Annual Report Imagzne what it would be like to be a part of something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our community, our lives. Imagzne being able to make the world a better place, even if for just one, by giving hope to those that are hopeless, to help provide an income for those who' previously had none, to give training and education when there was no other opportunity. Imagine what it would be like to empower people who are oppressed, to give a voice to the voiceless, to feed those who are starving to death, to support & provide for orphans.. Imagzne what it would be like if everyone stretched out their hand and gave just a little of what they had. Imagzne what it would be like. Imagine if you could be a part of that.. . .

You are.

Thank you.

YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER 2003.

Gospel Booklets

The plan was simple. Write two gospel

booklets - one for adults and one for

children. Systematically try to take these to every home in the world.

Now, 58 years later, 2 billion gospel booklets

have been distributed and 30 million

responses "requesting more information"

have been received.

A reply card is enclosed in every gospel

booklet and that's how we know there have

been 30 million responses. This has been a

co-operative effort with Every Home for

Christ organizations worldwide. Every Home for Christ continues to

distribute gospel booklets home-to-home.

person-to-person.

The Goals The goals and purposes of Every Home for Christ are to put a Gospel Booklet in every

home in the world and to help those without

an education to have a basic primary and high school education or at least be able to

read and write so that they will have a

"beginning" to change their poverty-stric.ken

lives. Vocational Training and Relief Assistance are also made available through Every Home for Christ overseas. The gospel literature and the training programmes are open to all people, irrespective of their religion, race, caste, gender or colour -

everybody!

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Famine and Food Security What an amazing year! We have finished our first 1-year project in Malawi and have begun our second project, which will last for 3 years.

In 2002 a disastrous famine hit Malawi and Every Home for Christ sent funds for emergency aid. From this point, a food security project was put into place so that, if famine hit again, the people would be more self-sustaining. In close partnership with the Every Home for Christ African directors a project was developed that would train the local village people to farm using modem farming techniques and irrigation methods. Ploughs, hoes, seed (maize and groundnuts), fertilizers and treadle pumps were made available to the selected farmers. These selected farmers were trained on demonstration plots then went back to their own village and plot of land to farm and to train others. 1,500 farmers were selected from 75 villages, however 2,353 farmers turned up for the fortnightly training! This training began in September 2002 and concluded in August 2003 and covered a variety of things relating to agriculture and also included nutrition and budgeting.

There was a severe and unexpected drought in January/February which set back many farmers, but some of the men and women trained in agriculture and nutrition produced enough to feed themselves and their families and gained an income by selling the produce at the markets. In some villages the women used the income to provide for the orphans and widows in their village. The farmers themselves came up with the idea of seed and food banks - a

; portion of seed and food being stored in case there is another famine. The Malawi Agricultural Department was so impressed with one of the farms that they decided to hold the National Agricultural Day on this piece of land!

As a result of this project the communities are aware of the root causes of their poverty and what they need to do - essential for long-term food security. A highlight of this project was the "ownership" by local communities and their increase in confidence. They are better equipped now to improve their food security long-term, which couldn't have been possible withpit your generosity.

i' Medical Clinic In Tbgo, West Africa, a medical clinic is being built.

The buildings, as pictured above, have not yet been completed and additional funding is needed.

Every Home for Christ workers travel to villages throughout ?bgo. They are trained in primary health care and carry medical kits. During their home-to- home visits they talk to men and women about vaccinating their children, following rules of hygiene, family planning options and the importance of pregnant women taking medical advice. They also give simple first aid to sick men, women and children, sending any serious cases to the nearest medical center.

Funding for this work is provided by Every Home for Christ supporters.

Child Sponsorship Without the chance of an education, life's opportunities remain extremely limited. Often children are forced to live in a way they would never choose, so they can merely survive. This is especially true in developing countries.

In BangZadesh Every Home for Christ provides funding for four schools, where 1000 children from poor families are given a free education, and school materials. They are provided with uniforms, immunization, medical help when it is needed and a hot lunch of rice and vegetables, chicken, egg or fish. When Christmas comes the children are given new clothes.

Tklvmlgk ELvl=al~ueJ .CLbikken k Home J d b , oAq?h.m ~~hdd- r e~ are cared for and sent to school. With many children in the orphanage, a chicken farm was built which produces eggs and chickens to help support the children. Every Home for Christ has committed to sponsoring 30 children, however there are many more that need assistance and care. Also, funds are sent for a primary school in India.

In Nepal children are often subject to crimes of humanity, with 500,000 children under the age of 14 used for child labour. Every Home for Christ supports 64 children and their families in Nepal. Through the regular giving of sponsors the children can receive an education through a local school and the basic needs of their families can be met.

Nelson Mandella has said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change (poverty in) the world." 7% develop a nation you must start with the individual. It is of great importance that people learn how to read, as it is the building block to development.

None of this would be possible without the generosity of the children's sponsors.

Vocational Training 8 h h g to us may be a hobby, something we do in our spare time. ?b people in Bangladesh it can be their only hope of an income.

Often women in Bangladesh are seen as 'nothing', they are "only women1'. At Every Home for Christ we believe women are important and deserve the chance to work and help provide #for their families. Many women in Bangladesh are excited by the opportunity of a sewing class, many walking 5km to attend the classes.

Since April 2001 Every Home for Christ in Bangladesh has run vocational training programs in selected villages. Here 537 women have been trained in machine and hand sewing. On completion &the training the women are given the opportunity to own their own sewing machine to help them start their own business. Through this project, many women have started sewing businesses from their homes while others have gained employment in garment factories or tailoring shops.

This year 200 women were trained in sewing.

What a privilege it is to be able to report that women's lives are being improved through your gifts!

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Vocational Training Chiclcen fanning is a livelihood for many people. Through the Every Home for Christ vocational training projects in Bangladesh, many men and women have commenced their own chicken farms and some have found work in commercial farms. These are people that were otherwise unemployed and perhaps had little or no prospect of earning an income. 809 women and men have been trained in chicken - farming skills since April 2001. This year 270 have been trained, 63% being women.

Part of this training includes health/hygiene/family planning classes. Due to the health programs families are taking better care of their children, they are keeping their environment clean, have built and are using latrines, have learnt to recognize and prevent simple diseases, have learnt basic first aid measures and have a greater understanding of birth control measures.

On completion of the chicken farm training the trainees receive chickens to assist them in starting their own chicken farms. An income can be generated from this, as chickens and also their eggs are sold. Those who cannot afford to build a chicken farm keep the chickens they were given at their home and "work" from there.

Picture below is someone who started his own chicken farm at home.

Rickshaws as pictured below carry people. Vans as pictured below on the next page carry goods and heavy loads.

In Bangladesh 1 in 5 people depend on the rickshaw/van business to make a living. The tragedy is that poor people cannot afford to buy rickshaws and vans, so Every Home for Christ and AusAID have jointly hnded the purchase of rickshaws and vans as a community development project.

Being a rickshaw/van puller is probably one of the world's most physically demanding jobs and yet a rickshaw/van puller only gets about $3 a day. If they don't own a rickshaw/van they hire one and are exploited by having to pay 50% of their earnings to the landlord, and in this way they have no hope of receiving adequate money to live on. Although they work hard, they are trapped in a vicious bondage of poverty, like slave labour for the rickshaw/van landlords.

60 people received a rickshaw or a van in the last year through Every Home for Christ, enabling them to have their own business and now they keep all the money they earn. As a result, many have moved out of the slum areas and are educating their children, with some earning sufficient money to build their own house.

All told, 180 people have received a rickshaw or a van.

In 1993 and 1994, some 10 years ago, Every Home for Christ purchased 2 boats to work on the Amazon River in Brazil, delivering food, clothing, medicine and gospel booklets to many of the millions of people who live along the Amazon.

In the last year this work has continued to be carried out and Every Home for Christ made funds available to help.

The Amazon River is among the world's wonders, 6,240 kilometres (3,900 miles) long and, 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) from its mouth, the river is 11 kilometres (7 miles) wide. I

The basin drained by the Amazon River and its more than 1,000 tributaries is the last great wooded wilderness of its kind on earth, and deep in its unexplored jungles live primitive, indigenous people.

The Every Home for Christ boats have done 10 years of heavy work. Regular maintenance has been carried out and, while the boats continue to be used, they now need to be replaced.

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Workers Sponsorship In Bangladesh, India and Nepal 138 Every home for Christ evangelists and workers are being sponsored through the Every Home for Christ Sponsorship Program. Regular sponsorship funds are also sent to Jose Seisdedos in Spain, Jacob Damkani in Israel, Evan and Maala Thomas in Israel, and workers in China.

Australia EHC Involvement Overseas

Australian Government

AusAID

Through AusAID, the Australian Government gave $100,000 towards the cost of Vocational naining/Health and Rickshaw Projects in Bangladesh and Food Security in Malawi. We are grateful to the Australian Government for this generous contribution.

Every Home for Christ is a signatory to the Australian Council for Overseas Aid Code of Conduct, representing our commitment to A FOA ethical standards in governance, financial management and public accountability. Copies of the Code of Conduct are available from ACFOA, Private bag 3, Deakin ACT 2600. M ~nteg&y-valuer

Tklephone: (02) 6285 1816 Fax: (02) 6285 1720 accountability - E v ~ Home for C h h t / Formerly World Literature Crusade

Australia PO. Box 168 Penhurst N.S.W 2222 Telephone (02) 9570 8211 Fax (02) 9570 4748 - 6 1 1 - 1 f l 7 1 , rsr 1 'I 1 I I I I .....-A --.--- C L.-:-L ---- A X T ~ -.-.-.---: --&/-L-

Board of Directors

1 Robert McConaghy - Chairman Co-Manager and Company Director of McConaghy Holdings Group of Companies, Chairman of the Board of Kenmore Baptist Church, Brisbane.

2 John Spinella - Vice Chairman Graduate, Southern Cross Bible College, Ordained Assemblies of God Minister, Senior Pastor at Northside Christian Center, Bundoora, Melbourne where he has had a ministry for 17 years, and District Leader of AOG City North District.

3 Eric Leach - Executive Director Graduate, Bible College of Queensland, Ordained Minister of Every Home for Christ, 18 years experience with youth for Christ (Board and Staff) and 28 years experience with Every Home for Christ (Board and StaQ.

4 Samuel Heyburn - Director 37 years experience in Brisbane and Australia Youth for Christ (Board and StaQ. Formerly a business proprietor.

Staff

5 Robyn Peebles - Director Founding Pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Director of "Kingdom Living Ministries Ltdn and working with Youth With a MissionVAM).

6 Michael Rainer - Director Executive manager, Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors, experienced business proprietor in national customs.

7 Rex Swavley - Director Minister of the Macquarie Presbyterian Church, Eastwood, Sydney.

8 Raymond Tinker - Director Executive Manager, business proprietor. Formerly an Anglican Church Warden and Baptist Church Deacon.

9 Alexander Thomas - Director Minister of the Panania Uniting Church, with a wide experience in India and Malaysia.

1 Eric Leach - Executive Director 2 Lorraine Leach - Secretary 3 Wendy Kimberley - Finance Secretary 4 Mei Lan Loh - Book-keeper 5 Katherine Franks - Overseas Projects Manager 6 Adarsh Maxton - Overseas Projects Superviso

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