Help Protect Northern Thailand’s Ethnic Minorities from Human Trafficking

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[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2015 ] STEP INTO THE WORLD

“One day, a staff of ours saw a group of bewildered-looking Lahu girls loitering at the bus stop,” Pastor Prasang, head of Thai-Lahu Foundation (TLF), CEDAR’s partner, told us, “so the staff stopped a woman who appeared to be the contact person and asked where the girls were heading. The woman only knew that she was supposed to take them to an unknown destination, and she did not know what they were taken there for.”

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Show Love to the Forgotten Ones

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[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2015 ] JOIN HANDS JOIN HEARTS

Development of children in China has improved significantly as the economy soars, and many UN Millennium Development Goals are reached before the target dates. However, urban-rural and east-west inequality and disparity are still huge, which means it is harder for some children in the western or rural areas to get proper education and hygiene services. The Lisu hill tribe children living along the mountainous border of Yunnan are an example.

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Slavery and Trafficking Next Door – Interviewing Harmony Baptist Church

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[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2015 ] TAKING ACTION

Interviewer >Jojo Poon

Many think that modern slavery and human trafficking happen only in third world countries. However, if you look beyond your closest circles, you might realise that these issues are just at your doorsteps.

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Dots and Lines without Walls

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[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2015 ] FOCUS ~ EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

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Written by> Tiffany Lam

As a child, did you play “Connect the Dots”? Initially there are only dots and numbers, but as dots are connected according to its numeric sequence a picture surfaces. Without the numbers, how can one see clearly the connection between the dots? Interpersonal relationships are like dots without numbers – they seem to be unconnected but if we are willing to link them up, a wonderful picture will form.

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Women in Nepal Can Have Self-confidence and Dignity

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[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2015 ] STEP INTO THE WORLD

The Nepalese culture is strongly influenced by male superiority and caste system values. Local women, especially those in rural districts, are rarely involved in social events or decision making processes. Not only are they unable to express their views, they are also unfairly treated and bounded by various social restrictions.

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Children Ministry in South India

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[ ‘SHARE’ Jan-Feb 2015 ] JOIN HANDS  JOIN HEARTS

Viji Keren has joined the children ministry of CEDAR’s partner, Christian Missions Charitable Trust (CMCT), for ten years and CEDAR’s staffs have been keeping close contact with Viji regarding the children in India. Today we get to know this frontline worker better through her sharing.

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