Children in Pakistan hit by flood illnesses (BBC) – Children in Pakistan are bearing the brunt of water-borne illnesses spreading because of the floods, says the World Health Organization. Its officials say the young have been especially affected by a rise in acute cases of diarrhoea and malaria from stagnant water. Few of the eight [...]
Pakistan floods just one of its water woes (AP) SHIKARPUR, Pakistan – “There is not enough water. We don’t have enough for the crops,” said Zubair Ahmed, a tenant farmer who came here after floods swept through his village and destroyed his fields. “Except for this year,” he added, without any irony. “This year it [...]
Hundreds die of cholera in Nigeria, Cameroon (CNN) – A cholera outbreak has erupted this summer in Africa, killing more than 600 people in the neighboring countries of Nigeria and Cameroon. Nigeria’s Health Ministry said more than 350 people have died since June and the infection threatens to spread to the entire country, the most [...]
Church La Capilla 20 de Mayo began in 2004 under a small shade tree on the street, with some borrowed chairs and a lot of enthusiasm from neighborhood children. At the time, Pastor Raul was a youth pastor at another church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He began visiting the Normandia neighborhood to spend some time with the children, sharing the [...]
The Love Alliance Newsletter #39 www.thelovealliance.net September 1, 2010 School has started or is soon approaching along with fall. We can’t believe it is September already, which means that it is time for our Fourth Annual Fall Cleaning. Check out this month’s Action Project below for more information. LAST MONTH – HAPPENINGS Last month marked [...]
Pink is associated with purity, love and compassion. It communicates gentleness and freshness. Pink represents good health and life, which you offer to children in poverty. My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates Read full original post.
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Video from Ndola, Zambia on Blood:Water’s work with its local partner & the community from Russell Brownley on Vimeo. Read full original post.
Today, I would like to introduce you to my fellow contact center employee, Becky. I spoke with her recently and our conversation was such a source of encouragement to me, I wanted to share it with you. Becky is going through a difficult time right now. Her husband has survived cancer twice, but the doctors [...]
How does Isaiah 58 relate to extreme poverty? How does it relate to oppression and corruption? Does Isaiah 58 have anything to do with these topics? How about its relevance to how we serve the Lord today? What are your thoughts? 1 Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. [...]
Our holistic child development model is central to our mission of releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name. And the curriculum standards we have put in place in all of our programs are key to achieving this goal. In recent years, we developed a global curriculum to help develop children holistically — physically, spiritually, cognitively [...]
Tens of millions of girls in the world are married while still children, many before puberty and often to much older men. Read full original post.
Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes wisdom, nobility and ambition. It communicates wealth and extravagance. But it’s also the color of dignity – something you’re helping give to children in poverty. My Account l Sponsor a Child l Help Babies and Moms l Crisis Updates Read full original post.
Compassion has sponsorship booths at hundreds of events across the country throughout the year. Some of those booths are at events specifically for teens. Working in the contact center, I sometimes speak with parents whose teen sponsored a child at one of these events. The parents are often concerned that their teen will not be [...]
Sponsored children are very grateful and consider themselves blessed to have sponsors who love them and write to them. The children are touched by the affection you express to them in your letters and the prayers you share with them. They like when you pray for them and ask them to pray for you in return. [...]
