Rob's Marathon Adventure (part 3)
Rob Phillips is raising money for Papua Partners Limited
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This will be my third marathon but my first raising money for Papua Partners.
So I know what I’m letting myself in for but you’ve probably have never heard of Papua Partners – so why support them.
West Papua, Indonesia, is a land in crisis: it is one of the poorest places in the world, and it is being ravaged by change. With around 50% of indigenous Papuans unable to read or write, most are ill equipped for the challenges they now face.
Naomi and Javier Sosa are an inspirational couple, working as community development workers in West Papua. They set up Papua Partners ten years ago, to directly help remote communities adapt to change from outside – moving from a Stone Age culture to digital technology within a generation!
They act as catalysts - working with communities to help them achieve better health, education and money services, and greater social justice, through training, mentoring and facilitation.
Since Papua Partners began back in 2006, with the aim of helping people to help themselves out of poverty, they estimate they have impacted the lives of 100,000 Papuans. Not bad for a charity with only 2 full time employees.
They work with local organisations, communities, churches and individuals, through training, facilitation and mentoring. Their on-going programmes encompass child and adult education, health and HIV/AIDs awareness, community and church mobilisation (empowering communities to address local issues), finance management, and small business training amongst many other positive initiatives, designed to improve livelihoods in a sustainable and self-perpetuating way.
They are truly changing lives and you’ll know that every penny you donate goes to helping this change. So please support them as they embark on a new phase of work reaching another 100,000 more people in the next 5 years.
As for the marathon. All I know is it’s a very long way but with your help it will also go a long way to helping others change their lives.
Thank you
Rob
‘Papua Partners don’t provide us with money but with skills and
confidence in our abilities and our vision – which is much more important’
Timo Mohi – Yasumat Administrator
This will be my third marathon but my first raising money for Papua Partners.
So I know what I’m letting myself in for but you’ve probably have never heard of Papua Partners – so why support them.
West Papua, Indonesia, is a land in crisis: it is one of the poorest places in the world, and it is being ravaged by change. With around 50% of indigenous Papuans unable to read or write, most are ill equipped for the challenges they now face.
Naomi and Javier Sosa are an inspirational couple, working as community development workers in West Papua. They set up Papua Partners ten years ago, to directly help remote communities adapt to change from outside – moving from a Stone Age culture to digital technology within a generation!
They act as catalysts - working with communities to help them achieve better health, education and money services, and greater social justice, through training, mentoring and facilitation.
Since Papua Partners began back in 2006, with the aim of helping people to help themselves out of poverty, they estimate they have impacted the lives of 100,000 Papuans. Not bad for a charity with only 2 full time employees.
They work with local organisations, communities, churches and individuals, through training, facilitation and mentoring. Their on-going programmes encompass child and adult education, health and HIV/AIDs awareness, community and church mobilisation (empowering communities to address local issues), finance management, and small business training amongst many other positive initiatives, designed to improve livelihoods in a sustainable and self-perpetuating way.
They are truly changing lives and you’ll know that every penny you donate goes to helping this change. So please support them as they embark on a new phase of work reaching another 100,000 more people in the next 5 years.
As for the marathon. All I know is it’s a very long way but with your help it will also go a long way to helping others change their lives.
Thank you
Rob
‘Papua Partners don’t provide us with money but with skills and
confidence in our abilities and our vision – which is much more important’
Timo Mohi – Yasumat Administrator