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Relationships That Work

By Rob Harvey in News

14Jun, 2010

What is poverty? It has been said that poverty is a result of relationships that do not work and that are not just.

Consider the poverty of pre-earthquake Haiti. Before the earthquake that shook Haiti, 75% of the people already lived on less than $2/day and over 50% lived on less than $1/day. Half of the people had no access to potable water and over 50% were illiterate. They had the highest HIV/AIDS rate in the world outside sub-saharan Africa. 1/3 of women have been violently sexually abused and there are high rates of child abuse and trafficking. Clearly, relationships in Haiti need help.

Last week I met a courageous young missionary raising support so that she can serve full time as coordinator for Ten Days Mission Experience. When Kerren Barker was in high school, a friend invited her to join him on a missions trip to Haiti. This trip changed her life and set the stage for serving others through short term mission trips.

A local doctor, Dave Vanderpool, owns lave md, a practice that offers laser and vein esthetics. Dave uses his business to fund mobile medical disaster relief, meeting the medical needs of the vulnerable and underserved people in the United States and throughout the world. Every month, this doctor works three weeks stateside and one week serving in Haiti. He’s fostering relationships that work.

Next week, Marc and Lucas are taking The Affero Project to Africa. Watch for their posts to track with them and the good they are up to. Perhaps you’d like to go on a short term trip with us sometime? Kerren and Dave will tell you it’s life-changing.

I was reading a First Fruits report this week that made me think of you. Together, we are  pioneering new ways to do philanthropy. We are a community vetting and evaluating partnerships that alleviate poverty and fight injustices. The Affero Project is a community educating and empowering one another, building relationships that work. In some ways we serve as an aggregator for good news. In other ways we act as a micro-donor advised fund where you bring your creative energy and circle of friends to the table so that we can do more good.

Don’t forget to share this post with your friends and tell them “I’m In.” If you haven’t already, join now. $1 can actually change the world. With your help, more people will give and more people will serve. More relationships around the globe will work. And it will make all the difference in the world.

Peace.

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