Projects to be supported
Each year World Day of Prayer offerings throughout the world go to projects chosen by the National Committees. World Day of Prayer Aotearoa New Zealand worked with the following organisations when selecting projects: Christian World Service, the Bible Society and the Interchurch Council for
Hospital Chaplaincy.
Christian World Service
Christian World Service – “Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices and Livelihood Initiative For Women In Plateau State.”
An ACT Alliance Project
The project is part of Christian Aid Nigeria and teaches women climate-smart agriculture, e.g., how to make your own herbicide through “waste to wealth” instead of throwing out the ashes from cooking fires, gather them up and make them into charcoal briquettes. You keep what you need yourself and sell the rest. In this way, one woman can provide the money for her children’s education.
The climate-smart agricultural teaching project goes beyond farming. It is a movement for women among women that brings to the whole of society “grow a future, grow hope, and grow peace.”
Hospital Chaplaincy Aotearoa
Hospital Chaplaincy Aotearoa works in partnership with healthcare providers and churches to care for patients, whānau and staff no matter who they are, what they believe, or where they come from.
More than 90 Chaplains and approximately 160 Voluntary Chaplains Assistants provide spiritual and pastoral care in over 36 hospitals around the country. With more than 50 years of experience, providing compassionate care to people as they face some of the toughest times in their lives, chaplains are available for all patients, their families or whānau and members of staff, for people of all faiths and none.
- to offer time to listen
- to encourage
- to support
- to help in looking at life issues
- for prayer
- for sacramental ministry
- for blessings
The Bible Society
Macedonian Call Project
The Macedonian Call Project is a project run by the Bible Society of Nigeria which is aimed at ameliorating the traumatic experiences and dire living condition of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) who are victims of Boko Haram attacks in the North-Eastern part of the Nigeria and Fulani herdsman in the Northwestern and North central parts of Nigeria. Most of these victims are women, children and young people who have had their future truncated by these unfortunate events. The programme provides relief materials such as food items, toiletries, clothing and Bibles to these victims in various IDP camps in the country. These IDPs are without food, shelter, clothing, medicare and other basic amenities; they are terribly traumatized. Life has been unbearable for them and because of this, they are in urgent need of relief materials and the Bible.
