Information Brochure (pdf)
For more information
contact:
RNM, Inc.
Phone: 281-337-0067
Email: rnm@solidrockinternational.com;
or info@Relief-Network.org;
Web: http://solidrockinternational.com/relief_networks.htm
“For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the
expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.”- Psalm 9:18.
ORGANIZATIONAL
STATUS
The Relief Network Ministries Inc. is a 501 (c)(3)
non-profit public organization incorporated in the State of Texas in April
2001.
ORGANIZATIONAL
GOALS
Mission & Objectives
RNM is committed to addressing the need to remove conditions
that lead to abject poverty, disease and ill health, especially among children
and women; inadequate skills leading to low productivity & development in
targeted communities.
The broad strategic mission of RNM is to work through
specific faith based community-driven project efforts to meet the needs of
impoverished communities particularly in developing countries, rural areas, and
inner cities.
This helps RNM target the socio-economic problems associated
with the family & human sufferings, especially in 3rd world
countries and our inner cities. Our
ultimate mission therefore is to touch lives for Christ & eternity.
In addition, RNM aims to minister to urban drug addicts,
alcohol abusers and battered women / teenage mothers who desire to be helped
through RNM’s faith based approach.
“Any religion that professes to be concerned with the
souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic
conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a
dry-as-dust religion.”
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The objectives of the organization focus on ways to
alleviate the adverse consequences of poverty and illiteracy, such as poor
hygienic standards and inadequate skills for gainful employment. Often the poor find themselves in places with
unsanitary drinking water or portable domestic water, especially in Africa &
the 3rd world.
In the process, we seek to mobilize community support for
development initiatives such as drilling and maintaining water wells, providing
skills acquisition / training sessions especially in computer technology, and
deploying our diagnostic medical tool called TROPIX in rural Clinics and
Health Care Centers.
RNM has the following specific goals:
1.
Develop a minimum of 50 water wells over the
next 3-5 years in the 3rd World countries of interest to improve
health & sanitation in these populations.
2.
Provide skills acquisition / transfer training
sessions to natives in appropriate technology using our V-TEN (Vocational
Technical Education Network) concept approach for adult education. This
includes the sharing of our curriculum & provision of support for small
V-TEN Computer Technology & Skills acquisition centers within local
churches or community groups requesting our assistance.
3.
Provide 10-20 basic health care and medical
reference support systems using Laptop based TROPIX diagnostic & therapy
tool to rural Clinics & Health Care Centers in 2-3 years.
4.
Develop
a network of project volunteers for various skills transfer programs.
5.
Enlist
some qualified professional volunteers to provide help / counseling to drug
addicts, alcohol abusers, and battered women / teenagers who seek our Bible
faith-based approach to restoration of a life worth living, good habits &
true happiness.
Some of our selected countries of interest include: Nigeria,
Cote d’Voire, Tanzania, Kenya, Botswana / Republic of South Africa, Ghana,
Philippines, Indonesia, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka. Since RNM is a project-base
organization, volunteer teams with interest in specific countries are formed
each year around projects already in progress or targeted for any of these
countries.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
·
Mission #1 to Nigeria June – July 2001 in which
we dug / drilled a water well #1 in Umunneme
Ward of Ogberuru village (see photo album): 120 feet deep, producing about
25 gallons per minute with a 1000 gallon storage tank erected, and a
submersible pump installed.
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Delivered donated computer equipment to
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Conducted seminar sessions with students &
ministered to them as well as other villagers leading to over 625 decisions.
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Developed the V-TEN Computer Technology
curriculum and the general concept framework with Grace Network Ministries,
Inc.
ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
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LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL, Inc., Sugarland
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INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN AWARENESS (IAA),
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GRACE NETWORK MINISTRIES, Inc.,
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LIFEWATER INTERNATIONAL, Inc., San
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Rev. (Dr.)
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VOLUNTEERS (SRI Corps)
Volunteers are sought in many areas of skills and experience
/ background. These include: qualified technicians, mechanics, medical doctors,
nurses, computer specialists, hydrologists, drillers, plumbers, welders,
teachers, etc.
Each volunteer typically sponsor or pays their own ticket
and some local expenses. RNM will in many cases make local arrangements for
transportation, room and board in order to reduce the cost of living while on
mission trips.
As a side benefit, volunteers will have the opportunity to
share their life story / experiences with a very willing audience or persons
they mentor in addition to the rich cultural experience of such an
international travel. Our travel plans will generally include short visits to
places national interest such as the wildlife park / game reserve, Atlantic
beach, etc.
PARTNERS
Partners are those who commit to contributing in cash and
kind as well as praying frequently for the work and needs of this
ministry to impact lives.
Some partners who desire to be recognized for their
contributions may be rewards by our periodically sponsored News Media
submissions in local and Internet News Agencies under philanthropy and
charitable acts. RNM may occasionally award some special certificate or plaques
of recognition for outstanding contributions from partners, or give token gifts
in appreciation of committed partner support. Above all, we believe the
greatest reward can only be given by the Lord we serve or labor to honor.
Heb.6:10.
PROJECTS
Projects for the 2001-2002 period include: Water Well
developments in Nigeria, V-TEN training center initiation in several Church
groups / bodies that have requested the aid, Community access to technology
center development in 2-3 locations, and the installation of TROPIX in some
rural Clinics and the training of the operators or medical staff users.
STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
Through skills transfer in appropriate technology and
capacity building in disadvantaged communities, especially in 3rd
World countries, RNM is committed to long-term development for relief to
beneficiaries.
Through a mentor program as well as formal short term
training programs and projects, we quickly help people in local communities
develop skills in affordable and appropriate technology areas.
RNM VOLUNTEER
& PARTNERSHIP APPLICATION
Applications may be found at our web site with address provided
above. Also volunteers and partners wishing to sponsor or support specific
projects or our programs in general may email us their contact information and
names for follow-up by our volunteer director.
WHAT YOU CAN DONATE
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Water well to serve 500-600 people - $3000
(Assume a well depth of 150 ft).
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Hydro pump (foot hydraulic) - $1300
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Hand pump (manual bush) - $600
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Piping, casing & plumbing for a well - $300
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Provision of Sand filtration unit - $1000
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Provision of 2 liter Water purification bottles
with ionization filters - $35
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Provision of medicines & vitamins modules -
$100
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Windows 95/98/2000 Laptop for TROPIX disease
diagnoses & therapy - $1250
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Provision of 10 Computer books for V-TEN
Computer Technology Training - $200
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Provision of property for Office Space, and care
of drug / alcohol abusers or battered women / teenagers.
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A car in reasonable condition
WHERE TO SEND YOUR GIFT
All gifts should be sent to our contact address on the first
page. For gift items that are send by special courier requiring physical
delivery, please use: