Ways of helps And Donating

Pray and Remember

1.  Pray, first of all, for God to show you any attitudes about the poor that need adjusting.

2.  Pray for the poor of the world.

3.  Pray for the poor of the United States.

4.  Pray for the poor near you- yes, it’s here, too. Find out how many low income people are in your area.

5.  Billy Graham said, “Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask.” Pray for God to bring people out of poverty.

6.  Remembering the quote from #5, pray for God to open the heart of your church to the poor.

7.  Remember God’s grace that was extended to you when you work with those in need.

8.  Remember when you see someone in need how great the Father’s love is for them.

9.  Remember to see the potential for a new creation in every person you see.

10. Prayerwalk a needy area of your town/county. Don’t know where to go? Call your local Department of Human Services office and they can tell you where the poorest areas are.

Look and Impact Your Area

11. Look at your community with fresh eyes. Where are the needs? What do you see, hear, smell, touch?

12. Invite the Missions Ministries Team to help your church do a community needs assessment to really look at some of the greatest needs in your area.

13. Give out Bibles in your area through all kinds of businesses and organizations.

14. Sponsor a yard sale, with the proceeds going to a poverty ministry.

Examine Your Church’s Present Resources

15. Think about the vehicles your church has: Could they be used to help transport needy people to appointments, interviews, outings and to church?

16. Think about the senior adult or youth trips that your church takes. Could a free scholarship be offered to an unchurched needy senior or youth each time?

17. Think of your kids’ summer camp outings. Could a needy kid or two get to go every summer with your kids? Think of the impact on their life.

18. Think of all your regular weekly activities for children and youth. Could you bring in unchurched kids for choir, mission activities, other special activities?

19. Does your church have Mother’s Day Out? Is there a way a scholarship could be provided occasionally for a low income mother to have a day off?

20. Does your church serve a Wednesday night meal? Are there needy people that could be brought in to that and then they also will experience Bible study and fellowship    with believers? Could your leftovers after a meal be sent to a shelter or other ministry?

21. Does your church have parents’ night out or parenting seminars? Invite the community to come to these.

Get Out Into the Community

22.  Do a door to door survey. Find out about people in a needy part of town- a mobile home park, or other low income area.

23.  Survey and ask “What are some of the needs of people in this neighborhood?” Value their comments. They know the area better than we do.

24.  Go door to door and simply ask, “How can we pray for you or your family?” This will open doors of opportunity for your church.

25.  Offer to pick people up for church and take them home.

26.  Sponsor a block party in a needy part of town. Get to know the people and let them get to know your church.

Hunger Ministries

27.  Read up about hunger in the United States and then look around for it where you live.

28.  Learn about the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund. Get your church involved in observing World Hunger Sunday every year.

29.  Host a carnival, meal, or gather change for world hunger.

30.  Check with your school and see if it has the Food 4 Kids program offered by Rice Depot. If not, call Rice Depot 501.565.8855 and find out what is involved in getting this free service into your schools that helps send food home with needy kids in backpacks.

31.  Collect food items that are needed most for an existing food pantry.

32.  Volunteer to go help sort and bag food for them.

33.  Ask your pastor or church staff if you could fix little bags of non perishable, easy to open food for them to keep on hand in the church office (peanut butter crackers, pop top fruit cans, juice boxes, peanuts, oatmeal cookies, other items that don’t have to be cooked).

34.  Buy fast food gift certificates to give out to people you see who need a meal.

35.  Start a pantry in your church.

36.  Fix sack lunches for needy kids in the summer or senior adults for the weekend.

37.  Deliver meals on wheels to seniors. Churches can go in together and divide up the days.

38.  Serve a hot meal once a week for the needy in your town.

Housing and Other Home Ministries

39.  Join Habitat for Humanity and help build houses for needy families.

40.  Volunteer to paint the home of a needy person (call DHS or a home health agency for a name).

41.  Do yard work: rake leaves, trim limbs, clean up yard of a needy person.

42.  Mow the grass for a needy person who is elderly or disabled.

43.  Build a ramp for a needy person.

44.  Teach basic home repairs (fixing a leaky faucet, a toilet, a roof leak, etc.)

45.  Volunteer to clean house for someone.

Children’s Ministries

46.  Provide funds so a needy kid can go on a school outing.

47.  Provide self esteem programs for children.

48.  Teach goal setting.

49.  Provide a place for kids and youth to play basketball or soccer in a low income area.

50.  Build a park or prayer garden in a low income area.

51.  Get permission from the school to eat lunch with kids who don’t have a parent ever come.

52.  Be a volunteer babysitter for a teen mom finishing school.

53.  Donate infant and children’s car seats to those who can’t afford to buy them.

54.  Donate band instruments to your school for low income kids.

55.  Host a party at your local Head Start center.

56.  Donate coats, gloves, lice shampoo and other needs to your local school.

57.  Offer a free scholarship so a needy kid can take art, music or gymnastics classes.

58.  Provide affordable, quality child care.

59.  Sponsor a wholesome, fun movie night for kids in an apartment complex outside.

60.  Be a big brother, big sister, a mentor for a kid.

61.  Provide after school activities for kids.

Employment Ministries

62.  Call Employment Security office or a Community Action Agency in your county and ask if they need business clothing, shoes, jewelry for women getting job training.

63.  Start a job search/help wanted matching service.

64.  Provide transportation for low income people to get to job appointments/interviews.

65.  Be a mentor to someone out of work.

66.  Start a Christian Women’s Job Corps and/or Christian Men's Job Corps in your association.

67.  Provide classes on how to get a job and keep a job.

68.  Teach life skills and goal setting to adults who need a job.

Senior Adults

69.  Involve your children and youth in sending cards to nursing home residents.

70.  Get floral shops to give you flowers they are getting rid of & deliver to home bound seniors or nursing home residents.

71.  Have a senior adult VBS in a nursing home or senior adult housing area.

72.  Call your local home health agency and find out who needs a visit that never has company?

73.  Fix an extra meal for seniors who live alone and deliver it for the weekend.

74.  Find a way to help seniors buy part of their medicines. Any little bit helps.

75.  Help seniors change light bulbs, take down their curtains to wash, etc.

76.  Make a phone call to an unchurched senior every week.

77.  Donate fans for the summer heat for needy seniors.

78.  Build a ramp/rail for a senior.

79.  Help them write letters, write out bills.

Homeless Ministries

80.  Call your local homeless shelters, domestic abuse shelters and find out what kinds of programs they could use.

81.  Call and find out what they need donated: washcloths, shower caps, shampoo, underwear, whatever their greatest need might be.

Literacy Missions

82.  Start an English as a 2^nd Language ministry. Call your state Baptist office and find out how to have a training session for your church.

83.  Get trained in Adult Reading and Writing ministry. Call your state Baptist office and find out how to get trained.

84.  Start an after school Tutoring Children & Youth ministry. Call your state Baptist office and find out how to have a training session for your area.

85.  Gather school supplies, prizes, flashcards, learning games for a tutoring ministry.

Health Care Ministries

86.  Provide free health screenings at your local church.

87.  Start a free medical/dental clinic with the churches of your area.

88.  Donate used medical equipment (walkers, wheelchairs, shower chairs, etc.).

89.  Donate old reading glasses to an organization that works with low income people.

Migrant Ministries

90.  Take bottles of water out to the fields where migrants are working.

91.  Have a “Cottonpatch” VBS for the migrant children out by the fields where parents are working.

92.  Donate gloves, warm shirts in the winter.

Other Ministries

93.  Offer free haircuts.

94.  Offer parenting training.

95.  Fix the cars, do oil changes for needy people.

96.  Donate furniture.

97.  Sew unusual sizes of clothing for clothing ministries.

98.  Donate your good used shoes and clothing.

99.  Donate maternity clothes and baby items to a local Pregnancy Care Center.

100.  GO!

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How to Be Beautiful

Global Peace Foundation  is world largest not profit organization.In this article we will tell you some                            
                                               points to be Beautiful.



Get involved in your community. Global Peace Foundation advise you all to Do you feel passionately about helping the world to become a better place? Then find your own small corner and start doing something to participate. Raise money for a local animal shelter. Buy from local businesses. Go to a town or county festival. Throw a block party for your neighbors. People with inner beauty don't hide it; they share it with others.

Get some exercise. According Global Peace Foundation You don't have to run a marathon or have a   perfectly sculpted body. You'd be surprised what doing some yoga, taking a daily walk or going for a swim will do for your sense of well-being. Your skin will have a healthy glow, and you'll exude a sense of vitality.

Take care of your skin. Wear makeup if you have the time and if it makes you feel good.
                                       

• No matter what your skin tone, don't spend too much time in the sun. If you do get a lot of sun, then make sure that you wear a sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher protection.
• Drink a lot of water. Water hydrates your skin from within and will help to combat peeling and dryness.
• Wash your face in the morning and at night. If your skin is oily, then use a cleanser to keep your face acne-free. If your skin is dry, then use a gentler cleanser and be sure to moisturize.
• Care for your lips. Wear lip balm, particularly in the winter. If you want a little color along with protection, buy tinted lip balm.

Keep your feet and hands looking great.   These parts of your body take a lot of abuse from simple daily living. Make sure that your skin stays moist and your nails stay groomed. Take the time out for a manicure or pedicure to refresh yourself, whether you do the ritual at home or at a spa.

Protect your teeth. Not only do they give you a great smile, but they also keep you eating all of the foods that you love at any age. In addition to regular brushing and flossing, get a check-up at the dentist every 6 months. If you want to, try some teeth whitening solutions.

Choose a great wardrobe. Your wardrobe does not have to be expensive to be beautiful. It just has to showcase your style and flatter your body. Choose good fabrics and flattering colors that you can wash without dry cleaning. Instead of buying 2 cheap shirts that won't last very long, save your money to purchase a well-made shirt that can last for multiple seasons. You can always find great brands and really unique pieces for less at consignment shops or thrift shops.

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How to help the poor and needy

                             

                                              Help the poor and needy

What can you, a teenager who doesn't have a lot of money or resources, do to help the poor and needy?

More than you think.

The Global Peace Foundation advice Most young adults are blessed with the creativity and intelligence to find ways to help others despite limited resources. Here are some tips that can perhaps start the creative process:

1. Give a portion of your allowance each week to a poor and needy person or a cause in support of them.

2. Encourage your parents to pay Zakat.

3. Encourage a family Sadaqa (charity) project.

4. Talk about it in your youth group.

5. Visit a poor part of town.

6. Do a class presentation on poverty.

7. Don't just collect money.

8. Write about poverty in your school paper.

9. Write about Zakat and Sadaqa in your Masjid newsletter.

10. Put the information on a website.

11. Collect money in your group.

12. Organize a youth seminar on poverty.

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Get More Independence

Many arguments teenagers have with their parents are about one thing: independence. As you get older, you'll want to do more stuff on your own, without your mom and dad tagging along with you. The arguments generally start when your parents think you aren't ready for extra responsibility while you think you are. Global Peace Foundation define  Arguing with your parents isn't the best solution at all, but the best solution is gaining trust from your parents and normally they won't be worried about increasing your independence

Agree a time you'll be home with your parents, and always make sure you keep to it

                                    If you can't get home by 9.30, they'll never let you out until 10.00.

Always tell your parents where you are, and who you're with.

                                   They won't feel much worried letting you go off on your own if they know what you're up to.

Introduce them to your friends. 

                                    They won't imagine you getting into trouble if they know how they are.

Call in and tell your parents that you're OK from time to time. 

                                    The less they worry about you, the more independence you'll gain.

Never lie to your parents about where you're going. 

                                     If they find out, all that trust will be destroyed and then you'll never get the extra independence you ever wanted.

How to Help Others.

There are a lot of things collected by Global Peace Foundation  you can do to help in your community, whether it's with your mom's chores, or if a friend is upset. Here are some little things you can do to reach out to other people.

Try to offer first. According Global Peace Foundation When people need your help, they'll most likely ask you first, but if you have the chance, try to offer to help before they ask you. This will show that you were willing to help from the start. For example, if you see a friend struggling to carry groceries, offer to help. Or if you see them getting bullied, help stand up. Or if you see them getting pushed down or beaten, ask "Are you all right?" and help them up. Then try to cheer them up. Believe me, helping people will always make you feel better because it's the right thing to do.



Put yourself in another person's shoes. Being compassionate can give you a strong reason to help someone else. It can also show people that you really do care about someone.


Volunteer or donate. Being in charitable organizations is a great way to help the less fortunate, like donating food or money to the poor.


Listen. You obviously can't know what you need to do if you're not even paying attention. Plus, people aren't going to rely on you very much if you act like you don't even care what they're saying.

Think about what might happen if you don't. More people will feel more miserable if you just leave them when they need you, and you don't want to see people unhappy, do you? Don't stress yourself too much, but it's always nice to lend a hand.


Observe. according global Peace Foundation Find out what that certain person might like. For example: s/he is always folding up paper. You can buy a origami set and teach him/her your tricks. Or he/she seems bored a lot. Try spending time with them to play a board game or play cards.

Health Programs

 Global Peace Foundation, Improving health in the world's poorest countries is a core priority for World Concern. Without good health, many of the ways we help people lift themselves out of poverty — education, income generation, vocational training and more — would be fruitless.

As the health of of a family is improved, children are able to attend school and parents are able to work. Clean water and nutritious food begin to have an impact on lives, and hope can be seen in the bright eyes of healthier children.

World Concern provides:

Deworming medication to more than 3 million children per year

Free or low-cost healthcare through urban medical clinics

Vaccinations

HIV and AIDS prevention and care

Clean water, sanitation and hygiene education

Response to health emergencies

With a solution that's pocket change — 44 cents —  Global Peace Foundation believe there's no reason one-third of the world's children should have their health, futures and even their lives threatened by intestinal parasites.

You can stand in agreement with us on behalf of the children by learning more and contributing toward the cure

23 million people with AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa

Intestinal parasites infect roughly one-third of the world's children

Parasites consume essential nutrients and cause anemia, malnutrition, skin disorders and stunted growth

More than half a million women die every year of complications during pregnancy or childbirth; most of these deaths can be avoided with proper medical care

Vocational and Business Training

One of the most valuable strategies in fighting extreme poverty is teaching people skills so they

can learn to provide for themselves.

Global Peace Foundation, World Concern’s work in poor communities strives to influence long-term change. Teaching people marketable job skills helps lift them and their families out of poverty for good, changing the direction of generations to come.

In all of our work, Global Peace Foundation target the poorest and most vulnerable people. Global Peace Foundation place a special emphasis on women in our vocational training programs, who are treated unequally and also are expected to support their families. Global Peace Foundation also help children in areas where trafficking is a danger. However, men and women of all ages have the opportunity to learn a skill through our programs.

Global Peace Foundation ,vocational training programs are carefully matched with the needs of the community where we work to ensure students and participants are able to use their skills and get a job after completion. In South Sudan, for example, people rely on motorbikes for transportation, but many of them sit broken and abandoned. World Concern opened a vocational training center to teach young men mechanical skills so they can repair motorcycles for income, and at the same time, meet a vital

need in the community.

In the same community, people were not able to afford new clothes because they were all imported. The vocational school offers classes in sewing and tailoring so women can make clothing, earning an income and providing affordable clothing to the people who live there

Per capita income in Kenya is $360 (US dollars)

22% of Kenyans live on less than $1 per day

Nearly 90% of people in Chad are illiterate

75% of the population of South Sudan is illiterate

Only 1.9% of the population of South Sudan has completed primary school

In Haiti, only 52% of those over the age of 15 can read and write

Fish farmers in Bangladesh may have ponds, but only a few raise fish profitably due to the lack of technical expertise

Only 68% of the population in Laos can read and write

Micro loas To Start a Business

To succeed in business, you must start with something. Sheer will does not give an aspiring businessperson money to buy supplies. People living in extreme poverty - especially women - are not able to borrow from banks, and local money lenders charge exorbitant interest rates, making repayment nearly impossible. Global Peace Foundation ,World Concern provides that spark of hope, in the form of a small business loan, that is often the first step up out of poverty. Global Peace Foundation have seen how people seize the opportunities loans provide. Global Peace Foundation have seen the will to succeed flourish with the help of a microloan. When you make a dollar a day, it's difficult to bear to pay six dollars to ride into town dozens of miles away just to visit a bank. That's the situation men and women in Kenya face in some of the rural communities where Global Peace Foundation work. Because it's not feasible to bank in town, people hide money in their homes. With that comes the risk of losing it in a fire or being robbed.To meet the unique needs of these remote villages, World Concern helps rural communities in Kenya form village banks. We - and the customers - are pleased with how they work.

Fighting Hunger and Poverty

Following a disaster, World Concern is there Global Peace Foundation , providing medical supplies, shelter, clean drinking water and food. Emergency food distribution has saved lives and reduced suffering in places like Haiti, following the January 2010 earthquake, and during the Sri Lanka flooding in early 2011. In Sudan, food is a necessity for survival for the more than 5 million people who were homeless at the end of 2010, having fled their homes during the Darfur war. World Concern is providing food for those who are beginning to return to their villages. Schools are given food so students receive a meal each day, and girls in grades 3 through 8 receive dry rations to take home as an incentive for more girls to attend school. Global peace Foundation ,Teaching people to grow their own food for consumption and income is a step toward lifting themselves out of poverty permanently. World Concern teaches farming techniques, and provides equipment and seeds, giving people the tools they need to succeed. In Chad, refugees share land, equipment and harvested crops with their neighbors, so the entire community benefits. Sharing a horse cart, for example, enables farmers to haul their crops in larger quantities to market to be sold. In Kenya, World Concern helps schools establish gardens so students are eating a more balanced diet than the protein and carbohydrates they receive for a mid-day meal. Each school receives drip irrigation kits, farm tools, seeds, fruit tree seedling, fencing material and fertilizer. Children are learning gardening, farming and nutrition through their involvement with the gardens. The skills and information they’ve learned will be carried on to the next generation.

Educating People Worldwide

Global Peace Foundation extreme poverty and illiteracy go hand-in-hand. That’s why World Concern is committed to making it possible for people of all ages to receive an education in some of the poorest villages in the world. Global Peace Foundation World Concern offers a variety of educational programs, from traditional schooling to lessons about health, disease prevention, farming and personal safety. Children and their parents in the villages of Southeast Asia are often unaware of dangers of child trafficking. Sadly, sex tourism primarily targets children between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age. The poor and uneducated children are most at risk of becoming tangled in a filthy web of illegal, underage sex. Their captors make promises to the children's families, and the children disappear for months, even years at a time

Helping Children in Need

Children are the hope for the future of Global Peace Foundation. That’s why so much of World Concern’s work is focused on their survival, well-being and growth.

In the countries Global Peace foundation serve, children are challenged by civil war, malnutrition, illiteracy, trafficking, HIV/AIDS and a lack of hope for the future

Most of the children Global Peace Foundation serve suffer from intestinal parasites as well as malnutrition, which makes them more susceptible to disease, skin and intestinal disorders, and disabilities affecting learning and growth.

That’s why World Concern provides millions of school children worldwide with de-worming medications and vitamins, which improves their health, strength, learning capacity and ability to resist disease.

 The coastal city of Petit-Goâve, Haiti, community volunteers teach 15- to17-year-olds how to breed and sell goats.

Goats are a valuable commodity in Haiti, where the average per capita income is less than a dollar per day. Not only do goats provide milk—which can be sold—but the sale of a goat’s offspring can net its owner the equivalent of four month’s income.

How to Donate Art

              

People who donate art to museums don't always realize the hopes and dreams they have for their donations. The most common complaint from donors is that museums don't show their donations, but rather assign them to various storage facilities where they sit and gather dust. A less common but more serious complaint is that the museums sometimes sell donated art in order to raise funds. These problems arise in almost all cases because donors don't understand how museums operate and how they treat donated art (or any other donations, for that matter).

When a museum accepts donated art, that art becomes part of what is referred to as the museum's "permanent collection." Most donors assume that the permanent collection is made up of all the art in a museum, including donations, and that every piece of that art remains in the collection for all time. This is not the case. The permanent collection exists as a continually changing and evolving body of art, but individual pieces in that collection remain there only as long as they're relevant to the collection as a whole.

Museum curators are quick to point out that, unless otherwise stated, when a museum accepts a work of art for donation, that museum believes the art is beneficial to its permanent collection and intends to keep it in the collection for all time. Curators also point out, however, that they're not infallible. Tastes change, museum staffs change, the content and direction of collections change, museums acquire works of art that are better than similar examples that they currently own, some art turns out to be not as important as curators first thought it was, and so on. A few museums, such as the National Gallery of Art, keep all donations and never deaccess, but the majority of museums reserve the right to sell or otherwise deaccess art that no longer serves any purpose in their collections. Even so, the substantial majority of today's donations are never sold and remain permanently within their permanent collections.

As for exhibiting donated art, curators do their best to accept art that they believe will eventually be exhibited, but here again, they're not infallible. Deciding which works of art will one day go on display often involves speculation and judgment calls. For example, a museum may accept or even purchase a painting by a promising young artist thinking that it will eventually hang in the permanent collection, but that artist's career may fizzle, and they may fade into permanent obscurity (along with their art). Not only will that art probably never get shown, but chances are also excellent that it will eventually be sold. Other reasons for not showing art are that museums have limited display space, curatorial changes impact what museums show, exhibition schedules are put together years in advance, some art has more research value than display value, and some art may be great, but out of fashion and not what the museum thinks the public wants to see at the moment.

For all you potential donors out there, understanding the fate of your donations before you donate is your responsibility. Never assume anything; donation policies vary from institution to institution. When meeting with curators, ask direct questions, tell them why you want to donate, make all special requests before you donate, and most importantly, keep your ego in check.


                                                                       By: gpeacefoundation.org