We made it to Amsterdam and are sitting at our gate for the flight to
Johannesburg. So far, so good! Thank you for your prayers...
Erin
Johannesburg. So far, so good! Thank you for your prayers...
Erin
CRCC and Mhlosheni
Home is Where the Heart Is
Music: "Home" by Shawn McDonald
From Troutdale to Mhlosheni
Karen Blixen once wrote: "I Know a song of Africa, but does Africa know a song of me?"
This blog tells the story of a small community church and its journeys to Africa to learn the "song" of Mhlosheni: an impoverished, hungry, AIDS-ravaged district in Swaziland... and our beacon of hope.
The people of Mhlosheni are our partners in Side By Side, a program reaching across communities and continents to bind all people in God's great dream.
Join us as we discover the rhythms and words and notes of Mhlosheni's song, and make it an anthem for this dream of hope.
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The CRCC - Swaziland journeys are done through World Vision's Church-to-Community (C2C) program and will take place in November 2007, April 2009, 2011, and 2012. Each trip consists of 6-8 members of the church and lasts about 2 weeks.
The goal of each visit is to foster church unity in the Mhlosheni area development project, to make lasting connections, and to learn from one another.
In other words, to share.
Swaziland facts:
Average life expectancy is 32/33 years...
Under-5 mortality rate is 160 in 1,000 live births...
HIV prevalence nationwide among adults is 26% (highest in the world) ...
HIV prevalence among women ages 25-29 is 49%...
HIV prevalence among men ages 30-34 is 46%...
More than 220,000 Swazis live with HIV...
63,000 children have lost parents due to HIV and AIDS...
Currently, only 28% of patients in need of anti-retroviral drugs are receiving the medicine...
There are 130,000 orphans and vulnerable children in the country...
Over 43% of households are hosting orphans...
More than half the population is under age 18...
Unemployment is 40%...
A fourth of the population requires food aid...
The predominant religion is Christianity, at 60%.
This blog tells the story of a small community church and its journeys to Africa to learn the "song" of Mhlosheni: an impoverished, hungry, AIDS-ravaged district in Swaziland... and our beacon of hope.
The people of Mhlosheni are our partners in Side By Side, a program reaching across communities and continents to bind all people in God's great dream.
Join us as we discover the rhythms and words and notes of Mhlosheni's song, and make it an anthem for this dream of hope.
...............................................
The CRCC - Swaziland journeys are done through World Vision's Church-to-Community (C2C) program and will take place in November 2007, April 2009, 2011, and 2012. Each trip consists of 6-8 members of the church and lasts about 2 weeks.
The goal of each visit is to foster church unity in the Mhlosheni area development project, to make lasting connections, and to learn from one another.
In other words, to share.
Swaziland facts:
Average life expectancy is 32/33 years...
Under-5 mortality rate is 160 in 1,000 live births...
HIV prevalence nationwide among adults is 26% (highest in the world) ...
HIV prevalence among women ages 25-29 is 49%...
HIV prevalence among men ages 30-34 is 46%...
More than 220,000 Swazis live with HIV...
63,000 children have lost parents due to HIV and AIDS...
Currently, only 28% of patients in need of anti-retroviral drugs are receiving the medicine...
There are 130,000 orphans and vulnerable children in the country...
Over 43% of households are hosting orphans...
More than half the population is under age 18...
Unemployment is 40%...
A fourth of the population requires food aid...
The predominant religion is Christianity, at 60%.
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Image and Site Links
- CRCC Mhlosheni Trip: Erin Mueller
- CRCC Kids: Many of our sponsored children
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Janel McCoy
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Karen Hawley Vol 1
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Karen Hawley Vol 3
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Karen Hawley Vol 2
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Michael T Vol1
- Mhlosheni: Fall 2007, Michael T Vol II
- Map of Mhlosheni, Swaziland
- Wikipedia article on Swaziland
- Columbia Ridge Community Church
- World Vision
- Reed & Erin's blog from the first Mhlosheni trip, Spring 2006
- Photos of Kruger Park: KH
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Swaziland: A beautiful, captivating, broken and struggling land, a country that personifies each and every one of us.
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