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International Widows Day
Today is International Widows day. We celebrate the amazing women who work in our Kinships every day, but today we would love to tell you about one of our newest Caregivers: Gladys Munubi Gladys Munubi is a widow and a mother of two children. She is also one of the Caregivers of Geta Kinship. Gladys started working at Geta Kinship in 2014 after learning about how the children in the home needed another caregiver and especially a mother figure. While Gladys loves being a caregiver at Geta Kinship, she went down a very difficult path to end up where she is Caregivers
Giving Hope to Refugees
“Everything that is done in the world is done by Hope.” -Martin Luther Thousands of refugees from Myanmar have moved into 9 different refugee camps located along the western border of Thailand. Myanmar civil wars over the years lead the people to travel down to Thailand after their villages had been destroyed by the Myanmar army. Continued violence in Myanmar makes it impossible for the refugees to travel back home, so the refugee camps have become a permanent home for them. Can you imagine being forced out of your home by violence? Being forced to move into a refugee camp Community
Kinship in Action
Kinship means surviving together, helping each other, and working with one another to solve a problem. The people in our Kinship Projects have taken this philosophy to heart and are living it out every day. One Kinship Project that is working to solve a problem in their community is the Manasseh Kinship Project. Along with providing a home for orphans, the Manasseh Kinship Project focuses on ministering to women and children from the Pokot tribe. The Pokot tribe believes that women are only good for child bearing and shouldn’t be involved in meaningful discussions or community engagements. These beliefs have Kinship, Restoration
Meet Innocent
Innocent Innocent is a 14-year-old boy who has never met his parents. His mother died during childbirth, and his father was killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). When Innocent was born he was given to his blind grandfather who would become his primary caretaker, until he was killed too. While Innocent was still a young boy the rebels came and raided his village. During the raid the rebels killed the elderly, raped women and took young men and children forcing them to become child soldiers. Innocent’s grandfather was killed during this raid leaving Innocent alone and in danger of Child Stories
Understanding Kinship with the Heart
Kinship is more than a home caring for orphans and widows. It is a whole community caring for each other. When you help a Kinship Project, you’re not acting as a missionary on the outside, but you come into their family and become part of it! Kinships are tribal communities often deeply rooted in traditions and family origin. But their membership extends far beyond bloodlines and borders. Kinships throughout Africa and Asia are working through hardships, such as war, violence, or disease, to care for their orphans and widows. Kinship Projects that are strategically located in these communities work alongside Kinship
