ABM 'Who is my neighbour?'
Channel: andrew schmidt
Date: 2015-03-16

This week I wanted to devote the video to the work of The Anglican Board of Mission, an agency of the Anglican Church which works in aid and development, usually partnering with faith based organisations in developing countries.
A significant part of that work has been focused around a set of goals known as the Millennium Development Goals. These goals have been crafted to create a better world, for all people, in a way that may be sustained by the environment we live in and work with. An example of those goals, would be ‘Universal Primary Education’. The idea is that if all people have a basic education, then at the very least, all people would be able to work towards improving their lives, and the lives of their children. In Australia we are fortunate to have achieved this to a significant level, but there are still many people in our geographic neighbourhood who have not. This may be due to the fact they still do not have access to a teacher to teach them, or resources to learn from, or the time to attend school or a culture which supports education.
As a Christian organisation a component of the desire to respond to other’s needs comes from the story Jesus tells of ‘The good Samaritan’, which he told in response to the question, ‘who is my neighbour?’.
The video is a collection of the images demonstrating some of the work they have been able to do, with support from donors and government agencies, to respond to the Millennium development goals. 
I would encourage you to be aware of the goals, and to be aware of those who are being crafted, and if possible to support them.