Fundraising Target
$11,000
(Not Tax Deductible)
Project Type
Education & Training|Priority Ministry Initiatives
$237
Raised so far this year
Details
Project Code: SEAwh106
On a remote island in South East Asia, there is a people group who number more than 80,000 and yet their language has no script and is threatened with extinction and loss of culture. While there are familiar languages, there is no comparison for communicating, reading or learning in our own heart language and this project provides that opportunity for this people group.
Our team are ready to make the most of this opportunity to help preserve the local island language and teach it to others. They have had frequent contact and interaction with people from this language group but now there is a unique opportunity for a focused effort in protecting their heart language and teaching the language to people wanting to work in the area. Through this, there will be a new opportunity to share the good news of Jesus where there are few known believers.
Through the Education Foundation and one of their Board members from this people group, and with your help, the team can now:
- Develop and open a new language course
- Assist in scripting the language
- Recruit and train people from this language to become language and culture nurturers
- Offer local culture and language lessons to expats and others working in the area
- Focus an effort on teaching children to use this language by bringing the developing syllabus into local schools
- Actively partner with the people group and demonstrate a commitment and a desire for them to retain their heart language as a priority
This training and development is scheduled over two years and as we review the progress over this time, the project may be extended in the future.
Supporting this project provides the funding for our team to act on language preservation through a training course for local school children and for expats to ensure this heart language in South East Asia is not lost. Children will be taught in their heart language and this people group will have the opportunity to hear the good news of Jesus in their first language.
This project is NOT tax deductible
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