BPC Mission Partners
Global Mission Partners
Agros - Honduras
Bidwell Presbyterian and Agros International have partnered to help 25 families of Las Brisas del Volcan in Honduras emerge from poverty through land ownership and economic stability. Agros' holistic model of community organization, land owenership, housing and infrastructure, sustainable economic growth and community education leades to the long-term sustainability of a village and a new way of life for the rural poor. We have committed to journey with these 25 families through financial support, prayer, service trips and relationship. Financial gifts fund micro-enterprise loands for Frisas families, empowering families to increase their earning potential. Loans will fund animal husbandry projects, seed and supplies for agricultural, improved irrigation for farm land, and women’s small business ventures. www.agros.org
Healing Waters International
Healing Waters International is a nonprofit that empowers local ministry partners to bring physical, social, and spiritual transformation to poor communities by providing sustainable, safe water solutions. Healing Waters has provided 10,000 bottles of water to Compassion International and other local ministry partners working in Haiti. They will continue to work with Compassion International to identify church and ministry partners in Haiti where these water projects will be installed. Current projects are underway in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Mexico and serve more than 120,000 people with safe, affordable drinking water. www.healingwatersintl.org
Foundation for the Children of Haiti
Haiti continues to be the poorest country in the western hemisphere. The United States Foundation for the Children of Haiti (USFCH) is dedicated to providing financial, medical, and religious support and assistance to the needy children of Haiti. The orphanage/school/hospital provide for the care of children including severely disabled and hundreds of families in the community. Through these efforts, children who might otherwise die as a consequence of the worst poverty, have an opportunity to live and grow in an environment of love and security. www.usfch.org
New Life Homes, Swaziland
Peter and Mary Jean Kopp, began New Life Homes in 1998 to address the growing need to care for orphans of the HIV and AIDS crisis. The children at New Life Homes have lost both parents and have no extended family to care for them. Currently there are four homes, each which accommodate 10 to 12 children and a Swazi house mom who nurtures the children. There is a 150 acre farm, which produces free range eggs, broiler chickens, pigs and field crops for market. The vision for the farm is to sustain itself with the food it raises for market and from each home’s vegetable garden. A preschool and primary school serve the New Life Homes’ children, as well as children from surrounding areas. There are plans underway to build two new classrooms to teach students through grade seven for the 2011 school year. www.africanleadershippartners.org