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LET US BUILD A HOUSE

LET US BUILD A HOUSE. Presbytery Conveners Challenge 2015-2018.

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LET US BUILD A HOUSE

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  1. LET US BUILD A HOUSE Presbytery Conveners Challenge 2015-2018

  2. Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live,a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace;here the love of Christ shall end divisions:All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

  3. 25th April 2015 • A devastating earthquake in Nepal • More than 9,000 people dead • More than 23,000 injured • Every person in the area traumatised. • All of this happened in just 45 seconds!!

  4. Phase one – emergency aidApril – September 2015

  5. Women’s Groups distribute seeds and tools

  6. General Assembly Deliverance • Instruct the Council to develop resources that will encourage congregations to commit their support to a three year initiative for the long rebuilding of communities.

  7. Basic toolkits distributed

  8. Sumitra

  9. Rehabilitation & Reconstruction • UMN will work with community in Dhading • Train stone masons to build earth quake resilient housing • Begin building after the monsoon season • Working with 7,220 households, UMN will focus particularly on the “poorest people” in Dhading include: People with Disability; single women; children; adolescents and Dalits.

  10. Amika

  11. Rehabilitation & Reconstruction • Each new house will cost around £500 • UMN will also focus on the community around the house • Repairing and rebuilding community buildings such as schools, churches etc • Ensuring paths and footbridges are reconstructed. • Replanting of trees

  12. Harka

  13. Kumar

  14. Presbytery Conveners Challenge • Yr 1 – Raise money to build houses • Yr 2 – Keep congregations informed of building progress • Yr 3 – Visit Nepal to see UMN work and to meet some of the recipients of the houses.

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