Shining Hope
February 5, 2014
On behalf of ICM Board of Directors and our 350 local staff in the
Philippines, we would like to sincerely thank Jubilee and its
congregation's generosity.
ICM started a "Shining
Hope" project
in Iloilo, Phillippines since last December. Island ECC church in
Hong Kong raised offerings from their congregation and funded
this project. Since then, ICM has identified hundreds of families
in Cebu and Roxas that are in need of these solar lamps.
Cebu and Roxas’s rural communities have not yet had
their power restored since the Typhoon. There are no
street lamps. Even during “normal times” prolonged blackouts
are typical. This shortens the working day, increases crime and
accidents caused by walking, cooking, and moving in an
overcrowded home after dark.
ICM’s response is to provide families solar lamps. We have
sourced “d-light”
solar lamps from a local supplier, which is essential for
warranty and replacement issues.
•One solar lamp can light up a 5
x 5m room, which is an average sized home
•Much safer than kerosene
lamps
•The lamps also
charge phones, allowing contact with the outside
world
•Results in: parents able to
work, read at night, children able to do their homework,
crime reduction in the community.
•When power is restored, lamps
can still be used to reduce electricity
ICM
will allocate Jubilee's January lover offering towards
purchasing of app. 300 solar lamps to assist the families live
in the slum communities. Our goal is to
raise app. US$20K to cover 1,228 families ICM's identified so
far.