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Partnering Up to Make a Big Impact in Burkina Faso
Did you know that your gifts not only work together with Kinship United’s international partners, but they also work with other organizations! Ecclesiastes says, “A cord of three strands is not easily broken”, and you are one vital strand in that cord. Here’s how: Earlier this month, our partners in Burkina Faso discovered that a local organization, which helps people living with AIDS, had run out of food. Most of the already struggling families they support were now starving. But your gifts came to the rescue! You, along with our partners in Burkina Faso, joined forces to bring cartons of Appreciation, Community
See How Generous Sponsors are Taking Kevin to New Heights
When I first heard Kevin’s story, it was in parts. You know how sometimes you get the feeling there’s a whole lot more going on underneath the surface than you know? Kevin was like that. He was the oldest of his siblings, but he was still just a young child. You could see on his face that he was strong, and he took his responsibility as the eldest brother seriously. But there was something else in his eyes: the look of a childhood that had been stifled, but was still clinging to life. All we knew about Kevin was that Child Stories
The Unexpected Way the Bible Changed This Girl’s Life
“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in…” accounting? Yes, accounting! Meet Soriya Mut, a young woman who grew up in Cambodia. Soriya worked her way up to a career as an accountant in the bustling capital city of Phnom Penh after living in an orphanage for part of her life. But how did she do it? It all started with a hunger for God’s Word. Most poor families in Cambodia can’t afford a good education for their children, so in rural parts of the country, like where Soriya grew up, there are a Appreciation, Child Stories
Did You Know that World Refugee Day is June 20th?
One day, out of 365, to remember and advocate for refugees around our world. But when you are a refugee, every day is world refugee day. This “r word” marks you forever, reminding you and everyone else that you are a person without a home and without a country. Your own people have betrayed each other and the life you always knew has crumbled around you. There are so many refugees in the world today that many have called it the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. And yet somehow it seems more distant than that, doesn’t it? But News
The Face of Drought: What Drought Really Looks Like
Pastor George from the Lodwar Kinship Project in northern Kenya holds up the bones of animals who succumbed to the desert conditions. Can you imagine? Looking at your weak, dehydrated child and telling her that you don’t have any more water for her. But you’re already weak yourself because you’ve been walking MILES in the hot sun to gather water and making sure she drank before you had any at all. When you read the word “drought,” what do you picture? In February 2017, Kenya declared their drought a national disaster. Rivers have dried up leaving no water for crops News
