Thursday, April 2, 2020

Equip Moz finding opportunities and solutions!

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An update from Equip Mozambique!
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Unprecedented Times
Creative Solutions
How Equip Mozambique is responding to the COVID-19 crisis
While the whole world is in turmoil with the global pandemic, here in Mozambique we’re doing our part to be a part of the solution! On Monday our president declared a state of emergency but not yet a full lockdown, so many of our activities are able to continue. In fact, some of these problems have turned into even greater opportunities for us to be a light!
Alex is excited to be able to help his community and country!
Face Masks with the Sewing School
We have received orders for thousands of face masks for medical workers, so we mobilized our substantial team of graduates to make them from home! This way we can avoid large gatherings AND provide an important public health service. We even received one order that came along with a donation of 12 sewing machines, so that was a huge blessing to the school! 
The graduates came in small groups to be trained how to make the masks then took materials and patterns home with them.
Launching the Health App
We started creating an app a while ago to help educate people about health issues, but we were unable to finish it because of lack of funding and other more urgent projects pushed it down the list. Now it’s back to top and center as a priority, and we want to finish and launch it within the next couple weeks. Thankfully, our programming team can also work from home! This will provide crucial information on how to avoid catching the coronavirus and what to do if they suspect they have it. The app also contains advice on nutrition, first aid, and over 100 other diseases, so we hope that it will help many people take better care of themselves! 
Donate Here to Help Finish and Promote the Health App!
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Bible / Discipleship App
All religious gatherings are cancelled, but most people can still access God’s Word on their phones! We want to run a campaign to get more people to download and use our Fountain of Life app during their time at home, so they can continue being fed spiritually even while unable to gather with other believers.
Library Checkouts
We no longer let people sit in the library and read, but we have kept the door open and increased the amount of check-outs considerably! Again, quarantine is a perfect time to read and grow, and we’re thrilled to help so many in the community pass their time in a meaningful and positive way.

Praise Reports:

  • That so many of our ministries are so well suited to help in this time of crisis.
  • That our team has been able to stay relatively healthy (Jon was sick for a few days, so we quarantined the family for a couple weeks, but we're all better now).

Prayer Requests:

  • That the coronavirus will not spread widely in Africa where the medical facilities would not be able to be much help.
  • That we will be able to get the funding to finish and promote the health app.
Thanks for reading, please remember us in your prayers! 
Donate Here to Help Finish and Promote the Health App!
P.S.
MANY THANKS
to everyone who donated to the fundraiser in March for Estrela's new sewing school! The campaign finished out completely funded and we're working on starting construction as soon as possible!
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