Today, 1.4 billion people are currently living in extreme poverty on £1 a day. Think about it. The figure 1.4 billion, that’s 20 times the population of the UK ... who ARE living every day in extreme poverty. Fact.
Bread & Life Easter Retreat 2013
Bread & Life International are very excited to invite you to join us and Pastor Ricky and Lay Hwa, founders of CareCorner Orphanage Thailand for Easter (29/3 to 1/4). The theme is on missions and you won't want to miss Ricky and Lay Hwa as they share their journey on founding and serving the orphanage. Join us will also by Dr John Collier a seasoned doctor that practices in the mission field and Merrill & Shirley Leung who setup a drug-addict rehab center in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. We hope you can join us and please contact us for further details. We will be having the retreat at hillhouse christian center, Bridgewater, TA52PT. APPLICATION FORM A5
Cambodia 2013
We are very excited to announce that Bread & Life International will be extending our support and ministry into Cambodia this year. We have scheduled 2 teams to minister there in May 16-26 and July 21-29. Our doctors will be working with Operation Hernia as well as general clinics with Crisis Relief Singapore. We will be ministering at a number of orphanages, Hebrons mission hospital and Daughters of Cambodia (a ministry to girls rescued from sex trafficking) . The focus of the trip will be 3 fold. 1. Ministry to the children at the orphanages (including teaching songs, games, English and just loving them), 2. Medical missions and 3. Scopeing opportunities for micro economies to provide sustainable income. More details to follow!
BREAD & LIFE INTERNATIONAL: WINNING LOGO DESIGN
After much deliberation last Saturday over all the many wonderful designs and ideas this was the winning design that was chosen.
The judges (inc. Coco & Mocha!) really liked the simple combination of the bread profile with the heartbeat below giving it an easily recognisable and memorable impression as well.
Over the next few months, we will be developing this further as the charity launches into a REALLY EXCITING 2013!
We hope you like it too. Feel free to leave your thoughts, constructive feedback and comments below.
FINALLY - A MASSIVE THANKYOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR BRILLIANT DESIGNS, LOVE & SUPPORT!! ^-^
Upcoming Trips and Events
Great News!
Lots of things happening. So mark up your calenders. Trips to Timor Leste, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and even a Easter retreat!
Timor Leste
Our partners CRS are going into Timor Leste doing health education and clinics for 27 oct to 1 Nov 2012. Timor is even poorer than Cambodia or Myamnar with a higher child mortality than both the other countries. Do pray for them. Do contact us if you like to be a volunteer from Bread & Life Intl to join our partner in Timor Leste.
Sri Lanka
CRS is also planning a trip to Sri Lanka early next year. If you have a passion for Sri Lanka, don't miss this opportunity to volunteer via Bread & Life Intl.
Easter Retreat 2013
Watch this space. We are planning to bring Pastor Ricky and his wife Lay Wah, founders of Carecorner Orphanage, Captain Merrill Leung and his wife Shirley, an experience Drug rehab center founding member, over to conduct a series of exciting meetings and workshops. If you like to be kept informed of this, please drop us line.
Cambodia July 2013
This is THE mission trip for Bread & Life Intl for 2013. We will be working with Operation Hernia and CRS to bring a team of medics and volunteers to do primary care clinics as well as surgeries. We are very excited about this and the details are still being worked out. The tentative dates are targeted for 1 week starting from 15th July 2013. More details to follow. Again ping us if you would like to be kept abreast of this.
Phew! We will also have lots of fund raising events throughout the year, so stay tuned!