Your father is God Project Summary
Bibles Instead Of Weapons The delinquency is taking over the streets of Dominican Republic, we only watch and listen to tragic news: Four teenagers shot a police officer, and left him lying on the pavement, girl of 9 years old killed her sister of 12 years old with her fathers’ weapon, business man commits suicide with a shot in the mouth. It is sad to see haw our society vanishes for the hate and the evil, accompanied to the use of firearms and white weapons. The chief of the police department in Puerto Plata, approached our bible committee, of this place, expressing his concern of making a call to the nation, where we will give bibles in exchange for their weapons, to heal a little bit currents of criminality that have been raising in our days.
PROJECT
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CATEGORY
SPECIAL AUDIENCES Running from Jan 2016 to Dec 2018
This year, our partners have been very motivated by this project, and the need still vital which drives the Bible Society to want to continue to present to project in other areas. This time (2018) in Santiago and Santo Domingo, were we have Bible Committees, and in the next years in another place of the country. We want to see, 15,000 people (5000 each year) change their weapons for the word of God and like this reduce the rate of criminality in our nation.
Project goal
3 years Make aware selected public about the danger of weapons, through an advertising campaign that includes radio, television and the press, and motivate them to exchange the bible for weapons. Achieve that 5,000 people, each year, during 3 years, can exchange and receive a copy of the scriptures and start a new life with Jesus.
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