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SWEDISH BAPTIST WOMEN'S UNION

SBKF was grounded 1914. One of the main issues for SBKF has always been to care about children and women. But early in SBKF's history, a special responsibility was taken for the pastors. Between 1923 and 1931 10.000 Swedish Crowns was collected to establish a pension fund for Swedish Baptist ministers.
Since then many, many things have been done through SBKF, in and outside of Sweden.

SBKF's WORK TODAY

Sweden
- Camps for single mothers together with their children
- Silent retreats conducted by experienced spiritual directors
- Part of the work against trafficking
- Tips and advice for women in local churches about how to start or renew activity for today's women

INTERNATIONAL
Congo-Kinshasa
- Support for teaching literacy among illiterate women
- Selling special cards to get money for glasses for the women in the literacy program
- Local groups in Sweden are making bandages from used sheets, which are sent to Congo together with baby clothes and medical equipment

Thailand
- Support to children's and youth hostels in northern Thailand, to give children from hill tribes the opportunity to study
- Support for the Karen women's handicraft project

India
- Support for children's and youth hostels in Andra Pradesh, to give children from poor families the opportunity to study
- Support for Bible Women who travel with the Gospel, often on foot, to villages in Andra Pradesh

ORGANIZATION
SBKF has a close relationship to the Baptist Union of Sweden, but is an independent organisation with its own general secretary and committee with president, vice president, treasurer and other members.
Both women and men can be members in SBKF. Quite a few men have chosen to be members in order to support the work of SBKF.