering from AIDS. We traveled a very long distance packed beyond description in a public transport mini van. Just when you thought there was certainly [...]

A report from John Bills on their time in Uganda after the fire that killed 18 young girls at a Boarding school. 
“Come to the mortuary and bring a casket with you.”
These were the only words that Dickson and Mabel heard from the mortuary to confirm the fate of their daughter Melissa.  Melissa, nine years old, [...]

YWAM Cambodia is having an impact upon mothers and children in one of the poorest northeast regions. Just a few years ago the province of Stung Treng, Cambodia had a high mortality rate for children under five years of age from six preventable diseases. Also deaths from pre/post natal care was high.
While attending a Traditional [...]

Behind the dry technical name vector control lies the most potent weapon in Cambodia’s medical arsenal against malaria the distribution of free mosquito nets in areas where the disease is most prevalent. Started in 1992, the net distribution program is the brainchild of the Cambodia National Malaria Center (CNM), supported by the World Health Organization and an array of NGOs which operate in remote areas of the country where the incidence of the disease is highest.

The ywam-memorial.org site is ready for you to visit, register, create memorial pages, make comments and upload pictures about those who have died while serving God through YWAM. We hope that it will be very user-friendly. 
I have been deeply moved by what people have already been saying. I think that you will be touched as well as [...]