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He meets a lot of people and discovers interesting sites. We pass them on for you to check out. Perhaps they have something you need, or YOU could help them.

Habitat for Humanity "A Simple Decent Place to Live" by Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity is an excellent introduction to the whole concept of this amazing project. It is filled with examples of generosity. Such enthusiasm and vision continue to be "alive and well" throughout the world today as HFH join in building homes alongside potential homeowners internationally. There may well be an affiliate programme close to your home. Maybe you will be inspired to become involved.

lifeboat4.org A refreshing and creative insight into missions. Sharing strategies and principles for developing a sound understanding of missions while being actively involved in mission projects themselves. You will find this site a blessing and very informative. A site within a site (the blog) is the International e-Church which is also worth checking out. The photo samples of projects and the stories of opportunities internationally are very encouraging.  A generous spirit is detected throughout the site.

Generosity.org.uk It started in one of those ‘what if…’ conversations between friends. What if the world wasn’t loaded in favour of a small minority of its people? What if we could look after the planet as well as looking after ourselves? What if a bunch of people tried to exploit the power of new technology to live a little more generously? Read more about the project…

Language Recordings UK which is related to Global Recordings. "Telling the story of Jesus in every Language." Language Recordings UK is one of 40 centres around the world providing Gospel recordings in storytelling form on cassette and CD in over 5,700 different languages. They also provide colourful Bible pictures on A3 size flip charts and A5 size Books. They supply hand wind tape players for village situations were there is no electric available. All so they can hear "the Good News" in a language they can understand - their own.

Cook Partners - Notes on Christian publishing to encourage and equip literature ministries worldwide.

Heart Sounds International - I have received a CD from Heart-Sounds, a group who seek to develop and encourage ethnic music around the world. Now that I have their excellent CD, I want to tell others about site.

World Changers Academy - Empowering People to Change the World. Thousands of lives have been changed since World Changers Academy started its first Life Skills course in August 2002. Check the site for exciting stories of transformed lives.

Naturetale - I have found this site to be very refreshing and a real delight. It combines excellent photography with a lively study of the environment in a way that is both informative and fascinating. There is also a quality card section.

Linking Hands - Linking Global Partnership in Medical Missions

Aid to Hospitals Worldwide - Sending used medical equipment to the developing world!

Living Generously
A wonderful way to share with others through this excellent initiative in generous giving.

A-M-E-N
You will be wonderfully encouraged as you read all the AMEN is achieving. AMEN is a conduit for channelling resources to many overseas Christians working to make a difference in their own countries. An Indian couple making films with a Christian mess.

Orphan's Hope
Investing in the next generation is always a wise move. Orphan's Hope is doing this with excellence. Find out how you can become a partner with them - making a difference "one-by-one."

Sew on Fire - Volunteers who Sew for Needy
Sew on Fire Ministries is a God-birthed ministry that sends humanitarian aid, blankets, mini layettes and custom designed cloth gift bags all over the world. They send and distribute merchandise with short-term missions? groups, and have sent 300 shipments to over 70 countries so far.

Glory to God Games
Salvation Challenge a board game. Players starts with one million in kingdom cash. They get 'saved' by landing on Calvary and making the salvation call. Once Saved the players race, to be the first to give one million cash to missionaries.

Charity Portal
UK - a Database of 2260 charities.

Northwood Missionary Auctions
(clever idea) A group of Christians holds auctions to raise funds for missions.

Just Giving - UK fundraising
A simple but interesting site about raising funds for charities.

Online Giving Overview
This forum discussion on OSCAR is about online charity giving sites, and how they operate. A nice list of links is provided.

CHALLENGE - the Good News Paper
Goodnews from around the globe by Challenge Literature Fellowship, an evangelistic newspaper, giving Christians an opportunity to share their faith stories, and readers an opportunity to learn about Jesus Christ.

The Bible Society in the UK
This site is part of a global alliance of 140 Bible Societies around the world, all devoted to raising the spiritual, human and financial resources to make the Bible heard in every land.

MedeServe - Online Healthcare
Medeserve is a UK based charity which offers people working overseas with a charity or church access to British trained family doctors for advice and reassurance via the internet. They are generally able to respond to queries by email within 12 hours.

Media Associates International
Training TOMORROW'S writers, editors, publishers, designers and booksellers TODAY! More local Christians are writing and publishing because of MAI's professional training. They offer an annual LITT World writing contest, with the winner receiving a conference scholarship to LITT-WORLD.

Manna Publications
Manna Publication's goal is to advance the study of God's word by providing Bible study commentary in everyday English. To facilitate the translation and publishing of Bible study helps in countries where little is available.

Hands Up for an Education
In 2001 representatives from OM India and the All India Christian Council (AICC) met with leaders from the Dalit community. In response to the cry for help from the Dalit leaders to provide education for their children. AICC members pledged to provide education.

Encourage-International
This site encourages struggling new church plants, and ones in hard places, by a campaign of sending cards of encouragement. This is something small Bible study groups, Sunday School classes, and churches or even individuals can take on.

OSCAR.org
Newly updated with a a fine make-over, this site is good source of missions information for about ministries in the UK and abroad. Especially check out the Forum!

Missionary Aviation Fellowship- UK
MAF is a dynamic worldwide partnership. Our purpose is to speed physical and spiritual care to people in places of deepest human need. Remote places where flying is not a luxury, but a lifeline.

Global Kids
Global Kids is another interesting children's ministry based in the UK. Project coordinator Julie Koorts explains, "Global Kids is about connecting children to children around the world. We want to help children broaden their interest in the world.

Starfish-Malawi
Starfish started as a project to build a school, which would be used as a church and community center too, in Malawi. This has grown into a group of committed people preparing containers full of supplies to other areas in Africa to build and stock schools.

SOON
Internationally welcomed and rich in creative content, SOON is receiving a million visitors a year. The everyday English style and the "customer-friendly" format that enables a visitor rapidly to locate Material of personal interest.

TellIt
Communicating with relevance is a very valuable skill which the Tellit brochures use to the full. The quality of production and connectedness of the selected subjects make these colourful ambassadors of eternal truths very effective communicators.

CityGateWay
Local community initiatives are very welcome and come in many diverse-packages. Citygateway is a very commendable example of such projects bringing a renewed sense of hope into the community in Spitafields London. Their website is interactive.

World Vision International
One of the world's leading development organisations, World Vision has repeatedly shown the way in championing the needs of the poor in our contemporary world - with integrity and courage. Desiring to address the deepest roots of social ills.

freefoto.com
A unique site of 50,000 photos about 50 main subjects. I have found it a wonderful "oasis" experience in my day to dip into this photographic kaleidoscope of images and just be refreshed with the beauty or fascination of the images.

Cavill Connections
'Family websites can be fun to create, challening to maintain and rewarding to visit. This one is no exception. The content covers a wide range of subjects and is very much "alive" through its personal-style hosted in an aviation atmosphere.

Village Handcrafters
Combining a very daring initiative with an artistic and technically well designed website, Village Handcrafters is a contemporary response to a social need in the rural communities of the Philippines. An environmentally friendly, creative job creation.

Living Water
For those interested in significant initiatives seeking to solve major world crises, Living Water is well worth visiting. It uses creative and technically pleasing graphics, to highlight the major issue of "Clean Water for the world."

Patrick Dixon
Dr Patrick is listed among the top 50 Most Influential Business Thinkers in the world and has personally designed this unique and creative website. He is consulted regularly by the media as a prominent futurist, seeking to stimulate realistic thinking.

'World Champions!
A Creative Initiative for Children from the Lord of the Rings Country OM New Zealand. WORLD CHAMPIONS!--A children's programme that is taking New Zealand by storm!

Computers for Charities
,'A big-hearted recycling project based in Sussex, England, with thousands of opportuntiies to share with worthy ministries via the IT world.

Various Supporter Roles Suggested at OSCAR
Various support roles that you may have for missions and ministries. The whole site provides excellent information in support of missions.

Ministry to the Deaf
Bringing spiritual healing to Deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their families.