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Your Gifts at Work: this Woman’s Reaction is Priceless!
“Thank you so much, dear donors, for the heart of giving that you have. You have brought joy and hope to this mama.” – Elizabeth, Kenyan Field Team Member One of the best parts of giving gifts is to see the other person’s reaction. Their face breaks into a smile, a laugh escapes their lips. In some cases, maybe tears well up in their eyes. As a contributor, you give some of the most meaningful gifts. But you don’t always get to see the priceless reactions from the people who are touched by your generosity. So I’d like to introduce you Appreciation, Community
“I Don’t Want To Die”
Racheal Nanfuka came into Jungo Kinship Home after both of her parents died. Just a few years later Racheal started to get sick. Here is Racheal’s story from her own perspective: In the middle of last year, my stomach started swelling. Everyone at school thought I was pregnant and no one believed that I wasn’t, not even my teachers. One day, the head teacher sent me to a nearby clinic to take a pregnancy test. Tears started flowing down my face when the nurse at the clinic declared me pregnant. I knew it wasn’t true, but who was I to Child Stories, Medical
734 Students Received Meals because of You!
Thank you again for giving your support to Burkina Faso. We are overwhelmed by your generosity for the people in Burkina Faso who suffered the tragedy of terrorist attacks. Because of your generosity and the help from our partners, Feed My Starving Children, we have been able to make a donation of food to 6 different bible schools! Daniel, our head pastor in Burkina Faso held a donation event on Wednesday, March 3. On this day Daniel and his team gave out 272,000 meals to 6 bible schools, with a total of 734 students receiving food from the event. By Appreciation
These Girls were Alone, Now They’re a Team
The Cambodia Kinship Church is located right in the middle of the garment factories in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Factory workers have exhausting schedules, working Monday through Saturday from 7:00-4:00 and sometimes working overtime until 8:00 in the evening. The work is labor intensive, stressful, and doesn’t even pay a living wage. Many of the women who work in these factories work in order to send the money back to their families who live elsewhere. This means when they move to Phnom Penh they have no family, no friends, and no resources. They are completely on their own. Cambodia Kinship Church Community
When Bugs Are Literally Crawling Under Your Skin
Picture it: the sun is shining and you decide to leave your shoes inside and walk around your backyard barefoot this summer. You feel the soft grass under your feet and between your toes. It even tickles a bit! It’s total bliss until you feel a sharp pain shoot through the bottom of your foot. You’ve stepped on a thorn! Annoyed, you pull out the thorn and clean off the area. The irritation goes away after a few minutes. But what if the pain didn’t go away? And you had it every time you took a step. That feeling is Child Stories, Medical
