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Charity Work Celebrated on World Humanitarian Day
On August 19th, we celebrate World Humanitarian Day. It’s the one day out of each year that we recognize the hard work and dedication of individuals and organizations looking to make the world a better place. It’s a special day to honor the first responders and unsung heroes who react without hesitation to the most heartbreaking crises around the world and put their lives on the line in dangerous situations with the sole intention of making life better for the suffering. World Humanitarian Day is also a day to raise awareness for the millions of people being impacted by these Appreciation
How One Woman Fights Human Trafficking with Needle and Thread
Ever since Fatima Bey was a young girl, she knew she was here for a specific purpose. “God put me here to change lives,” she said. And that’s exactly what she's doing. For years, the talented seamstress, teacher, and entrepreneur has been faithfully helping Kinship United take on a preventative approach to human trafficking. Fatima’s life-long passion for sewing and teaching has given her a unique way to connect with vulnerable women and create sustainable change in high-traffic regions throughout Africa & Asia. She generously donates a portion of her earnings, helping to take human trafficking one step beyond raising Appreciation, Human Trafficking
How To Stop Human Trafficking Before It Starts
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is coming up on July 30th. The buying and selling of humans, known as human trafficking, is one of the world’s worst crimes. In fact, human trafficking affects every country in the world. (UN) With an issue so global, it can seem overwhelming, right? But there are ways we can get ahead of the danger and protect potential victims together. Who Are the Victims, and How Can We Protect Them? Traffickers usually prey on the weakest in society, those who are vulnerable and desperate. Impoverished young girls and women are the most at risk Human Trafficking
AIDS Killed Her Parents, You Saved Her Life
When Beatrice was 10, the unimaginable happened: her mother lost her battle with AIDS. She remembers her mother’s death vividly, saying that she watched the AIDS eat away at her bones until she died. What could possibly be worse than that? Well, her father had already died of the same disease 5 years earlier. Beatrice was an orphan. Her parents’ deaths left her and her three siblings under the care of her aging grandmother. But her grandmother was too weak to provide for Beatrice and her siblings. So instead, little Beatrice became the breadwinner of the home. At the age of Child Stories
How One Day of Generosity Turned into a Lifetime of Change
Last June 21st, compassionate people like you forever changed the lives of the struggling children living in the small Nyasi village in Kenya during our annual giving day, More Daylight to Donate. You heard their cries for help. You took to heart their dire need for a safe haven. And you made it happen! You jumped in at the ground level and took an empty building and transformed it into a loving home. And we’ll never forget the selfless way in which you brought the Nyasi Kinship Project to life for these kids. At the time, the Nyasi Kinship Project Appreciation
