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An update from Equip Mozambique! View this email in your browser Facebook Website YouTube Email Developing a Nation Economy, Health, and Education The Human Development Index measures income, life expectancy, and literacy rates to determine how "developed" a country is. Mozambique sits near the bottom of this list. However, with this exciting new project we will soon have efforts in advancing all three!   Economy = Sewing school Literacy = Library Health = Read on! Equip Mozambique's New Health Initiative Imagine having so little medical knowledge that every time someone in your family has a stomach ache, fever, or a sniffle, you go to the hospital because you have no idea what to do. Imagine a hospital where the waiting room has up to 100 people who got there before you, and now you have to wait for hours to be seen. Once you finally see the doctor, they only have a matter of seconds to spend with you, write a quick prescription, and send you away. Because he was rushed, he may have even misdiagnosed you and given you a medication that isn’t effective.  This is the reality of the medical system here in Mozambique. It isn’t a wonder life expectancy is only 54.  New App! Now imagine having access to enough medical information to figure out a simple self-diagnosis for your minor ailments, then finding effective home remedies or being able to go straight to the pharmacy for over-the-counter medications. Lack of education and basic knowledge about health issues is endemic, and we hope to be agents of change in putting more helpful information in people’s hands. The "Consultare" app is being customized for Mozambican diseases and maladies, and is designed with lots of illustrations to help the low-literacy population.  A team of missionary and Mozambican doctors are helping us with the content, and they are also excited about the possibilities this app opens up. Since the Fountain of Life app was so successful in getting the Bible to over 50,000 people, now we are looking to reach even more with this potentially life-saving information. To complete this app, we are going to need more funding for all the hours of work that will go into researching, programming, and illustrating each page. Click here if you’d like to invest in this project!  Partnership with "K8AfriKa"   Amazing how God brings just the right people together, am I right? Kate is a young South African woman who recently moved to Beira and created a company to export items made out of colorful African fabrics. All she needed was someone to sew the products that she designed.  Here we had a sewing school training up talented seamstresses and creating thousands of products, and all we needed was some way to sell them.  Sounds like a match made in heaven, doesn’t it? We thought so too!  We have greatly enjoyed working with Kate on her new line of products, and she has loved the fact that her business is empowering women and changing lives. Check out her website! Praise Reports: For the inspiration to start the health app and the great team that is working on it!  For new partnerships that are mutually beneficial. That the library is absolutely PACKED on most days! We're excited about how popular it has become in the community! Prayer Requests: Please continue to pray for our health. Carla is just now getting over a month-long bout with pneumonia, she's still not 100% better but is on the mend. For more great partnerships, especially for the sewing school. For sufficient funding for all of our projects and continuing expenses. P.S. We just sent out a print newsletter! If you didn't get one, please reply to this email and send us your mailing address and we'll be happy to get one to you. Thursday, June 28, 2018 Instant business! Just add... *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* An update from Equip Mozambique! View this email in your browser Facebook Website YouTube Email Exciting Times to Be Alive We’ve been back in Mozambique for less than two months, and once again we’re amazed at all God does in us, with us, and through us! "And what are you going to name your tailoring business?"  Sewing school graduates, grinning and dreaming big! New Website! Our website received a much-needed makeover, now it is much easier to navigate and has more up-to-date information and pictures. Check it out! Instant business... just add scissors!   The ladies who graduated from the sewing school in April were thrilled to receive their hard-earned sewing machines. However, when I (Carla) was chatting with one of them a month later, she expressed that she was having trouble getting her business started because she still lacked some basic materials such as scissors, pins, and tape measures. It turned out this was holding all of the ladies back from truly starting their new lives.   We ran a short fundraiser on Facebook to collect money to buy business starter kits for these ladies, and we were floored by the results! Within just a couple days we had all the funds needed, bought the kits, and had a party giving them away. The ladies were literally singing and dancing with their gift bags, so happy to have the knowledge, the tools, and now the materials to start supporting their families. They’ve been doing very well ever since!   New Partners We forged a new partnership with an organization called “CouldYou?” that is based in the States and works primarily in Mozambique. They have literacy initiatives that go hand-in-hand with our library, and we hope to work together with them on producing more Mozambican books.  They have another project related to girls’ education and health, which is the distribution of menstrual cups. You can read the full story and reasons on their website. These are a completely new concept here, so to give the initiative a more “African” flair they wanted to give them out in little bags made out of Mozambican capulana cloth. So that gave us some work for the sewing school ladies!    Growing Pains... Our ministries continue to grow and flourish, and it is so exciting to add to our team and find new projects to help take Mozambique to the next level. However, with all this growth come many new expenses. Last month we also received word from the government that all employers nationwide had to raise salaries by 14%. While we love to bless our amazing workers, this has really stretched our already tight budget. Please pray with us that we can find more consistent monthly donors or other sources of funds.   Donate Now! Praise Reports: That we were able to raise the funds for the sewing kits -- and more importantly that the women's businesses are going well! 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