BEATS is a small charity, with no employees, only volunteers. It maintains a close and personal relationship between its supporters and projects, so that groups and individuals are able to choose to support people and projects to which they can relate. This video explains how and why BEATS started.
BEATS primarily operates in Indonesia, collaborating with five organisations. We partner with GBI Church in Ambon (E Indonesia) to aid earthquake victims through home rebuilding, child sponsorship and a start-up business loan program. Additionally in Sumatra (NW Indonesia) we work alongside YSI, which conducts disaster preparedness and runs micro enterprise schemes as well as YACAN who operate a Children's Home. YASERA helps communities with disaster preparedness along with health and development programmes in various locations in Indonesia.
Sumatra flooding
Currently (End of Nov), much of Sumatra is a disaster zone and other S E Asian countries too, esp. Thailand. As you will know (not least from our title) BEATS are supposed to only help earthquakes and tsunamis, not floods (although there was an earthquake in one area last week too). NGOs and the government are helping but the need is much greater than the help so far. Please pray for wisdom for our charity work. We have many, many contacts in this area. We will discuss this situation at our Trustees' meeting on 11th December. Thank you..
Christmas Appeal
Nias Clinic
Please donate to our Christmas Appeal by clicking the donate button below and supporting Jane Everard as she runs the equivalent of 6 marathons during November and December (about 160 miles!). As at 22nd November, she has completed 94 miles. Construction has now started on this potentially life-saving midwifery clinic but more funds are needed to complete the building and provide essential equipment. Despite not yet having the clinic facilities, Destin has already helped 2 mothers to succesfully give birth at her home (see photos).
BEATS is providing funding for the construction of this much-needed dedicated midwifery clinic on Nias Island, west of Sumatra. Nias regency is an impoverished area of the island where mortality rates for mothers and babies are high because there are no facilities other than in the capitol.
This project is the vision of a young woman (Destin), a victim of the Nias Island earthquake and who lived at a BEATS-supported chidren's home. BEATS sponsored her education and, having qualified as the top student in her year group at midwifery university, she has the vision and ability to provide this safe and professional place for women to give birth.
Yakob and Fransina are an elderly couple who have been living in the shack seen in this photo since the earthquake in 2019. BEATS has provided funds for a new house which has now been completed (see photo).
BEATS is a small charity which can only provide grants for new houses one at a time as funds are received. For information on how BEATS has already helped in Ambon see the information on our Ambon page.
2024 Annual Report now available
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