Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD – From Missions to Congress: Why Advocacy Matters
In this Plenary Session at the 2017 M3 Conference, Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD, Executive Director of Hope Through Healing Hands, discusses the importance of advocacy. She shares how storytelling from the fields of global medical missions to Congressional leaders can influence poverty focused assistance for health and development in low income nations. Further, Dyer will look at the critical interventions for maternal and child health to save lives and enhance sustainability for communities.
Click here for more information on the work of Hope Through Healing Hands.
Conviventia aids victims of mudslide in Columbia
On Saturday, April 1, while many families were asleep in their homes, a giant wall of water, mud and debris from a horrific mudslide devastated the town of Mocoa in southern Colombia. Over 270 people are dead, with 400 injured and over 200 missing. Conviventia is doing what we can to bring urgent emergency relief of food, medicines, blankets, personal care and hygiene products and temporary housing, and hope to these communities as they begin to dig out from this awful tragedy.
While we are initially focused on the day to day emergency assistance needed for these children and families, there will also be needed support to help these families to rebuild their lives and their homes. This project will work with the local organizations and churches to strengthen their capacity to provide ongoing support to their communities. We will also assess what is needed for a second phase intervention to support shelter and reconstruction efforts.
If you feel led to help in any way, please visit:
http:/ / www.conviventia.org
Photos of the devastation in Mocoa, Colombia
CBS News Update
This article from the Conviventia Global Giving website.
Reuters Article on DART
This year at M3 we heard from orthopedist, Dr. Leland Mc Cluskey and Kelly Sites, a nurse, who serve with DART, the Disaster Assistance Response Team with Samaritan’s Purse. Presently there is a field hospital in the plains of Nineveh treating those who are injured from the conflict in Mosul, Iraq. Several M3 Conference attendees have gone to serve with DART in the last month. Here is an article published by Reuters yesterday about the effort to care for those coming to the emergency hospital. Please continue to pray for those being treated and those serving with DART.
A Video Message from Dr. Joy Vonk
Dr. Joy Vonk is a clinician and a clinic manager for Casa El Buen Samaritano, a 501(c) (3) organization that operates a free clinic in southwest Houston providing faith-based healthcare to the low-income and uninsured population of the community. The M3 Conference provides refreshing to volunteers in her clinic and the opportunity to speak to people who have a heart for missions. On a personal level Dr. Vonk gains encouragement at the M3 Conference by hearing the stories and testimonies of missionaries who are veterans and have seen God’s faithfulness over a long-period of time on the mission field. Learn more about Dr. Vonk and our amazing 2017 M3 Conference Speakers or Register for the conference.
Connect with Others. Be inspired. Find your mission.
Dr. Joy Vonk is a clinician and a clinic manager for Casa El Buen Samaritano, a 501(c) (3) organization that operates a free clinic in southwest Houston providing faith-based healthcare to the low-income and uninsured population of the community. The M3 Conference provides refreshing to volunteers in her clinic and the opportunity to speak to people who have a heart for missions. On a personal level Dr. Vonk gains encouragement at the M3 Conference by hearing the stories and testimonies of missionaries who are veterans and have seen God’s faithfulness over a long-period of time on the mission field. Learn more about Dr. Vonk and our amazing 2017 M3 Conference Speakers or Register for the conference.
Connect with Others. Be inspired. Find your mission.