WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?

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WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?
A QUESTION FROM CONGO
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Psalm 146 Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the
Lord all my life I will sing praise to my God as
long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men who cannot save. When their spirit
departs, they return to the ground on that very
day their plans come to nothing.
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Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God, The maker of
heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them
the Lord, who remains faithful forever. He
upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food
to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free
the Lord gives sight to the blind the Lord lifts
up those who are bowed down the Lord loves the
righteous.
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The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the
fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the
way of the wicked. The Lord reigns forever, your
God O Zion, for all generations. (All) Praise
the Lord!
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TIME DELAY SATELLITE PHOTO OF EARTH AT NIGHT
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World Poverty Map(World Bank 2004)

• Darkest colors most developed nations
  - Lightest colors
  least developed (less than 1.50/day per capita)
  - Light blue, no data

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LEVELS OF POVERTY

• EXTREME Basic needs for survival not met
• MODERATE Basic needs barely met, no safety net
• RELATIVE Lack of access to resources for upward
  social mobility

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LEVELS OF POVERTY

• EXTREME Concern is for physical survival
• MODERATE Concern is survival (sometimes), but
  primarily with security (no safety net)
• RELATIVE Concern is survival (seldom), security
  (sometimes), but primarily with the struggle with
  inability to improve ones lot in life

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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Community in Crisis
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GRIM RECENT HISTORY

• Regional Hostilities spawned bitter conflict
• 5,000,000 dead since 1998 (IRC mortality study)
• 1,200 still die each day (above normal death
  rate for sub-Saharan Africa)

• 1,200,000 IDPs
• 300,000 Refugees (BPRM April 2008)
• 30,000 child soldiers (MONUC 2009)
• Ongoing Conflict in eastern Congo between
  Congolese Army and CNDP, FDLR, Mai Mai

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Laurent NkundaCommander, Congres National pour
la Defense du Peuple (CNDP)
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CHALLENGES FACING DRC

• Destroyed Infrastructure
• Mobutu Legacy
• Corrupt Government
• 200Tribes/400 dialects, languages
• Per Capita Income lt 100 per year

• Natural Resources
• Enormous Border
• 9 Neighbors
• Governance
• Ongoing violence
• International Commitment
• Food Security

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FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE

• Availability
• Access
• Utilization
• Risk

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• Food for the Hungry Democratic Republic of Congo
  2005, 2006
• Served 400,000 poorest of the poor
• Food Aid, Agricultural Training
• Small Livestock, Seeds and Tools
• Introduction of New Crop Varieties
• Roads, bridges, fish pond rehab
• Water, Sanitation

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Food for the Hungry Democratic Republic of
Congo KAMITUGA
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Seed fair in North Katanga
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Women receiving tools in Kabare, South Kivu
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The inaugural train in Kindu, Maniema
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Home in Moba, Katanga
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REALMS OF REALITY
Individual Interior (Character)
Individual Exterior (Behavior)
Ethics
Morals
Faith
Works
Mind
Brain
Psychology
Physiology
I
It
Collective Interior (Culture)
Collective Exterior (Society)
Laws or Codes
Values
Religion Institutions
Religion Beliefs
Technology
Worldview
Sociology
Theology/Cosmology/ Cultural Anthropology


They (impersonal)
We
Major Categories K. Wilber Title,
Sub-categories Maurice Martin 2009
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Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,
The maker of heaven and earth, the sea and
everything in them the Lord, who remains
faithful forever.
He upholds the cause of the
oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets
prisoners free the Lord gives sight to the
blind the Lord lifts up those who are bowed
down the Lord loves the righteous.
The
Lord watches over the alien and sustains the
fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the
way of the wicked.