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8/3/2019 Handbook Supplement

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COORDINATORS HANDBOOK

SUPPLEMENT

Take a look at these in-depth descriptions of the catalogitems to give yourself, and your congregation, a better ideaof the projects available for sponsorship. Items are listed bycatalog number.

CDA11 DIG A WELL

Price: $500Advance: 14916A

The World Health Organization reports that roughly half of Cambodias ruralpopulation does not have access to sanitary drinking water. Instead, most rely onwater from scum-covered fish ponds or the countrys polluted rivers.

This practice leads to the spread of water-borne diseases, which are especiallydangerous to the communitys most vulnerable members the young and theelderly.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD)

to fund the digging of a well in a Cambodian village that currently has no orlimited access to clean water.

CDA12 HYGIENE WORKSHOP

Price: $50

Advance: 14916A

Many of the sicknesses and diseases that pervade Cambodias ruralcommunities can be prevented by taking the most simple of sanitation andhygiene measures washing hands, establishing barriers between wastewater

and drinking water, and maintaining safe cooking practices.

But a lack of basic hygiene awareness keeps many of these life-saving measuresfrom being put into place. Thats why the Methodist Mission in CambodiasCommunity Health and Agricultural Development (CHAD) program hosts hygieneand sanitation workshops in villages throughout the country.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD)


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to fund a hygiene and sanitation workshop in village identified as in-need of basichygiene improvements.

CDA21 START-UP LOAN


Most rural Cambodian families income relies solely on their annual rice harvest,which is confined to the wet season. The dry season, then, is dry in more waysthan weather. Its also a drought in terms of income. Development of profitabledry-season enterprises is one effective way to tackle rural poverty.

Community Health and Agricultural Development (CHAD) is taking a leading rolein entrepreneurial development with its credit and savings groups. This uniquemodel of microfinance not only provides loans to small businesses within a groupsetting, it also allows community members to invest in, and reap the rewards

from, those businesses. Some successful models have included plow-for-rentservices, grocery stores and food vendors.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD)to fund a credit and savings group. This $200 gift is representative of an average-size loan given to a small business through one of these credit and savingsgroups.

CDA22 FINANCIAL SKILLS TRAINING



Community Health and Agricultural Development (CHAD) is taking a leading rolein entrepreneurial development with its micro-loans to small businesses.Moreover, CHAD provides hands-on training for its would-be entrepreneurs inmanagement, marketing and bookkeeping.

These trainings are open to the entire community, regardless of age, gender orreligious affiliation. One particularly inspiring story regarding financial skillstraining is the Methodist Church of Okrot, where the credit and savings group isrun by three teenage girls who were able to benefit from CHAD financial skillstraining. The lay leader at the church says the girls are learning important skillsthat will help them in the future if they ever choose to run a small business andseveral of them have expressed a desire to do so. Notably, this particular grouphas one of the highest loan repayment rates amongst CHADs credit and savings


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groups.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD)to host a financial skills training in a community with a credit and savings group.

CDA31 WATER PUMP

Price: $500

Advance: 14916A

Most rural Cambodian families income relies solely on their annual rice harvest,which is confined to the wet season. And when the water dries up, so does theirincome. Thats why Community Health and Agricultural Development (CHAD) isworking to keep the water flowing year-round with irrigation projects.

With increased access to water, entire communities can grow cash-crops, likevegetables, during the dry season, helping to bring in badly needed income.Some can even manage a second rice harvest, ensuring their families have foodto eat all year. Notably, CHAD has found that time and again, the extra incomethese projects bring in is often the difference that allows families to send theirchildren to school.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD)to fund the purchase of a water pump for one community-wide irrigation projectthat will enable five families to productively grow several crops of vegetables tofeed their families and sell in the market. In four years, the project generatesenough surplus to enable another five family co-op to install an irrigation pump

system.

CDA32 START-UP FUEL SUPPLY

Price: $50

Advance: 14916A

See above description of CDA31 Water Pump.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),and will purchase enough fuel to get an irrigation co-op off to the right start.

CDA41 ONE TON OF RICE

Price: $250

Advance: 14916A

Even though the annual rice harvest is the sole source of income for manyCambodians, it is not enough to meet most families food needs. So, when their


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through Community Health and Agriculture Development (CHAD), are passed onto other needy families in the village, who, in turn, pass on any calves born tothem, creating a cycle of poverty alleviation that can affect an entire community.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),

to purchase a cow.

CDA52 COW SHARE

Price: $30

Advance: 14916A

See above description of CDA51 Cow.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),toward the purchase of a cow.

CDA61 GARDEN PLOT & SEEDS

Price: $200

Advance: 14916A


Vegetable gardening is one such enterprise. With some seeds, a plot of land andwater hauled from rivers or ponds, farmers can grow cash-crops like lettuce,green onion and carrots to help supplement their income.

This is vital, because dry-season income often makes the financial difference thatallows families to send their children to school.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),to purchase land for a garden plot, as well as the seeds needed to get a familygardening operation started.

CDA62 GARDEN SHARE

Price: $20

Advance: 14916A

See above description of CDA61 Garden Plot & Seeds.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),


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toward the purchase of land for a garden plot, as well as the seeds needed to geta family gardening operation started.

CDA71 CHICKEN/DUCK HOUSE & FEED



Chickens and ducks are one such enterprise and are especially effectivebecause they fight poverty on multiple levels. Poultry eggs can be consumed ona daily basis to contribute important, and otherwise expensive, protein to afamilys diet. They can also be sold, as can the birds themselves, when the family

finds itself especially strained for extra income.Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),to purchase a chicken or duck house and feed to get one poultry business upand running.

CDA72 CHICK OR DUCKLING

Price: $1

Advance: 14916A

See above description of CDA71 Chicken/Duck House & Feed.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Community Health and Agricultural Development program (CHAD),to purchase a chick or duckling for one familys poultry operation.

CDH11 PRENATAL VITAMINS

Price: $5

Advance: 3020542

Infant mortality rates have decreased substantially in Cambodia over the last 25years, but maternal deaths remain high, accounting for 17 percent of deaths inwomen between the ages of 15 and 49, according to World Health Organizationstatistics.

Providing quality pre-natal care, including a regimen of pre-natal vitamins, cangive women a chance at a healthier and safer pregnancy. Thats why teams ofvolunteer doctors working with the Methodist Mission in Cambodia regularlydistribute vitamins during free clinics in villages throughout Cambodia.


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Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Community Health and AgriculturalDevelopment program (CHAD) to provide prenatal vitamins for distribution at afree medical clinic.

CDH21 LICE COMB

Price: $10

Advance: 3020542

As is the case even in first-world countries like the U.S., Cambodian children areoften faced with the annoying itching and scratching that is a symptom of headlice. But in Cambodia, children often go without proper treatment, and whatstarted as an itch has the potential to turn into a life-threatening condition, as liceare known to transmit deadly diseases including typhus.

Youth in the Solong Kandal Church are helping to remedy this problem within

their own village by reaching out to local children with a monthly hygiene day.They reinforce hand-washing practices, wash hair and, most importantly, treat forlice.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Community Health and AgriculturalDevelopment program (CHAD) to purchase a lice comb for use in lice-eradicationefforts like those at Solong Kandal Church.

CDH22 LICE SHAMPOO

Price: $2Advance: 3020542

See above description of CDH21 Lice Comb.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Community Health and AgriculturalDevelopment program (CHAD) to purchase lice shampoo for use in lice-eradication efforts like those at Solong Kandal Church.

CDH31 ROUND-TRIP HOSPITAL TRANSPORT

Price: $10Advance: 3020542

For sick villagers in Cambodia, the most cost-prohibitive part of treatment is oftennot the medicine itself, but the price of transportation to city hospitals from theiroutlying rural provinces. The trip in and of itself can be daunting, taking as longas 16 hours from some of the countrys most remote villages, and the cost putshospital treatment out of reach for many.


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To help ease the burden on sick patients, Community Health and AgriculturalDevelopment (CHAD) helps cover expenses of transportation, and even gives adaily meal allowance during their stay.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Community Health and Agricultural

Development program (CHAD) to fund one patients round-trip hospitaltransportation costs.

CDH31 DAILY MEAL ALLOWANCE

Price: $1

Advance: 3020542

See above description of CDH32 Round-trip Hospital Transport.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Community Health and AgriculturalDevelopment program (CHAD) to fund one day of a patients meals either on theway to, or during their appointment at, the hospital.

CHL11 SCHOOL UNIFORM SET

Price: $10

Advance: 14921A

Every morning and afternoon, six days a week, the roads of Cambodia arelittered with schoolchildren on their way on their way to and from class. They areeasy to spot in their trademark uniforms: white collared shirts and blue slacks orskirts.

For many of these children, their school uniforms are quite simply the bestclothes they own, and they can usually only afford one set. But for thousandsmore children, even that $10 uniform set is a high-ticket item their families justcannot afford. And without a uniform, those children are not allowed theopportunity to attend public school.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Street Children program to purchase a uniformset for one elementary school child.

CHL21 CHRISTMAS MEAL & GIFT FOR ONE CHILD

Price: $5

Advance: 14921A

Slum children in Phnom Penh dont have much going for them, but thanks to thework of United Methodist Missionary Clara Biswas, they can experience the joyof Christmas. Every year Biswas puts on a Christmas program for children at


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Daem Kor Village, who scavenge at the dump site, as well as for orphans at theChildren of Light Home.

They learn and relearn the Christmas story so they can put on a pageant, takingon the roles of shepherds and kings, angels and stable creatures. And after theytake their bows, the children partake in a special Christmas meal, where each of

them receives a small gift. Its truly a special moment for all of the children.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Street Children program to purchase aChristmas meal and gift for one child.

CHL22 PROPS FOR CHRISTMAS PAGEANT

Price: $20

Advance: 14921A

See above description of CHL21 Christmas Meal & Gift for One Child

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the health sector of theMethodist Mission in Cambodias Street Children program to purchase props forthe childrens Christmas pageants at Daem Kor Village and Children of LightHome.

FEM01 FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP

Price: $350

Advance: 14923A

Cambodian youth have a heavy burden on their shoulders. Many of them dropout of school early to find jobs to provide for their families, but even those withhigh school diplomas have difficulty finding work in a job market with a 15percent youth unemployment rate.

But there is one in-demand profession for young people in Cambodia. Due to asudden explosion of transportation infrastructure in the country, automotive andmotorcycle mechanics are much sought-after. And through a 14-week trainingcourse at the Methodist-run Faith Engine Ministry school, youth from ruralvillages can learn the mechanic skills they need to find good-paying jobs.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission in

Cambodias Faith Engine Ministry School to pay tuition as well as room andboard expenses for one student to attend the mechanic school.


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FEM02 WRENCH SET

Price: $15

Advance: 14923A

See above description of FEM01 Full-ride Scholarship.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Faith Engine Ministry School to purchase a wrench set that will bepresented to an FEM student upon his or her graduation.

This tradition literally provides the FEM graduates with the tools they need tocontinue practicing their trade, or even to put them on the path toward openingtheir own small repair shop an ambition shared (and achieved) by many FEMgraduates.

MBS01 HALF-YEAR TUITION

Price: $500

Advance: 14917A

Pastors in Cambodia make many sacrifices. As leaders in the minority Christiancommunity, they can face ridicule from their friends or family and discriminationin their hometowns. They also receive very little compensation for their efforts,and most have to farm or teach on the side to make ends meet.

The Cambodian Methodist Bible School is trying to remove at least one obstaclein the way of would-be pastors by providing their education at a cost of just 10kilograms of rice per year (about $10). The real cost of tuition, which includesroom and board, is, of course, much higher, and the school can only hold the lineon its fees through the generosity of donors.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Cambodia Methodist BibleSchool to provide a one-semester scholarship for an aspiring pastor.

RES01 SUNDAY SCHOOL RESROUCE MATERIALS

Price: $5

Advance: 00230A (When donating to this Advance number, donors MUSTspecify Christian Education in the memo line)

The pastor of Emmanuel Church is typical of any in Cambodia. He has noSunday School resources for the 28 youth and more than 100 children in hisflock.

Its a picture repeated throughout the country, where youth and childrencompromise a majority of many congregations. Yet, there are few resourcesavailable to help them learn the stories of Jesus in a language they understand.

The Methodist Christian Education Committee sees this as a serious problem


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and is helping remedy it by producing Sunday School booklets in the childrensnative Khmer language that contain age-appropriate lesson plans, activities, andcrafts to help foster these children and teens spiritual development.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Christian Education Committee to fund the production and printing of

Sunday School resource materials for one church.

RES02 SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING

Price: $40

Advance: 00230A (When donating to this Advance number, donors MUSTspecify Christian Education in the memo line)

At churches throughout Cambodia, youth and children compromise a majority ofthe congregation, showing up sometimes by the hundreds. Providing age-appropriate and understandable Sunday School programming for these eager

learners is one of the most powerful ways of reaching the next generation ofCambodians with the love of Christ. But many of the Sunday School teachers aremerely youth themselves and find they are poorly equipped for such a massiveundertaking.

The Methodist Christian Education Committee has taken upon itself the task oftraining these educators, holding annual sessions on topics ranging from Biblicalstorytelling to arts and crafts, and worship leading.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to the Methodist Mission inCambodias Christian Education Committee to fund one Sunday School teacherstraining.

SCH01 FULL-YEAR TUITION

Price: $400

Advance: 3020791

Of the low percentage of Cambodian youth who manage to successfully obtaintheir high school diploma, even fewer will be able to afford the costs of highereducation, which is critical in a job market with a youth unemployment rate of 15percent, but nonetheless out of reach due to its hefty price tag.

At about $400 a year, the average Cambodian universitys tuition far exceeds the

profits from a typical familys rice harvest usually their sole source of income.Each year, 20 youth get the chance to attend college on a scholarship from theMethodist Mission in Cambodia.

Money contributed to this catalog item will provide a one-year universityscholarship to a Cambodian student.


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SCH02 TEXTBOOK ASSISTANCE

Price: $40

Advance: 3020791

See above description of SCH01 Full-year Tuition.

Money contributed to this catalog item will help assist a scholarshiped studentthrough the Methodist Mission with the cost of university textbooks.

WLP11 REAM OF SILK THREAD

Price: $200

Advance: 3020788

Hand-woven Cambodian silk is a sought-after commodity, combining generationsof knowledge and rich Khmer culture in each and every ream of finished silk. Butthe start-up materials needed for weaving in particular, the raw silk thread

is much too costly for even skilled craftswomen to afford.This has resulted in a cycle of indentured weaving, wherein women purchase theraw silk from the only people willing to extend them credit middlemen, wholoan the silk with the agreement that the women will sell them the finishedproduct well below market cost. This arrangement earns the women almostnothing, and ensures they will never save up the funds to buy their own thread,trapping them in a cycle of indentured servanthood.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to Cambodian Methodist WomensLivelihood Projects for the purchase of one ream of silk thread.

WLP12 BASKET SUPPLIES

Price: $10

Advance: 3020788

Bamboo basketware is everywhere in Cambodia. Its used to toss rice as part ofthe harvest, to catch fish, move dirt and store belongings. Baskets are a practicalhousehold item that are always in demand.

Its no surprise, then, that women with the skill to weave baskets can runflourishing small businesses out of their homes. Cambodian Methodist Womenhelps these entrepreneurs by providing them with the capital or materials they

need to get started.

And unlike other microfinance organizations, instead of paying CMW back, thesewomen repay their loans by promising to pass their trade skills on to otherwomen. In this way, a one-time loan can give a livelihood, and the independencethat comes with it, to an entire village. This was the case for one village in SvayRieng Province, near the Vietnam border, where one loan recipient startedhosting weaving workshops for all the women in her village, and led to the start of


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multiple womens weaving operations. Instead of decreasing the demand for herown baskets, the workshops instead created an entire village of skilled weavers,which is now reputed for its quality basketware.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to Cambodian Methodist WomensLivelihood Projects to purchase start-up materials for one basket weaver.

WTN21 FELLOWSHIP MEAL

Price: $30

Advance: 3020789

Domestic violence pervades the very fabric of Cambodian families. Statistics varybut remain consistently high, from one-in-four to one-in-six women falling victimto abuse by her husband.

Cambodian Methodist Women are working to change this detrimental trend,hosting couples conflict resolution workshops, which train husband-and-wifepairs on peaceful means of solving their differences. Moreover, the structure ofthe workshop focuses on enabling the couples to re-teach the methods theylearn to their home churches and villages, so that the message spreads.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to Cambodian Methodist Women toprovide a fellowship luncheon during a conflict-resolution training session.

WTN21 STUDY GUIDE

Price: $2

Advance: 3020789

See above description of WTN21 Fellowship Meal.

Money contributed to this catalog item will go to Cambodian Methodist Women toprovide a study guide and resource materials for one couple at a conflict-resolution training session.

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