Recent grants have been given from the Church of the Brethren’s
Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) to a partnership project with the
Shepherd Society of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine, and to an
agriculture project of ECHO, Inc., in the Dominican Republic.
An allocation of $10,000 has been given for a partnership with the
Shepherd Society of Bethlehem Bible College, a non-profit organization
that was visited recently by Church of the Brethren staff and Mission
and Ministry Board members. The Shepherd Society makes contacts with
NGOs and municipal organizations seeking to identify short-term jobs for
unemployed Palestinian workers. Its micro-projects program provides
loans to help families start their own small businesses or develop
already-established businesses. The grant provides assistance for job
creation and micro-projects. It is given in coordination with a grant
from the Emergency Disaster Fund (see related report from the EDF).
An allocation of $4,400 has been given to ECHO Inc. for scholarships
for participants attending ECHO’s Caribbean-wide agricultural conference
in Santo Domingo, D.R., in October. The Conference will provide a
network and training opportunity for those involved in alleviating
hunger and poverty in the Caribbean Region. This conference will be
offered in Spanish, Haitian Creole and English. Registration for the
conference costs $220 per person; the grant will provide scholarships
for 20 participants. ECHO is assuring the Church of the Brethren up to
five scholarships to be used for Brethren coming from Haiti and the
Dominican Republic. The balance of the scholarships will be awarded to
other participants by ECHO staff, based on financial need.
For more about the Global Food Crisis Fund go to www.brethren.org/gfcf.
Source: 6/28/2013 Newsline
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