American Baptist International Ministries

Journals & News

Debbie and Jim Kelsey by Bob Santilli Released on February 12, 2009
Truck arrives at Lusekele by Ed Noyes Released on November 3, 2008
Pray for: Charles and Sarah West by Bob Santilli Released on May 7, 2008
Pray for: Jorge and Helrmelinda Damasceno by Bob Santilli Released on May 7, 2008
Pray for: Duane and Marcia Binkley by Bob Santilli Released on April 30, 2008
Pray for: Barbara and Dwight Bolick by Bob Santilli Released on April 30, 2008
Pray for: Dan Buttry by Bob Santilli Released on April 30, 2008
Pray for: Katherine and Wayne Niles by Bob Santilli Released on April 23, 2008
by Bob Santilli Released on April 23, 2008
Pray for: Duane and Marcia Binkley by Bob Santilli Released on March 19, 2008
Pray for Kim Brown, Thailand by Bob Santilli Released on March 12, 2008
Pray for: Nancy and Stephen James, Haiti by Bob Santilli Released on March 12, 2008
Pray for: Debbie and John Coats, Cambodia by Bob Santilli Released on March 12, 2008
Karen Smith, Thailand by Bob Santilli Released on March 12, 2008

People

Projects & Opportunities

Projects

Ultrasound Machine for Myanmar Clinic
This project seeks to raise $3,000 in the next 12 months to purchase 1 Ultrasound machine for this women’s clinic in the rural area of southern Myanmar.
Care Centers for HIV/AIDS in India
This project seeks to raise $10,000 for the construction of care centers in each state in India.
Evangelism through Farming in India
This project seeks to raise $10,000 to help 50 families start their own farms.
Restoring Sight to Haitian Children
This project seeks to raise $2,640 per month to provide 24 children each month with cataract operations plus provide glasses to children that need them.
Womens Shelter Occupational Training in Spain
This project seeks to raise $8,115 in the next 9 months to purchase occupational therapy materials and cover the leader’s expenses to provide 3 workshops per month.
Womens Shelter Living Allowance in Spain
This project seeks to raise $1,705 each month per resident to cover a resident’s basic needs of shelter, food, toiletries, medicines, etc. ($55 per resident/per day x 31).
STEP – Chiang Rai, Thailand
This project seeks to raise annual commitments of $360 per student to provide an education for children like Buyeu.
Protective Fence for Mitendi Center in Congo
This project seeks to raise $29,000 to start construction of a fence around the Women’s Mitendi Center in September of 2012.
Pigs for Kids in Haiti
This project seeks to raise $5,000 to purchase approximately 80 female pigs.
3 Students to Nursing School in India
This project seeks to raise $15,750 to provide 3 deserving students with a nursing education.
India School Bus Project
This project seeks to raise $ 15,000 immediately to purchase a new school bus.
Bringing Hope Through Story Cards in Japan
This project seeks to raise $500 in the next 2 years to purchase 20 picture story cards/books.
Equip 20 Health Builders in South Africa
This project seeks to raise $27,500 per year for the next three years to equip Health Builders to screen their neighbors and refer them to local clinics when necessary.
River Gypsy Project
This project seeks to raise $11,000 in the next year to change the lives of some of the most disadvantaged people in Bangladesh.
Poultry for Protein and Profit in South Africa
This project seeks to raise $14,350 per year in the next 3 years to enable 45 Health Builder trainers to grow their own feed and raise chickens to eat and sell.
Literature for New Readers in Bangladesh
This project seeks to raise $2,200 in the next two years to purchase and produce appropriate literature for new readers in Bangladesh.
Women Finding Their Voices in Mexico
This project seeks to raise $ 4,500 in the next two years to cover the logistical costs of three women’s conferences in each of six regions in Central and SE Mexico - total of 18 conferences.
Roof for Men’s Dorm in Haiti
This project seeks to raise $10,500 to put a roof on the men’s dorm at the North Haiti Christian University.
Women’s Dorm in Haiti – Phase II
This project seeks to raise $25,000 for the construction of the second wing of the women’s dorm at the North Haiti Christian University.
Oil Palms Bring Hope in Congo
This project seeks to raise $10,000 in the next 15 months to purchase 13,000 high quality oil palm seeds.
Deworming Program in Nicaragua
In the next year, the project seeks to raise $10,000 to support the testing of children in rural areas for intestinal worms.
School Supplies for the Dominican Republic
This project seeks to raise $36,000 in the next 2 years for 200 students, to purchase school supplies, Bibles in Spanish, sports equipment and offer work stipends for three volunteers.
Furnish Women’s Dorm in Haiti
This project seeks to raise $10,000 in the next few months to purchase 25 bunk beds for 50 young women at the Université Chrétienne du Nord d’Haiti.
Burundi Goats
This project seeks to provide 100 goats ($70 per goat) to families in the provinces of Ngozi, Makamba, Cankuzo and Ruyigi.
Building Hope Center – Bulgaria
This project seeks to raise $150,000 to complete the interior of the Hope Center, a social outreach and training center operated by the Sofia Baptist Church in Bulgaria.
Clean Water for Haiti
Saving lives with latrines, filters, tanks and purification systems
NightLight Outreach Center in Thailand
This project seeks to raise at total of $21,675 to allow NightLight to renovate, furnish and equip an Outreach Center in the red-light district of Nana, Bangkok in Thailand.
Mattresses for Baptist Hospitals in Congo
This project seeks to raise a total of $4800 in 2011 to purchase 100 mattresses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Surgical Care for Stigmatized Women in Congo
This project seeks to raise $3,000 in the next year to provide surgery for nearly 50 women in Vanga.
Medical Residency Program in Congo
This project seeks to raise $300 a month for the support of a young male or female doctor for residency training at the Evangelical Hospital in Vanga.
STEP Scholarships for Tijuana
This project seeks to raise $250 per student for up to 100 students in the next school year.
Job Training for Handicapped Kids in India
This project seeks to raise $6,500 in the next year to purchase food, clothing, medicines, hygiene items and school supplies for 33 children and the 2 elders who take care of them.
Help a Child in Southeast Asia
This project seeks to raise $ 6,000 for educational scholarships so that 80 children from broken homes can go to school rather than beg on the streets.
Refurbishing Mitendi Center in Congo
This project seeks to raise $15,700 to refurbish the Mitendi Center in Kinshasa, Congo as it reopens in 2011.
Vocational Teacher for Disabled in Thailand
This project seeks to raise $1,800 or $150 a month to pay Pongphat a teacher’s salary in the vocational training program at the Christian Center for the Development of People with Disabilities in Thailand.
Pre-School Lunch Program in Thailand
This project seeks to raise $400 a month to provide a daily hot meal for 30 children at the House of Blessing (HOB) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Gift of Education in the Dominican Republic
This project seeks to raise $9,600 to purchase uniforms, school supplies, a back pack and shoes for 50 children and 25 college students.
School Costs for AIDS Orphans in Thailand
This project seeks to raise $610 to pay the yearly school costs of one student.
Health Trainers to Reduce Sickness in Congo
The purpose is to teach 280 trainers who will go into the Kinshasa, Bas-Congo and Bandundu districts to train up to 30,000 women in principles of hygiene to reduce the amount of dirt that leads to the spread of disease.
Education for Thai Orphans in Thailand
This project seeks to raise $1,400 to pay the scholarship costs for 14 ethnic minority children in villages in northern Thailand.
Clean Water Buckets in Dominican Republic
This project seeks to raise $5,500 in the next year to purchase 200 buckets with special clay filters and a 5 gallon container for each family to hold the filtered water.
Dominican Republic STEP
$1 a day – that’s all it takes to provide an education for a child in the Dominican Republic.
Support for AIDS Orphans in China
This project seeks to raise $25,000 so we can expand the program to help 100 AIDS orphans to stay in school.
Zambia School Project
This project seeks to raise a total of $11,000 by 2013 to purchase school supplies, uniforms, shoes and 1 hot meal a day for 100 children.
iZulu Orphan Project in South Africa
This project seeks to raise $10,000 annually for three years, 2010 through 2013, to purchase HIV and CD4 testing supplies and associated transport and logistical services to serve 800-1000 orphaned children and between 300-500 caregivers annually.
Providing Books & School Uniforms in Mexico
This project seeks to raise $75 per student for 100 students in the next school year. Funds will pay for books and uniforms.
Build Dorm for Orphaned Girls in Tibet
This project seeks to raise $110,000 in the next 2 years to construct a girls dormitory in Tibet.
Kids for Kids Project in Haiti
Kids for Kids seeks to raise $5,000 to purchase 100 goats ($50 per goat).
Miqlat Ministry Women's Shelter in India
This project seeks to raise $14,300 by 2015 to purchase land suitable for a permanent home for the Miqlat Ministry in Dimapur, part of the Nagaland Baptist Council of Churches in India, an IM partner.
Deborah's House Sewing Machine Project
This project seeks to raise $22,000 in the next year to purchase industrial sewing machines, fabric, and secure use of the building.
Plant a Family Garden in Chiapas Mexico
This project seeks to raise $ 2,640 to purchase seed, fencing, basic tools and water barrels.
Truck for Haitian Eye Center
This project seeks to raise a total of $44,000 to purchase a new pick-up truck and have it shipped to Haiti.
Health, Healing & Hope in Haiti
This project seeks to raise $61,600. This money will outfit 150 families with basic supplies such as food and clothing, access to sanitation and medical care, and school supplies for their children.
Rural Health Screening in South Africa
This project seeks to raise $2,899 per medical screening clinic, or a total of $14,496 annually for the next three years to purchase medical components and other equipment for five complete portable rural village screening clinics.
A Roof for Children with Disabilities in Thailand
This project seeks to raise $2,500 to replace the concrete roof that covers the play and therapy areas for the children that attend the school preparation program.
Seminary Scholarships in Costa Rica
This project seeks to raise $4,210 to cover the cost of one year of study for one student at the Universidad Biblica Latinoamericana in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Chile Girls Clubs
This project seeks to raise $5,500 to support 10 girls clubs for one year. These funds will provide art supplies, snacks, training materials and two all-day field trips for 100 girls throughout the year.
Equipping Pastor’s Wives in Congo
This project seeks to raise $2,000 to provide training to 30 pastor's wives at the Women's School of Kikongo.
Bibles for Literacy Teachers in Congo
This project seeks to raise $2,970 in the next 3 years to purchase 270 Bibles. The purpose is to give Bibles as an encouragement and teaching tool in local languages or French, to 270 volunteer literacy teachers
Planting Trees in Congo
This project seeks to raise $2,000 to purchase tools, seeds and supplies for a tree planting project in the village of Kikongo on the Wamba river in Congo.
Reading for Life in Congo
This project seeks to raise $7,900 to publish and distribute 1,000 copies of thirty different 12 page booklets over the next 3 years. We expect that some 15,000 families will benefit from improved literacy skills.
Student Agricultural Internships in Congo
This project seeks to raise $3,530 in the next three years to sponsor student internships at the Baptist agricultural development center of Lusekele.
Textbooks & Scholarships in Congo
The HOPE project seeks to raise $2,500 in the next year to purchase 50 textbooks and provide 8 scholarships for students who cannot afford to attend school.
Clean Water in Thailand & Burma
This project seeks to raise $5000 to provide funds to cap one spring and to purchase PVC pipe to gravity- feed fresh mountain water to about 300-400 people.