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Celebrate World Food Day with a Kinship Success Story
Guess what – today is World Food Day, and you’ve been working hard to end world hunger! Don’t believe me? Keep reading to see what you’ve already done to help a community in dire need by supporting a special young man and his Kinship! When you support a Kinship and take care of the children’s basic needs, you give them the opportunity to focus on what they’re passionate about and develop ways to achieve their dreams. And that’s exactly what you did for Henry Rajab, a young farmer from Kenya. Rajab came to the Ephraim Kinship as an orphan. From Child Stories
Kinship Spotlight: Introducing Nzoia Kinship
“Nzoia Scheme”, Kenya used to be a swamp. Then, an irrigation system was installed to help prevent flooding, so everyone can live there without having to flee every time it rains. Spiritually, Nzoia was kind of like a swamp too. Until the Kinship Project opened, and gave people a place to run to when they were drowning. Drowning in alcoholism, forced to drop out of high school, facing teen pregnancy, fleeing child marriage, reeling from rape, in a swamp of poverty with no way to climb out. But thanks to generous sponsors of the Nzoia Kinship Project, this community is Newsletter
Cayacoa Braves Two Hurricanes in One Month
The weather reports looked grim as Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean. Cayacoa Kinship, located not far from the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, was preparing for the worst. Hurricane Maria came not long after, bringing even more rain, though the winds were not quite as strong. The high winds of Hurricane Irma rippeddown towers and trees all over the island. Thanks to your generous gifts, Cayacoa Kinship offered shelter and support to 140 of their neighbors during Hurricanes Irma and Maria. As the storms raged past, just north of the island, young and old huddled together safe and Newsletter
How Far Could You Go With A Baby On Your Back?
Pregnant women and nursing mothers need to up their water intake. In the United States, you see glowing pregnant women carrying around their brand-name water bottle or a mother of an infant resting on the couch with a huge glass of water next to her at all times. And if you’ve ever been in either of those situations, you know that even that feels exhausting! In other parts of the world it’s a little different. In Uganda, pregnant women and nursing mothers still need to up their water intake. But – slight problem - they have no water. Instead of Community
Follow Your Gift – See How Your Support Turned into Emergency Food Provisions
Drought combined with a huge influx of refugees have made food scarce in northern Uganda. People are surviving on one meal a day, if that, and children are malnourished. But thanks to generous people like you, help has arrived in many of these starving communities. Like manna in the desert, boxes and boxes of nutrient-packed food are reaching the people who need it the most! How did it get there? It started with Feed My Starving Children, with whom we are so blessed to partner! Then, you came in to the picture with your financial support. Your gifts were responsible Appreciation, Community
