A source of information related to missions in foreign countries. If you're planning to participate on a mission trip, you will find the following information useful.

Ways to
Get Involved!

...includes a
Fundraising Kit
and other ideas.

How to Create
On-line Web
Giving Pages
to Fundraise for
your Cause.

 

 

 

 

Patient
Encounter
Form

Use this form to record visits with your patients. Just download and print.

 

 

 

 

Living
Abroad

Information
for Expats.

 

 

 

 

Check out
the handy
currency
converter.

 

 

 

 

Time Zones
Worldwide

BBC News - Country Profiles
Guide to country history, politics, economic background etc.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Canadian Government website covering most countries.
www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/countryinsights-apercuspays-eng.asp

CountryReports.org
Wide-ranging country profiles. Good introduction to a country; informative on culture and history. Subscriptions available.
www.countryreports.org

 

Health Advisories

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Advisories on specific diseases. Useful Malaria Risk Map available.
wwwn.cdc.gov/travel or www.hc-sc.gc.ca

Public Health Agency of Canada
Travel health, travel clinics. Things to know before travelling.
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index-eng.php

World Health Organization
Provides leadership on global health matters and information on disease outbreaks, crisis situations and emergencies. Includes listing of world conferences.
www.who.int/en

 

Political Advisories

e-Travel Alerts
Travel Risk Management
Advisories, alerts and Travel Tracker. World map shows civil unrest. Great site!
www.etraveladvisories.com/alerts

Canadian Consular Affairs
Travel reports and warnings
www.voyage.gc.ca

Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
Information on passenger screening at the airport. Includes travel rules regarding liquids, etc.
www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/english/media/advisories_avis

US Department of State
Current travel warnings
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html

 

Refugees

United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Tracks refugee movements.
www.unhcr.org/news.html

 

Cross-Cultural Training

Kwintessential
Discusses Cultural Awareness Training and Intercultural Team Management
www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/country-profiles

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Dealing with global missions.
www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=357

The Code of Best Practice for Short-term Missions
www.worldevangelicals.org/commissions/mc/mc_southafrica/
resources/ code_of_best_practice.pdf

Classified Directories
Christian missions opportunities – mega site.
www.missionfinder.org

ShortTermMissions.com
Outlines mission trip requirements – applications, etc.
www.shorttermmissions.com

Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands, by Terri Morrison
Guide book to doing business in more than 60 countries.
http://kissboworshakehands.com/2008demo

 

Tracts & Booklets

World Missionary Press
Booklets in many languages.
www.wmpress.org

Canadian Bible Society
Scripture in over 80 languages
www.biblescanada.com

 

Share with us. Share your mission trip experiences with other team leaders and your EMAS CANADA colleagues. See Group Hub Meeting Place and post to the Team Leader Forum. Start a blog and send us the link and we'll add it to your project's web page.

 

Teaching ESL English in Action: Bible-based programs for ministry, through teaching English. NavPress' mission is to advance the calling by publishing life-transforming materials. www.dawsonmedia.com

Devotionals for Missions Teams Devotionals, for long-term and short-term missions, written with the culture shock curve and reentry issues in mind, helping people adjust to leaving one culture and entering another. www.deeperroots.com

News & Weather World Meteorological Organization Informative updates. www.wmo.int/pages/media centre/ news/ index_en.html Relief Web Latest flood and drought crises and needs. UN development programs and financial support. www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb. nsf/ doc106?OpenForm Global Food Security Crisis www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps _Wd.nsf ...wrl080702.pdf

Access a Medical Dictionary for quick on-line reference.

Missions Conferences National Short-term Missions Conference www.nstmc.org Global Missions Health Conference www.medicalmissions.com

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