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Rural Development Project Ayeyarwaddy region in Myanmar

Project Name Rural Development Project Ayeyarwaddy region in Myanmar Project Location Myanmar Project Natures Urban and Rural Development Livelihood Development Peace and Reconciliation Project Objectives Empower the church committee to foster confidence in sustainable development. Enhance the resilience capacity of the project villages. Beneficiaries Community members No. of Beneficiaries 1,560 Key Activities Sustainable Farming: Farming training, exposure trips, community farms. Economics: Income-generating activities (IGA) for women; vocational training. Health: Public health education; medicine support. Spiritual: Church leadership programme; Christian parenting education programme. Others: Anti-human trafficking education; peacebuilding workshop for leaders. Phase End Evaluation Project Period Aug 2024 to Jul 2025 Expenses Approx. HK$78,800 Donate Now PARTNER INFORMATION Partner Name Fullmoon Family Foundation (FMFF) Year of establishment 2004 The

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LETTER FROM CEDAR | APR 2023

Dear Supporters, In all of the previous alleviation work that I did, plenty of the projects were around fundamental medical and hygiene health, for these are the starting points for all alleviation work. However, if I compare it with the importance of education, I would think that education is even more critical to solving the problem of poverty. While the importance of education has been recognised, the implementation remains a challenge, because unlike other health and hygiene projects, it does not have measurable indicators such as the morbidity or mortality rate. As Immanuel Kant said, education is the journey that enlightens reason and understanding, it helps us develop learning abilities and helps us find our place in the

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‘SHARE’ 248 – Learning Brings Hope amid the Gunfire

Written by Ness Ma (Communications Officer) In Hong Kong, it is common to see students carrying school bags and playing with their classmates on the streets before and after class. It seems ordinary, but it is not a must that students can go to school safely without worrying about sudden attacks. In other parts of the world, children may be unable to go to school safely. Since the coup d’état in Myanmar began in February 2021, the country has been engulfed in ongoing conflicts. In January 2023, the UN reported that after two years of coup d’état, over 34,000 civilian buildings, including homes, clinics, schools, and places of worship, have been destroyed in Myanmar. The country has 1.2

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Remittance Affected by the Pandemic

Written by Clara Chiu (Head of Partnership Development) The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly spread worldwide in 2020, prompting various countries to implement measures such as school and work closures and different types of quarantine to control the outbreak. These actions had a significant impact on the global economy. Global remittances have decreased, which reflects the impact of the pandemic. When workers from a country go abroad to work and send back a portion of their earnings in the form of cash or goods to support their families back home, this transfer of money is referred to as worker or immigrant remittances. The pandemic has caused significant unemployment and salary reductions, particularly in the hospitality, tourism, and construction industries, resulting

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‘SHARE’ 248 – Learning Brings Hope amid the Gunfire

In this issue, we will lay out the needs of people under crises in different countries with the perspectives of the 3C’s – ‘Conflict’, ‘COVID’, and ‘Climate’. Myanmar has gone through years of turmoil, and its people have experienced displacement and poverty that wears their hope for the future. In ‘Focus’, we will introduce ‘Children’s Learning Space in Myanmar’, a new project that aims to help children regain hope through learning amid the war. In ‘Learn a Little More’, we will share the difficulties residents of developing countries face when receiving money from overseas relatives during the pandemic. Besides, we hope that everyone will fall in love with the world created by God, as many people suffer from

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Rural Development Project in Thai Myanmar Border, Shan State

Project Name Rural Development Project in Thai Myanmar Border, Shan State Project Location Thailand Myanmar Project Natures Urban and Rural Development Church and Community Mobilisation Livelihood Development Project Objectives Enhance the resilience of the local community to the impacts of climate change by improving their farming and fishing skills and introducing the concept of disaster preparedness. Promote church and community mobilisation by facilitating leaders to be active in rural community development with a holistic approach. Foster collaboration and enhance work standards within the target groups. Beneficiaries Villagers in nine target villages One multi-ethnic-minority church No. of Beneficiaries 1,159 Key Activities Children and Youth Development: Provide scholarships and organise youth camps with training on children’s rights, anti-human trafficking, and

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They are always there

Writer: Ness Ma (Communications officer) With the exacerbating situation of the human tracking issue in Southeast Asia, more and more victims are surfacing, and so are the pictures and videos that show how the traffickers torture the victims. More horrifyingly, there is also a suspecting price list of the victims’ organs. Little can we imagine tragedies like this happening to the people of our city. The issue of human trafficking has always been there. People from developing and poorer regions are being trafficked every day; news like this just goes unnoticed as the media thinks they are not ‘eye-catching’ enough. With this disheartening issue, what can we do as believers? CEDAR is bringing more attention to our anti-human

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‘Share’ 245 – When Human Lives are Sold Online

Editor’s Note: Human trafficking is a deep-rooted crime around the world. It involves pecuniary advantage and exploitation of other people’s lives. It is not easy to rescue the victims of human trafficking, and the road to recovery for the survivors is even more difficult. In this issue of SHARE, we will explain the anti-human trafficking efforts of CEDAR’s partners in different parts of the world. The section ‘Focus’ introduces CEDAR’s new anti-trafficking partner in Thailand. The ‘Learn a Little More’ section talks about the methods used by our partners in India in their fight against human trafficking. In ‘Join Hands Join Hearts’, several child survivors of human trafficking expressed their aspirations using pictures and words. The ‘Back to

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Community-based empowerment for Yangon’s most vulnerable families Second Phase

Project Name Community-based empowerment for Yangon’s most vulnerable families Second Phase Project Location Myanmar Project Natures Livelihood Development Anti-human Trafficking Project Objectives Enhance psychosocial support and interpersonal care by establishing affiliation groups Build up Christian leaders with entrepreneurship capabilities and business skills. Beneficiaries Families living in poverty in the city, including men, women, youth, and children. No. of Beneficiaries 660 Key Activities Vocational and business training: business training and startup fund, skills hub and business group. Psychosocial support through community group formation: children groups, youth groups, men groups, women groups, and family groups. Intensive Transformation Program: discipleship training and business mentorship. Emergency assistance: medical assistance, emergency assistance to vulnerable families and home visit. Project Period Apr 2023 to

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