Overseas

Our Mission Partner Alf Cooper pastors 'La Trinidad', a large Anglican church in Santiago, Chile.

Mission Partners and long standing members of St Andrew's, Kevin is a translation and linguistics consultant in Niger, mentoring two translation teams working with Manga Kanuri. Sue is the National Director of MissionAssist (formerly Wycliffe Associate UK).

Jane has been the Primary Education Project Co-ordinator for the Diocese of Hyderabad since September 1997. “My work is essentially about empowerment”, says Jane, “giving people an opportunity to discover new skills so that they can become agents of change in their communities, bringing education to the next generation. Christians learn more about their faith and how they can be salt and light in their communities. Those of other faiths experience the love and mercy of God, pointing them to Jesus, who came to serve all humanity”. The challenges are great: many villages in rural Sindh do not have a primary school and the literacy rate is therefore one of the lowest in the country. Education is especially difficult for girls. Most of them work in the home or in the fields and it is considered unsafe for them to travel any distance to attend school. Christians and Hindus as minority communities, face discrimination and work for Muslim landlords as bonded labourers.
Hyderabad Diocese began to address these problems in two ways: firstly, by creating hostels, which enable Christian children from a Hindu background to live in a safe and secure place, receive quality education, develop life skills and grow spiritually. Secondly, through the development of Village LEAP (Literacy and Education Awareness Programme), 100 village schools have been opened around 5 Core Training Centre Schools in 5 main areas of the diocese. (Hyderabad/South Sindh, Tando Allahyar, khwaja Goth and Khipro). A team of 5 co-ordinators, 10 trainers and 25 facilitators, provide initial teacher training, build relationships with local communities and oversee the development of these schools that serve all faith communities. In the next 5 years, the focus will be on long-term sustainability: strengthening the links between the schools, hostels and local church, providing in-service training and accessing wider support through other organizations and government initiatives. Jane can be contacted at janejerrard@hotmail.com To view Jane's latest CMS Link letter click here.

Sent out from St Andrews over 25 years ago Mark & Kathy Knight and their family serve the ministry of OM Ships in Carlisle and in International Outreach.

Mike & Elsie have been Global Mission Partners for St Andrews for many years operating around the world currently acting as advisor to the leader of the work of OM (Operation Mobilisation) in China and heading up an innovative approach to mission – Business for Transformation.

Jos has been a member of St Andrews for many years and works with Rehema Self Help Group in Kisumu, Kenya helping set up business enterprises, she is involved with the Noble Charity & Kisumu Children’s Home, focusing on helping the elderly and children without family and support. 

Barry and Gill are members of St Andrews and Home Group Leaders. They run a registered charity called AFIRM which is the sole-provider for a project in India providing housing, education, food & clothing for orphans and widows. There is also a school, medical centre and Baby Unit providing care for unwanted baby girls. The project is supported by their home group, members of St Andrews and the Friendship Club. (www.afirm-india.org)

Working with Lungisani Indlela in Durban helping children and families in crisis.

Tiffany is a recent mission partner and long term member of St Andrew’s now working with JENGA, a Christian community development organisation in Mbale, Uganda. The charity has a wide range of ministries in Mbale (eg women’s ministry, Bible clubs, HIV work, health, water, literacy, Alpha, youth work, men’s ministry, education) where it works through the local churches, particularly in a number of socially deprived areas of this major town.

Sue & Terry are members of St Andrew’s and run a charity in Romania with a vision to relieve hardship for children and families, primarily through 'Casa Ioana' children's home. K.I.D.S in Romania.