Back to School - Burma

The New Community Project has received an urgent request from our partners in Burma to help children get back to school after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. While school structures are being repaired or replaced, money to send children back to school is in short supply. Families in the Delta area, already living in severe poverty, found their meager incomes further strained by the storm as it washed away their crops and livestock.

NCP has agreed to raise funds for 250 children to get back to school in several of the most affected communities. The cost? Only $20 per child! This will provide textbooks, exercise notebooks and pencils, and two uniforms. (As always, NCP sends 100 percent of contributions to Special Projects to the projects themselves.)

Send a child back to school!

Get your congregation, youth group, Vacation Bible School or community group involved! Contact NCP for promotional materials.

Our partners: NCP is working with a consortium of Christian and community groups that has sought out communities least served by existing relief programs. We have also asked about funding small-scale women's development projects to assist with the economic recovery of cyclone-stricken families. Information will be posted when available.

Want to visit? Join our August 2008 Learning Tour to see the situation for yourself and learn about the many on-going struggles facing the people of Burma.