ECHO Agricultural Conference

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 (researcher and advocate of SRI rice production worldwide), Salinee Tavarana (director of the Border Green Energy Teamthat provides hands-on appropriate technology training and financial support to village innovators in ethnic minority areas on both sides of the Thai/Burma border) as well as Jon Jandai and Peggy Reents (founders of Pun Pun, organic farm,

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Training - Addictive behavior and Impact upon Development Stages

Developmental Cycles / Stages

Birth - One Year Bonging Stage (The Power of Being)

Developmental Tasks:
*To form a strong bond with another human being.
*To be taken care of.
*To build the foundations of a self, an identity.
*To accept touch.
*To accept nurture.
*To be sensual.

The self is formed by reflection off another human being. One can't develop self alone. The baby can establish a basic sense of trust in self and others, a sense that the world is a safe place. From the bonded position the infant can proceed with the task of separating, individuating and becoming an independent and autonomous person.

Core Questions:
Can I be safe? This is a trust issue.
Can I be me ? This is an identity issue.
Can I be accepted? This is an attachment issue.

Needs:
1) to be provided with a calm, predictable, consistent and loving environment.
2) eye contact
3) meaningful, loving touch
4) verbal communication with loving intonation and playful intonation

Affirmations for being:
*I'm glad you're here.
*Your needs are OK with me.
*I'm glad you're a boy or a girl.
*You don't have to hurry.
*I like to hold you.
* You can have all your feelings.
*I love you and care for you willingly.

IMPACT OF ADDICTION or being reared in a dysfunctional family
*Alcoholism causes personality changes which result in parents not being predictable.
*Infants have difficulty being calm and anticipating their needs will be met.
*Unpredictable responses to needs: a loving response / no response / an angry, rejecting response, or worse.
*Infant has a defense against pain if negative responses, may learn to split off awareness of needs and feelings, stop taking initiative to meet his needs, wait passively for any caretaking . Later on this becomes "Don't feel" "Don't be selfish"
*Difficulty trusting
*May later not believe the world is a safe place or that relationships can be reliable. Predictability is not rigidity.

Predictability for infants means that when they cry, they will be comforted.

Consistency is also not rigidity. Consistency means that there are limits that nurturing falls within and that it always falls within these limits.

Calm is not the absence of stimulation. Calm is stimulation which the child can absorb, stimulation that does not overpower the child and frighten him or her.

*Conrad Lorenz - Nobel prize for research on bonding - with geese
*Tom Brewster - Bonding and the Missionary Task

Nine To 18 Months The Power Of Doing

Developmental Tasks:
*To explore the environment without having to think about it.
*Develop sensory awareness by doing.
*Continues forming secure attachments with parents.
*Gets help in times of stress.
*Develops initiative.

Read On...

Source: http://www.darvsmith.com/dox/developmentalissues.html

 

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YWAM Cambodia impacting lives

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 Birth Attendants (TBA) training session in Stung Treng in 2007 – the TBA’s from 40 villages were asked, “How many mothers or babies died in their villages in the first six months of 2007” ?  After animated discussion, they reported, “None! “

Steve Goode

See the website of UNICEF -
http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/Cambodia_2003_012_TBA_Programme.pdf

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"Crawl Across The Floor!"

 

by John Bills

I was led down a rugged pathway by our friend Ana and her outreach team in Ethiopia.  

It was hot and I was tired by the time we were ushered into a small 8’ by 8’ room where we were greeted by two men.  One of these men was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of AIDS.  The other was a young man who was blind in one eye because of a cyst that had developed also from having AIDS.  The younger man was caring for the other man any way he could. We listened to their painful story of rejection and suffering.  Recently the older one had been hospitalized, and his sister had found out he had AIDS. Consequently she rejected him and he was told never to contact her again.  

This man had invited his priest on three different occasions to come and pray with him, each time an excuse had been made.  He told us that all he wanted was someone to pray for him. Upon hearing this, the Spirit of God spoke to me and said that I was to pray over his life.  

As I began to stand and walk over to him, I felt impressed instead, to crawl across the floor.  It didn’t make much sense to me, but I know it is better to obey than not. So, on my hands and knees, I crawled across the filthy floor to where he was lying in his bed.  When I reached him, I laid my hands on him and began to pray.  During that prayer, he welled up with tears and began to say, “I am a broken man, I am a broken man.”  And with this, he turned his head to the wall.   I then held him in my arms and gently comforted him saying that Jesus came to heal the broken hearted and bind up all of their wounds.  

By then I needed to go outside for a good cry.   My translator came out to explain to me why the man was weeping so much. This man had not been shown any form of acceptance by anyone other than his one friend.  The man said that although his priest had not come and pray for him, God had sent someone from as far away as America to love him and pray for him. I was also told that culturally, to crawl on the floor, to someone standing or seated is showing tremendous respect and honor to them.  I then understood why God had impressed upon me to crawl to this man.  God will go to great depths to reveal His heart for those who are broken.  

 

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The Forgotten Killer

 

Poor water, sanitation and hygiene is the world's forgotten issue. It is the second biggest killer of children, taking the lives of 5,000 across the globe each day. At any given time, almost half the populations of the developing world suffer from diseases associated with inadequate water and sanitation. One in every two girls who drop out of primary school in Africa do so because they must walk long distances to collect drinking water or because the school has no toilet. Across the world, a lack of sanitation leaves girls vulnerable to attack, sexual assault and HIV transmission. It is predicted that the UN will miss by decades its 2015 target to halve the proportion of people without access to these basic necessities. [TEARFUND]

 

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Christian Aid goodwill ambassador 'humbled' by award

Summary:
The Rev Canon Gideon B Byamugisha says he is overwhelmed, excited and humbled to have been named as this year's recipient of the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize  - the Nobel Peace Prize of the faith community.

Click here to read the full article: Christian Aid goodwill ambassador humbled by award

Source: Christian Today 

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YWAM Child Protection Policy revised

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.

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Haiti Earthquake Response

Message from Hope Force International:

"Please join us in praying for the people of Haiti,one of the poorest nations on earth. By now, most of us are aware of the powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the island nation of Haiti at approximately 4:00 PM CST Tuesday afternoon. The devastation has been overwhelming, and the suffering beyond comprehension. The fullness of the death toll and destruction is still yet to be determined, but is undoubtedly on a scale unlike anything this impoverished nation has endured in recent history."

The following agencies are helping in the relief effort in Haiti following the devastation of the earthquake:
Mercy Works
YWAM-Haiti
Hope Force Internaitonal
Rescuenet 

Donations

You can give online to YWAM's contribution to the relief effort in Haiti at: Haiti Relief Donations

 

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St. Ameria Orphanage - Aids, Poverty and providing hope

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 to care for two brothers and a sister.  As a young adult now, he has worked hard to care for his siblings to give them food, clothing and an education.  He now works in another orphanage of 200 orphans.  He wants them to receive what he did.  He is a young man who displays a humility and dependency on Jesus in every area of his life and those he cares for. 

As I walked onto the property of the St. Ameria orphanage, I was greeted with squeals of excitement, not only from the children, but also the staff.  Edith especially came running up to me yelling and laughing as she gave me the biggest hug.  It was one of those emotional moments where tears are way out of control.

I stood in amazement of all of the construction work that they have done on the orphanage since I was there last year.  I have had the privilege of seeing money raised for the much needed building additions  for the children in this orphanage.   Edith was so proud to show me the work that has been done on the orphanage.  They took me from room to room to show me the new improvements.  What I saw was amazing.

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Welcome to the Trash

Last year, my friends and I were travelling to the capital city of Addis Ababa after our outreach to the Karo people in the south of Ethiopia.The drive north had taken three days and we were finally back in an urban setting.As we drove into the city, we noticed on the left-hand side of the road a huge garbage dump shrouded by the fumes of smouldering fires.An unbearable smell assaulted us and between the dark smoke clouds we saw a group of children and young people sitting on the garbage.

We questioned our driver, wanting to know if children really worked or lived over there.We were shocked that he told us...

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