2007 Events
Volcano Relief
November 2007
IRF/YPK recently received donation in the amount of US$ 10,000 from Children Hunger Fund for Mt. Kelud relief effort. Mt. Kelud located at about 55 miles southwest of Surabaya, East Java. Mt. Kelud has gushed out its hot lava, and in the crater, a new volcano emerged with the height of 190 meter with a diameter of 200 meters.
This fund is used to purchase medicine and treatment for villagers who have been evacuated from the volvano zone. We also provide milk/baby formula included in the baby packs.
IRF/YPK recently received donation in the amount of US$ 10,000 from Children Hunger Fund for Mt. Kelud relief effort. Mt. Kelud located at about 55 miles southwest of Surabaya, East Java. Mt. Kelud has gushed out its hot lava, and in the crater, a new volcano emerged with the height of 190 meter with a diameter of 200 meters.
This fund is used to purchase medicine and treatment for villagers who have been evacuated from the volvano zone. We also provide milk/baby formula included in the baby packs.
Mud Flows in Porong
April 2007
This is one of the areas that our partner, Yayasan Pondok Kasih, have been reaching out to. Ibu Hana have been supporting the only 24 hours house of prayer with products that IRF has been shipping to Indonesia.
It is a mountain of mud that continue to grow in Porong, near Surabaya, East Java. Tens of thousands of people are displaced and the government are doing
little to alleviate the hardships of the local people. Many factories are closed down. It is a volcanic mud flow accident that have no end in sight.
This is one of the areas that our partner, Yayasan Pondok Kasih, have been reaching out to. Ibu Hana have been supporting the only 24 hours house of prayer with products that IRF has been shipping to Indonesia.
It is a mountain of mud that continue to grow in Porong, near Surabaya, East Java. Tens of thousands of people are displaced and the government are doing
little to alleviate the hardships of the local people. Many factories are closed down. It is a volcanic mud flow accident that have no end in sight.
Sight Ministries International (SMI)
January 21, 2007
Sight Ministries International came to Surabaya to partner with Yayasan Pondok Kasih in providing about 4,000 eye glasses to community in and around Surabaya.
This group of Texan who led by the founder Dr. Glen Elisor came fully equipped with medical equipment, 2 Ophthalmologist, Optometrists and a team so dedicated, highly qualified medical technician, and very efficient group of worker that within 5 days provided 4,000 prescriptions eye glasses to those who needed it.
Part of the vision of Sight Ministries International is, "Bringing sight to those who would otherwise be functionally blind the rest of their lives is a life changing event for not only those who receive the vision care, but also for those of us who are able to give it. This "gift of sight" opens hearts so that the good news of Jesus Christ can be shared, in appropriate ways, by our teams as well as the people we serve with."
They brought portable equipment with them as well as computerized system for inventorying and dispensing the glasses that ensured each patient got the glasses they needed.
Sight Ministries International came to Surabaya to partner with Yayasan Pondok Kasih in providing about 4,000 eye glasses to community in and around Surabaya.
This group of Texan who led by the founder Dr. Glen Elisor came fully equipped with medical equipment, 2 Ophthalmologist, Optometrists and a team so dedicated, highly qualified medical technician, and very efficient group of worker that within 5 days provided 4,000 prescriptions eye glasses to those who needed it.
Part of the vision of Sight Ministries International is, "Bringing sight to those who would otherwise be functionally blind the rest of their lives is a life changing event for not only those who receive the vision care, but also for those of us who are able to give it. This "gift of sight" opens hearts so that the good news of Jesus Christ can be shared, in appropriate ways, by our teams as well as the people we serve with."
They brought portable equipment with them as well as computerized system for inventorying and dispensing the glasses that ensured each patient got the glasses they needed.