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Orphans & Widows – Bringing God’s Word to Life
If you’ve worked with Kinship United before, you know our mission. You know we restore the childhoods of orphans and give widows the opportunity to care for them in a loving family environment, the Kinship Home. But have you ever wondered why orphans and widows? They connect on a level not everyone can. They both know the excruciating heartbreak of losing someone they love so much. A feeling you might know as well. What’s worse, in many countries around the world, orphans and widows are shunned and mistreated. Their families reject them and they find themselves alone and vulnerable. Like Orphan Rescue, Orphans and Widows
This May be the Worst Crime Towards Women!
Will you join the Lumut Kinship Project in their fight to end FGM in the Pokot Tribe by supporting them with $50 a month? Maybe you’re lucky enough that you’ve never heard of FGM? Or if you have, then maybe you’re lucky enough to feel that it’s “far away” and you’ve no reason to fear it will ever happen to you or the women you love. The women in the Lumut Kinship Project in Kenya aren’t that lucky. They aren’t “far-away” from this evil practice, in fact, they are very close to it. FGM (Female Gentile Mutilation) is a practice of Kinship
Girls in Kenya Can’t Fight This. But You Can.
Support an Orphan's Education Imagine if the day a beautiful baby girl was born, her potential had an expiration date. She was free to learn and grow and go to school until… the day she got her period. Yes, you read that right. It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Why should your daughter, niece, sister, or cousin miss a whole week of school every month, fall behind her male peers, and eventually miss out on her dream job? Is that the life you pictured for her? I bet that’s not what she pictured for herself either. It may seem strange to Education
Giving Thanks by Giving Back
“His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this has happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” Appreciation
Changing Lives – One Soccer Ball at a Time
Kinship is the spirit of togetherness. And Kinship United works to unite individuals who feel alone and outcast in their society. There are very few people who feel more outcast and alone in Kenya than young, single mothers. Luckily the Ephraim Kinship Project in Kenya has a ministry that cares for the loneliness of young, single mothers. One unique avenue of the young mothers’ ministry is a soccer team. Yes, a simple sport is making a difference in these women’s lives. Through the group of young, single mothers a soccer team was created. Not only is this a way for Community, Kinship
