[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2017 ] JOIN HANDS JOIN HEARTS
Traditionally, our impression towards children ministry might involve sponsoring a child or orphan in their daily expenses or education, but did you know that we could now combine children ministry with community resettlement and agricultural development?
[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2017 ] TAKING ACTION
Interviewer and Editor: Tsun Wan Yan
In Hong Kong, we would often hear someone tell a person to “Go back to farming at your ranch” to tease one’s lack of wit. Now people don’t need to farm at a ranch, nor are they foolish to be a farmer. We found a perfect example of that in Wu Ying Luen, Hand—a young, humorous, and radiating farmer—from the Society for Indigenous Learning (SoIL) in Hong Kong, who differs greatly from our traditional image of a farmer.
Continue reading A Passion for Farming—An Interview with Hand the Farmer
[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2017 ] FOCUS ~ URBAN POVERTY
Interviewing and editing: Canace Chiu & Tsun Wan Yan
The rapid economic growth of India did not significantly reduce its population living in poverty. Although halved from the 90’s, the number of poor people living in India still reaches 600 million, with 300 to 400 million of them living under extreme poverty. The country is not spared from the plethora of social problems experienced by other developing countries, such as a large income gap and rural-urban migration. CEDAR hopes to share with you the stories that took place in the lesser known areas of India, and we wish you could remember the suffering people and God’s servants in your prayers in this New Year season.
[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2017 ] BACK TO THE BIBLE
Author: Dr. Chan Nim Chung (CEDAR Board Member)
A common response to Jesus’ words in Matthew 26:11 that we often hear is that, “Why should we prioritize helping the poor over evangelizing?” Such argument has dwindled in recent years (people might just have been too embarrassed to talk about it publicly) until Rick Perry, one of the 2016 US president candidates, Texas’ former head of state, and a conservative Christian, definitively reciprocated the exact thoughts while being interviewed by the Washington Post about the large income gap in Texas. Today we are going to take a closer look into some possible explanations of this verse.
Continue reading The Poor You Will Always Have with You, But…
[ “SHARE” Jan-Feb 2017 ] JOIN HANDS JOIN HEARTS
Children are the hope of our society, and most parents would stop at nothing to provide the best for their growth. However, life is different for the children born in the slums who struggle to obtain necessities daily, consequently giving them more obstacles to a bright future.
Continue reading Rekindling the Hope of Poor Suburb Children
[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2017 ] TAKING ACTION
Interviewing & Editing: Tsun Wan Yan
The acts of distributing necessities and visiting elder homes are still the dominant means of social involvement for some of the churches and Christian groups in Hong Kong. Mr. Mok Hing Luen (Sir Mok), a veteran in the field of Hong Kong’s social involvement and social work education, thinks that there are much more we could do to our society.
Continue reading Living with the Poor—An Interview with Sir Mok
