The Hakani Project aims to bring awareness and change in regards to the practice of infanticide among the indigenous Amazon Indian tribes in Brazil. Recent controversy has been raised by a non-government group based out of London who believe that the Hakani Project, and the film produced by them, exaggerates the problem of intanticide among the tribal communities in Brazil.
You can read more about the debate here.
YWAM – Reef to Outback in Mt. Isa, Australia is working with local organisations in the North West Queensland town to put on the annual event corresponding with National Youth Week 2009. The events organised include movie nights, parties, a skate and bike competition as well as various art, music, skate and bike workshops.
The event is expected to get about 2000 young people involved.
You can read more about the event here.
In collaboration with the church of ASU World Ministry Tanzania, YWAM has helped to build two water tank projects in the Mvomero district, Morogoro Region of Tanzania. YWAM and the church decided to take up the project after possible embezzlement of money allocated for the projects in the region.
The water tank projects are now the only water supply point in the area.
You can read more of the story here.
Eleven nations from around the globe recently joined together for YWAM’s One Voice worship event. This event had a uniquely Latin feel with a large representation of YWAM bases from Latin America joining in on the event. The One Voice worship events started in 2003 and use GENESIS (Video Conferencing) to bring the nations together to worship God.
You can find out more about the event and future events here.
