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General
Secretary's Message:
Dear Readers,
 Season's
greetings to you from the
Church
of
North India.
It is
again a pleasure to communicate with you through this e-newsletter.
As you know that our brothers and sisters in Kandhamal area under the
Diocese of Phulbani, Orissa suffered untold
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CNI
Mission Statement
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"The Church of North India as a
United and Uniting together is committed to announce the Good News of the
reign of God inaugurated through death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in
proclamation and to demonstrate in actions to restore the integrity of God's
creation through continuous struggle against the demonic powers by breaking
down the barriers of caste, class, gender, economic inequality and
exploitation of the nature."
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Kandhamal
Three Months After the Communal Carnage
 “Society
cannot exist with hatred and mistrusts among its members. These
people had been living in perfect harmony
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Alternative Role of Church Leaders amidst Oppression
The
three days programme on Dalt and Tribal issues on the theme
“Alternative role of Church Leaders amidst oppression” held at
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Gospel Orchestra on Easter Sunday
Nothing
could be more apt than organizing a Gospel Orchestra on Easter
Sunday that Jesus is “Resurrected”, Jesus is “Alive”!
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Youth
leadership Development Programme at jaipur
 In
a bid to train up the young people in the diocese towards becoming
servant leaders, the follow up programme of CCYLD was organized by
the Diocesan Youth Fellowship Committee at
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Youth
leadership Development Programme
at
Cuttack
 The
diocese of
Cuttack
in Orissa organized the follow up of the Certificate Course on Youth
Leadership Development programme at Buckley Chapel,
Cuttack
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Youth
leadership Development Programme at Balangir
Realizing
the necessity of equipping young people with leadership skills and
concepts, a four-days Workshop was organized by the Diocese of
Sambalpur from 1st to 3rd April 2008 at
Community Hall, Mission Compound, Bolangir.
The
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Gender
Sensitization Programme held at the Diocesan level
The
God given status for women is that dignity and equal status.Gender
Justice advances the discussion on how women are seen, it also
examines power relations between women and men as the basis of
gender justice.
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Programme
on Leadership Effectiveness for Women’s Leader’s
heald
 A
three-day programme on Leadership Effectiveness for Women Leader’s
was organized by the
Church
of
North India-Synodical Women
’s Fellowship for Christian Service
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News
from Far and Near
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Orissa Persecution: An Update
Christian
leaders in Orissa continue to report scattered cases of
discrimination two months after major violence broke out against
Dalit and Tribal Christians. Numerous reports are surfacing of
unfair treatment by government assessors who aren't giving the
promised compensation to people who
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Government gets 4 more weeks to set up panel to protect child rights
The
Delhi High Court has criticised Delhi Government for delay in
constituting the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR)
as the court had asked the city Government to expeditiously set up
the commission following the Center’s delegation of power to the
Lieutenant Governor. A senior officer representing the Department of
Social Welfare of the
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44%
kids below 3 years in
India
malnourished: UNFP
India
is home to the largest number of undernourished people in the world, said
country director of the United Nations World Food Programme (UNFP), and
added that malnutrition in tribal areas is a vicious cycle of
underdevelopment, ignorance and unemployment that requires a multi-pronged
solution. Malnutrition among children below
the age of three is pegged at nearly 44% against the
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Reality check: Schools reject disabled kids
AAMIR
Khan’s Tare Zameen Par, a story of a dyslexic boy who finally outshines
other students, might have been a tear jerker and evoke emotions among
many people, but in reality schools in the city do not think twice about
rejecting admissions of disabled children. According to the Persons with
Disability Act, 1995, all the government and government-aided schools
should have atleast 3 percent seats reserved for children with disability.
An organisation, Shruti Disability Rights Centre, along
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Dowry
case: Husband chops wife's hair
In
an outrageous act of domestic violence, a man starved his wife by
keeping her locked in a room for two days and chopped off her hair.
Luckily, Paramjit Kaur managed to escape from her in-laws' captivity
and reach her parents house to narrate the horrors inflicted on her.
A resident of Cheema Kalan, Kaur was married to Partap Singh of Jodh
Singh Wala village six years ago
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