{"id":10150,"date":"2007-09-28T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:57:04","slug":"5852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/09\/28\/5852\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant World Relief: Rebuilding Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (September 28, 2007) \u2013 During a recent trip to Sierra Leone, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cwr\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant World Relief<\/a> (CWR) executive director Jim Sundholm committed funds to help an  \u201camputee village\u201d and develop micro-enterprise businesses for people  struck with polio or strokes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Y2\/DJ\/Y2DJL24YmVALotYs7AgbaA\/Sierra-1.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer ball kids\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/>Having  recently returned from the trip, Sundholm says there still is human  suffering that shocks him. \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable that someone would chop  off another person\u2019s hands or force a parent to watch their kids\u2019 hands  cut off in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that is what rebels and government  troops did during a civil war fought from 1991 to 2002. Entire limbs as  well as hands also were hacked off as the warring parties retaliated for  each other\u2019s brutal actions.<\/p>\n<p>When the war was over, the  government and international agencies began to build villages. \u201cThe  first group to be cared for was the group that suffered the most,\u201d  Sundholm says. Those included the amputees, and decisions were made to  resettle many of them together, in part so that services could be  localized.<\/p>\n<p>As shocking as the brutality can be, even more so is  the inspirational desire of the people to rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p>For  example, there was the determination in the village of roughly 60  people who already had begun to build a church. The community asked if  CWR would pay for tarps to provide roofing so they would not have to use  the traditional method of lashing branches together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are  very heavy tarps, and they will keep the rain out,\u201d says Sundholm, who  eagerly responded to the request. \u201cIf they have gone through all this  effort, then we wanted to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/rI\/ly\/rIlyKGntW1NdF1j_qAyN5g\/Sierra-2.jpg\" alt=\"Girl\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/>Sundholm  says CWR also will provide money to construct a water well. One of the  highlights of the visit came when he was able to give children soccer  balls that were donated by the youth group at Trinity Covenant Church in  Salem, Oregon (please see related story elsewhere in the online news  report). \u201cIt seems to us like something minor, but it means so much to  them.\u201d The accompanying photo is of a young girl who received a special  soccer pin mentioned in the accompanying story. The other photo  showssome of the children who received the soccer balls.<\/p>\n<p>CWR  also will fund micro-enterprises in two polio communities. Like the  amputees, many polio victims live in villages set aside for them.<\/p>\n<p>In  one village of men with polio, CWR is funding a blacksmithing business.  In a village for women, they are funding a sewing micro-enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>According  to Mercy Ships, a CWR ministry partner, \u201cLiving in a community of  people facing similar challenges provides individuals with support and  in most cases, an opportunity to learn a skill and earn a living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CWR already is involved in the nation, working with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercyships.org\/site\/c.ehKHI0PJIqE\/b.2733647\/k.BEDB\/Home.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mercy Ships<\/a> to operate a fistula center and pediatric center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10150&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE (September 28, 2007) \u2013 During a recent trip to Sierra Leone, Covenant World Relief (CWR) executive director Jim Sundholm committed funds to help an \u201camputee village\u201d and develop micro-enterprise businesses for people struck with polio or strokes. 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