THE DESPERATE PLIGHT OF CAMBODIAN LANDMINE SURVIVORS
Some years ago I was privileged to travel to Cambodia with Marion and a small team from South Australia. This event profoundly affected me on eve
ry level. Especially disturbing to us were the number of people of all ages suffering the after effects of landmines.
ry level. Especially disturbing to us were the number of people of all ages suffering the after effects of landmines.As if it weren't bad enough that so many people were amputees as a direct result of suffering anti-personnel (war terminology for anti-people!!) landmine injuries, their treatment and lifestyle was appalling.
While the culture is slowly changing, many landmine survivors are still forced to beg in order to survive.
Eleven people in that group that travelled to Cambodia. Eleven of us saw the problem... One amazing woman came back and sought God for a way to help the landmine survivors.
Marion Fromm was not the person you would expect to go off to foreign lands to start a fruit processing factory to aid the Cambodian landmine survivors. After all, she had reached the age where she should be retiring and relaxing with her grandchildren in South Australia.
Many of the people in that team that went to Cambodia have become involved in some small way with this important ministry. However, Marion's faithfulness to the vision and direction that God gave her, has seen her learn the fruit drying/confectionary process, learn how to set up and run a factory, then leave her family and country to live in Cambodia and work long hours to make that vision come to pass.
Pioneering is not for the faint hearted... When Marion first shared what she felt God wanted her to do, all I could see were insurmountable problems. Thankfully, Marion was not deterred and went to Cambodia. She continues to make a positive difference to the lives of many landmine survivors in Cambodia.
The ultimate goal is for this factory to be self-sufficient and it will get there over the next few years. In the mean time this venture is kept going by the support of people who want to help landmine survivors in Cambodia, who recognise the power of providing training, skills, a steady wage, and the respect that brings to landmine survivors.
Join with Marion and Reverse the Curse (RTC) to make a life changing difference in the lives of landmine survivors in Cambodia.
While the culture is slowly changing, many landmine survivors are still forced to beg in order to survive.
Eleven people in that group that travelled to Cambodia. Eleven of us saw the problem... One amazing woman came back and sought God for a way to help the landmine survivors.
Marion Fromm was not the person you would expect to go off to foreign lands to start a fruit processing factory to aid the Cambodian landmine survivors. After all, she had reached the age where she should be retiring and relaxing with her grandchildren in South Australia.
Many of the people in that team that went to Cambodia have become involved in some small way with this important ministry. However, Marion's faithfulness to the vision and direction that God gave her, has seen her learn the fruit drying/confectionary process, learn how to set up and run a factory, then leave her family and country to live in Cambodia and work long hours to make that vision come to pass.
Pioneering is not for the faint hearted... When Marion first shared what she felt God wanted her to do, all I could see were insurmountable problems. Thankfully, Marion was not deterred and went to Cambodia. She continues to make a positive difference to the lives of many landmine survivors in Cambodia.
The ultimate goal is for this factory to be self-sufficient and it will get there over the next few years. In the mean time this venture is kept going by the support of people who want to help landmine survivors in Cambodia, who recognise the power of providing training, skills, a steady wage, and the respect that brings to landmine survivors.
Join with Marion and Reverse the Curse (RTC) to make a life changing difference in the lives of landmine survivors in Cambodia.
Chris King (Web Administrator)
