Education for Liberation

Education for Liberation (E4L) works in the slums of New Delhi to meet two urgent needs: the recognised need for education and the unrecognised need for the gospel.
By reaching out to the community through education, E4L serves in a way that local people can immediately understand, whilst also sharing the good news of Christ with them. They offer literacy and numeracy classes for children and literacy and sewing classes for women. The women and children hear from God’s word every time they attend the programme.
Across the four slums they work in, 137 children and 16 women attend E4L, 80% of which are from Hindu or Muslim backgrounds. Since this project began in 2008, many women and children have begun attending church and several have turned to Christ.
All E4L leaders and teachers are from the local church family and receive ongoing training in teaching the Bible. E4L also runs regular evangelistic events, weekly bible clubs and ladies’ prayer meetings.
Latest News from Education for Liberation
Dear prayer partners,
We are delighted to share with you the news of the children’s ministry through the Vacation Bible Schools (VBS), that happened in May. These were organised after a two-year gap and children were eagerly waiting for the programme to restart.
However, E4L (Education 4 Liberation) teachers and Sunday School teachers were not sure if children would attend this year. Every year, the Delhi government announces the summer vacation from 15 May to 30 June. But because schools have been closed for the last two years, the government didn’t announce any summer holidays this year. This meant all schools had to plan their summer vacation at their own convenience, so it was very difficult to fix dates and timings for the VBS that would allow all the children to attend. The weather in Delhi was also not in our favour, with temperatures rising up to 45°C. We all prayed hard for good weather and after three hot days of the first VBS, we had rain which made the weather a little cooler.
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