By Cindy Corell, Companionship Facilitator, Haiti It would be a challenge for all of us. For me, the delegation from the Presbytery of the James would be the first group visiting the Joining Hands network in Haiti. For the delegation, it would be a “mission trip” unlike any they’d heard of or participated in. We… Read more »
January 12, 2015
Haiti Partnership: Mission Beyond Doing, Fixing, and Filling
By Cindy Corell, Companionship Facilitator, Haiti It would be a challenge for all of us. For me, the delegation from the Presbytery of the James would be the first group visiting the Joining Hands network in Haiti. For the delegation, it would be a “mission trip” unlike any they’d heard of or participated in. We… Read more »
By Joseph Johnson Presbyterian Self-Development of People continues to be active in New Orleans through its partnerships with A Community Voice and Voice of the Ex-Offender. We collaborate with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Presbyterian Hunger Program to partner with New Orleans and Delta Wetlands community groups. Self-Development of People is partnering with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and the… 
By Ibond Rupas A’nzam, POM, JH Democratic Republic of Congo A miner transporting bags of raw cobalt in an artisanal mining site near Lumumbashi, DRC. Photo credit: Valery Nodem The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has important mining resources. Historically, the mining sector has been the driver of the national economy. Adopting a Mining Code… 
By Michel Danleu and Patrick Momba, with translation by Jaff Napoleon Bamenjo, Coordinator, RELUFA, JH Cameroon Caption: Woman working a family farm in Njombe, Cameroon. Photo courtesy of RELUFA Nearly 850 million people around the world suffer from malnutrition; Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region hardest hit. In Cameroon, nearly three million people, or 15% of… 
By Rev. Don Shaw, Joining Hands Partnership Presbytery of Cascades Chenoa Stock, our Joining Hands facilitator in Bolivia, met us at the world’s highest international airport, located up 13,325 feet on the altiplano in El Alto, Bolivia. El Alto is the nation’s second largest city, claiming more than 1,000,000 people, although just 20 years ago there… 
By Conrado Olivera, Red Uniendo Manos Perú, Joining Hands Peru CEDEPAS worker Crisanto and community member Feliza explain how they produce organic compost using natural and accessible materials to the region. Photo courtesy of Jed Koball. Without a doubt, climate change is generating growing risks for the security of families from the high Andes of… 
By CG Jacob, CHETHANA, Joining Hands India The relationship between food security and food production is a complex one, but food security is mainly a political problem. Food security requires that all people have physical, social and economic access to sufficient supply of diverse, safe and nutritious food throughout the year which satisfies their dietary needs… 
Jaff Napoleon Bamenjo and Ngalim Yongabi Bernard, RELUFA, JH Cameroon Palm oil plantation in the south west region of Cameroon. Photo courtesy of RELUFA Land grabbing is a contemporary political problem in Cameroon with various interests – agro-industries, infrastructure development, mining, on-shore oil exploration and timber industries – competing for land. But one project has… 
New Bolivian Mining and Metallurgy Law Highlights Conflict Between Constitutional Rights and Economic Development By Elizabeth López, Volunteer, UMAVIDA, Joining Hands Bolivia Members of indigenous and social organizations carry out a sit-in around the Plaza Murillo, outside of the government headquarters, demanding the repeal of the new Mining and Metallurgy Law. May, 2014. Photo courtesy… 
Hudson River Presbytery Approves Resolution to Officially Oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) By Rev. Pamela Lupfer, Hudson River Presbytery Members of a coalition of labor, faith, environmental and community groups protest the Trans Pacific Partnership at a press conference in White Plains, New York. Photo courtesy of Wanda Van Woert. At its July 2014…