Gujarat, India

Bhuj Centre of HOPEPrimary School

All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.Galatians 2:10

What happened?Earthquake – 26th

January 2001Over 20,000 deaths,

mostly in the towns of Bhuj, Anjar and Bacchau

50% of people in the affected area migrated to neighbouring states

Background

Primary SchoolDeveloped on an

acre of donated landSeismic proof

constructionGovernment licensed

to teach up to 7th standard

Contains classrooms, library, computer lab and AV room

Centre of HOPE

Needs approx £16k per year

Educates 350 children£5 per month pays for

a child’s education£50 per month pays the

electricity bill

CostsPicture: Typical classroom

FundingMostly support by Edinburgh

and Glasgow ChurchesLast year £11,000 was raised

by Glasgow and EdinburghCurrently £400 a month in

Standing Orders (mostly from Edinburgh)

Fundraising. E.g. Stalls, Carol singing

HOPE worldwide UK keeps the GAD on foreign programmes – due admin costs of supporting these programmes

What can you do?Set up a Standing

Order: £5, £10, £15, £25, £50

Do your own fund raising event

Tag along with someone else’s fund raising event

Make suggestions to the church benevolence working group

If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.Deuteronomy 23:21-23