Large segments of India’s urban slum and rural tribal
populations do not have access to safe and reliable healthcare. The following
statistics indicate the severity of India’s situation:
-Over 600,000 children die each yr due to pneumonia & diarrhea
-Over 600,000 children die each yr due to pneumonia & diarrhea
-130,000 cases of leprosy diagnosed each year
-50% of world’s cases of leprosy found in India
-Only 38% of India's children below the age of 2
years are immunized.
-One in every 100 children in India
between age group of 0-14 years suffers
from acute
respiratory infection.
-Almost one in every five
children in India
below the age of 14 suffers from diarrhea.
-58% of India's children below the age of 2
years are not fully vaccinated. And 24% of
these children do not receive any form of vaccination.
Asia International Mission has prayerfully voted to begin a new medical ministry in Bangalore, India
to bring medical assistance
to these under-resourced populations through a new medical clinic and an
ongoing mobile medical ministry. Mobile vans are optimal delivery tools as they
can reach all corners of a slum community and can travel the vast distances to
support tribal villages.
By bringing healthcare to their doorstep, AIM wants to
ensure that the greatest number of patients is served without hindering daily
livelihood. The medical teams traveling on these vans will treat primary health
conditions and dispense free medicines to care for both acute and chronic
disease.
Patients, based on their lifestyle, history and current
complaints, will be screened for parasitic infections, chronic diseases and
asymptomatic conditions like hypertension and diabetes. Regular de-worming
medicines can be provided to patients with parasitic infections to prevent
anemia, and nutritional supplements given to those that demonstrate severe
malnourishment.
Asia International Mission is working hard to bring decent
medical care to children, families and communities affected by poverty. Whether
your gift meets the most basic medical needs of children, or helps keep mobile clinic
stocked and running, you can feel confident that your gift is providing care
where it isn’t otherwise available.
Please prayerfully consider partnering in this new outreach. Your gift will change and improve the life of a child or adult through proper
care, and an opportunity to hear of the hope and healing power of Jesus Christ.
Please go HERE to donate now. Or you may send a check to:
AIM
PO Box 1597
Stillwater, OK 74076
Make sure to write medical ministry on the memo line.
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Prayer Request
Adivasi tribal Christians in the village of Tamsai--in the state of Orissa--gathered for a worship service at
the Yehovah Nisih Prayer Church were attacked by a group of about 20 Hindu
radicals who shouted, “there is no place for worship meetings in the village
for Christians!”
Church member Bharat Patel said his left ear was injured,
and that three other members suffered injuries, one of them a severe cut on the
head. The hour-long assault ended when area Christian leaders intervened and
took the victims to the police to report the incident.
Please pray that God would change the hearts of the Hindus extremists,
safety for the congregation, and the healing of the injured people.
Pray for the Unreached Bedar, Hindu of India
Population: 17,000
World Pop: 17,000
Main Language: Panjabi, Eastern
Main Religion: Hinduism
Bible: Complete
Status: Least-Reached
Christ-Followers: Few, less than 2%
World Pop: 17,000
Main Language: Panjabi, Eastern
Main Religion: Hinduism
Bible: Complete
Status: Least-Reached
Christ-Followers: Few, less than 2%
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