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.
Three weeks in April and May will see YWAM Staff from all over the globe gather together in Uganda for three purposes:
The conference consists of BCW (Basic Communication Workshop), CRIT (Communication, Research and Information Technology) and a StoryTellers trip.
You can read more about the upcoming conference here.
After hearing of an attempted infanticide in a remote village of Papua New Guinea a YWAM Introduction to Primary Health Care School (IPHC) team was able to bring much needed medical care to the very malnourished child. In addition to seeing a physical change in the life of the child the team also saw a spiritual change in the village as the villager’s began to see the value of the life of any child, no matter how it comes into the world.
You can read the full story here.
