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Will You Open Your Heart to Orphans Like Gloria this Christmas Season?
Kinship United serves areas where disease, extreme poverty, armed conflict, and society’s structural breakdown cause families to decay. For millions of displaced, refugee, and scattered families, there is often a moment they realize they need to separate themselves from each other so they may survive. In humanitarian aid organizations there is a name for children who have lost protection of their parents and their community – these children are known as throwaways. May we take a moment of your time to tell you about Gloria? She is just one face among many who were in a very dangerous situation until Orphans
Abandoned Children Like MuMu Need Your Help this Christmas Season
This year has been challenging for everyone. Covid-19, and its effects on schools, businesses, and families have reached into nearly every home across the globe. But the virus presents unique challenges for developing countries and our Kinship Projects. Fear is around every corner, it seems. But we can take comfort in remembering that Jesus came into a world full of chaos. God sent his son into a society riddled with unrest in order to bring us hope. This Christmas let’s move beyond fear and anxiety and use as our model our Savior who came to bring the world peace. As Orphans
Community Medicine in a Pandemic
COVID-19 has shaken the world in 2020. It’s hard to imagine the stress a rampant virus places on a community already severely lacking in resources. This new devastating challenge amplified their struggles, beyond the usual turmoil. But the hope you inspire through your generosity is helping “the least of these” survive a virus that wreaks havoc on their already dire daily lives. When the coronavirus entered Kenya, the Ephraim Kinship Project hurried to prepare. Their medical services are provided by their nearby Community Clinic, which is part of the Kinship. As the pandemic arrived, fear came with it. You can Medical
Needs Spotlight: Hurricane Isaias Damages Church, Roof in Dominican Republic
Hurricane Isaias was only a Category 1 storm, but still caused some roof damage to the Cayacoa Kinship Project. They need a new roof, which will cost $3,500. It also destroyed a small church planted by the Kinship in a nearby batey. The pastor there has been serving the desperately poor members of their congregation and hopes to rebuild his church. Only $3,000 will get them back up and running. For more information on these, and other, needs, contact us here. Thank you! Thank you for your continued generosity and for keeping the orphans and widows we care for in Newsletter
Redeeming the Time: E-Learning, Kinship-Style
When schools shut down across the world in March, Kinship Kids were sent home without any resources or plans to continue learning. While children in America hung on for a couple of months and made it to summer break, the school year in Africa had just begun in February. They were losing precious time. The Human Rights Watch recently concluded research in multiple African countries, including many where Kinship United operates, surrounding the challenges and effectiveness of e-learning in Africa. The study found that children who already faced socioeconomic inequalities were at extremely high risk of falling behind or dropping Newsletter
