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Nehemia Bicycle Repair Shop
For almost a year now, a small team of Nehemia volunteers has been repairing bicycles to give them to refugees. Over 40 bikes have found new happy owners in this way. Edgar, Aron and Albrecht are the German mechanics who are regulary joined by Abdul from Iran and...
Exploring Life 2016 Shared Apartment
A shared apartment for an international group of five young adults will open in Singerstrasse, Nuremberg in April 1016. As part of the “Exploring Life” program, they will be supported by experienced Nehemia Team members, who will help to be purposeful and future...
Helpcenter Moves Into A New Home
A very special project began in a small village near Prokopyevsk in 2011. It began in order to support single mothers who had no place to live. Two babies came into the world in that same year. The organization “Helpcenter” was officially registered in July 2014. The...
Discovery Trip to Thailand
The girls, scantily clad, are positioned like cheap goods outside one bar after another. This was one of the first impressions to hit the eight-member team of young adults who went with Hans Heidelberger to Thailand on a two-week discovery trip. They found themselves...
Forgotten Children?
„Even if the whole world were to forget the children in our village, God has not forgotten, and that’s why we care for them.“ These words from Pastor Luisa in Melingkat about five years ago, were the catalyst that started the kindergarten project of the Nehemiah Team...
Establishing New Montessori Kindergartens
What would a culturally relevant Christian lifestyle look like in the rain forests of Borneo? This question has been one that the Nehemia Team has been asking for a long time now. One answer that we have found and have put into action for three years now, is the...
Project Week in Kindergartens and Schools
The Nehemiah Team is looking for kindergartens and elementary schools in the region of Franconia who are interested in running a special, week-long project with the theme “How children live in other places – What do you know about Borneo?“ Through this program the...
Contact Café for Asylum-seekers
The Nehemia Team has responded to the isolation and the needs of asylum-seekers by opening a café in rooms owned by the Lutheran Church in Hasenbuck, Nürnberg This began in December 2014 with a weekly meeting on Thursdays at 4.30pm. Asylum-seekers from the...
Nehemia-Consultations Regarding the Conflict in Ukraine
From March 12 to 15, 2016, the leaders of the Ukrainian, Russian and German Nehemia Teams met in Prague for consultations on the conflict in the Ukraine, the suffering caused by it, and the growing tensions, violence and separation resulting from it. The participants...
Human Dignity is Inviolable – a song project of God’s VIPs
Human dignity is inviolable (Article 1 of the German Constitution) – The value of a person cannot be infringed upon. The songwriter Jo Jasper, from Nürnberg, took a trip to Thailand, looking for answers to the question of the value and dignity of a human being. Based...
Love opens eyes
Conflicts and crises seem to be escalating across the globe. Maybe some of you feel as I do: I feel helpless, like a small, insignificant little wheel in the machinery of time, hardly the kind of part that could make a difference. Resignation takes hold, or perhaps a...
The Nehemia Pepper Project
Pepper (normally of quite high quality) is a traditional crop of Borneo. The local small farmers receive a fair price from the Nehemia Team – significantly more than if they sell to local middlemen. The handmade pepper containers are also manufactured in the villages,...