together -Jan 2016

alongside shalom
In some
countries SIM
works strategically
by providing funds and
other support to likeminded
local organisations.
The doctor who heads Shalom,
one of SIM’s partner ministries
in an Asian city of 22 million
people, says that their ministry
is now the only one in that city
working with HIV/AIDS clients.
She talks about broken lives and
the stigmatization that still
exists. “Those infected get turned
away at the government hospitals and if they
finally agree to admit them, they get treated like
cattle,” she explains.
Shalom’s clinic is in a bleak and dry neighbourhood
far from the leafy, affluent suburbs of the
city. This ministry has the vision to bring holistic
transformation and hope to the lives of the urban
poor, with a special focus on people infected with
and affected by HIV/AIDS. Through care and
support to individuals and families, including palliative care, they are the hands
and heart of Christ to desperate and broken
people who have nowhere else to go.
Paul in Philippians writes, “I always pray with
joy because of your partnership in the gospel…”
Our local partners are committed brothers and
sisters who have huge hearts and a calling to work
with the poor and broken. We praise God for how
he is at work through them, and for the privilege
of working alongside them. Individuals, families
and whole communities are being touched by
God’s transforming love.
— a Kiwi mission partner in Asia
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Give
This ministry urgently
needs funding.
To support staff salaries
and other clinic/community
needs, email nz.donor@
sim.org. and quote Project
#98551