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Kinship Can Make All the Difference . . . for Everyone!
Displaced children rescued by our Kinship Projects experience miracles often. And sometimes, these miracles happen in unexpected ways. In our Kinship Projects, the pastors and the caregivers are often given back just as much joy and love as they give to the orphans they minister to. Both need each other. And God uses these needs to work miracles. Pastor Vincent has a story like that. And Mark, an orphan who came to live in the Buwanda Kinship Project, has a story like that. And their stories intersect in a beautiful way. Pastor Vincent’s (Buwanda Kinship Project) Story Pastor Vincent had Caregivers
How Theater Transformed this Abused Young Woman
Susan is now a confident young girl with a bright personality and a lot of talent. When Susan was brought into the Kyengera Kinship Project, she was covered in bruises and completely mute. Every time someone moved toward her she would flinch and instantly become defensive. Susan was very timid and shy around the other children, and rarely played with them. Instead she would keep to herself and watch them play. Susan was scared. And to be honest, she had every reason to be. When Susan was young her mother died. Shortly after her mother’s passing, Susan’s father remarried. As Child Stories, Restoration
How to Throw a Birthday Party for an Orphan
When’s your birthday? Our birthdays form part of our identity, and most all of us enjoy celebrating them. But imagine if you had no idea what month, day, or year you were born. You wouldn’t even know exactly how old you were. And if you were an orphan, you’d have no one to tell you. Can you picture life without a birthday? Wouldn’t you feel lost? Like a part of you was incomplete? Children in the Lahore Kinship Project celebrate with a group birthday party! That’s an emotion too many Kinship Kids have to grapple with on top of everything Orphans
This Abandoned Kitten Was Helpless, Like Me
Apollo found a new home in the Buloba Kinship. Do you remember Apollo? He lost his parents to AIDS when he was only 10 years old. Can you imagine? For awhile, he lived alone on the streets, struggling to feed himself and to keep himself safe. Apollo’s life changed forever when he was taken in and cared for by the Buloba Kinship Project. Now, Apollo wants to change others’ lives. When Apollo found a little kitten dumped in a trench, he couldn’t leave it behind. He fell in love with the kitten, and named it Mumuna. He brought it home and Child Stories
Not Just Another International Day. This One Involves YOU-th.
It’s easy to get so lost in your daily routine that you forget to think about the future. It’s even easier to forget that the little people holding your hand or sitting in your lap, your children and your grandchildren, are the generation that’ll be shaping that future. But today is a day to acknowledge just how important it is for our children to speak up about changes they’d like to see in their lifetime. Because August 12 is International Youth Day. What’s International Youth Day? International Youth Day was established in 1999 by the UN General Assembly as a Appreciation, Kinship
