FLC Messages and Reports 2011 - Fellowship of the Least Coin

Church of Christ in the Philippines has put up a center in the area through
which the program is administered. The program includes the following
components: Information, education, awareness and capability building;
Contact building-organizing; Services- sanctuary care giving for women
and children; Research and documentation; Advocacy and networking
with agencies, institutions and churches; Monitoring and evaluation.
3. Empowering Ecumenical Young Women for Service
and Leadership, Philippines, $5,000
The project, sponsored by the National Council of Churches in the
Philippines, aims:
1. To build and nurture the capacity of young women to deepen their
ecumenical engagement and equip them with necessary tools needed
in responding to the different issues and challenges of the time.
2. To provide young women with opportunities for education, leadership
skills training, and building capacity for issue advocacy and campaign
as well as building networks and linkages.
The components of the program are: Education and Empowerment thru
Women’s Formation Courses and Seminar on Gender and Sexuality;
Equipping Women through Skills Training: Theater Arts & Creative
Writing Workshops, Leadership Training for Young Women; Advocacy
and Publications; Networking and Linkages.
4. Life River Project, Japan, $5,000
Life River helps poor patients pay their hospital bill in Christian Hospital
Chandraghona (CHC) and Community Center for the Handicapped
(CCH) run by the Taize Community, both in Bangladesh. It started 15
years ago when Dr. Kentaro Hatano, a medical missionary sent to CHC
and Christian Leprosy Centre in Chandraghona, Bangladesh by Japan
Overseas Christian Medial Cooperative Service, was about to leave there
after ten years of service. Having had so many patients who were unable
to get an operation or proper treatment due to their financial difficulties,
he established a poor fund system by which a poor patient can receive
fund for his/her hospital expense. A hospital staff responsible for this
fund examines the patient’s financial state, and when the patient is found
to be eligible to receive the fund, he/she gets support from the Life River.
In the case of a hospitalized (in-patient), he/she is encouraged to pay as
much as he/she can afford. Therefore according to a patient’s ability to
pay, the Life River contributes part of patient’s hospital cost. This system
works totally based on the relationship of mutual trust between Life River
and CHC’s staff. The hospital sends patient’s report to Life River in Japan,
and it sends these reports to the contributors of Life River. At present
there are 320 supporters, and by receiving donation from them, Life River
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