It is through restoration of church facilities and spiritual ministries that we provide a framework within which we can equip children to respond to God's call. Resources will include Bible study programs and materials for children, faith enrichment resources, peace education, alleviation of ethnic tensions, conflict resolution, children's books, and special programs for street children and children traumatized by war. Education promotes empowerment and possibility and enables children to attain the knowledge they need to fulfill God's purpose in their lives. Resources under development include basic educational materials, literacy education materials, and basic educational supplies and equipment for war-torn institutions. Attention will be given to programs to reduce infant mortality through adequate nutrition, immunizations, safe drinking water, proper food handling, and AIDS education.
Good health requires more than just attention to the absence of illness.
We will work in consultation with the different communities to assure that facilities and programs are appropriate to answer the need for mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Children of war face special problems. Explanatory materials designed to provoke thought, study, and a clear understanding of the crisis and the issues contributing to it, and the role of the church, will be developed and supplemented with mission study and action plans for congregations, conferences, church agencies, and the Council of Bishops. The materials will include those suitable for adult study and those designed specifically for children. Over the next three years of this appeal much will depend on the enthusiastic participation of the global United Methodist family through prayers, study, labor, and financial support.