Literacy through the Bible in Cambodia and Laos
This summer, the Bible Society, along with local churches, will bring Bibles and develop literacy programs in Cambodia and Laos.
Protestante Digital, Bible Society · CAMBODIA AND LAOS · 17 JULY 2015 · 16:20 CET
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The Bible Society has started a project called “summer operation”, which this year aims to bring biblical and literacy materials to the rural regions of Cambodia and Laos, where they work with local churches in both areas.
“There are people who want to read the Bible, but they do not know how to read”, the Bible Society explains. Therefore, the plan not only consists in publishing biblical materials in their own language, but also in supporting literacy projects in those communities.
In Laos, the Bible Society collaborates with the Laos church, developing literacy programs in the mountains, far away from the big cities.
In Cambodia, reality is also difficult. “There is an abyss between rural Cambodia and tourist cities of Siem Reap or Phnom Penh”, they said.
One million and a half Vietnamese live in Cambodia Mountains. They are migrants who live under poverty threshold. The Cambodia Bible Society is helping this part of the population with literacy programs for Christians and non-Christians.
“LITERACY TRANSFORM LIVES”
Regarding Cambodia, the project is even bigger: 1.500 New Testaments, 2.000 comics, 2.000 biblical selections (the book “For you, new reader”), and 1.000 literacy materials.
“Literacy transform lives”, Bible Society states, therefore, they ask for support to carry out this project in Asia.
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