In Kampong Thom, the central providence in Cambodia, poverty runs rampant. Most people work as farmers, literacy rates are low, and strict traditional customs are followed. None of this stopped Ouch Senghorn from following her dream of going to school, but when she was six years old, a witch doctor almost took her dreams away. […]

If you’re an avid reader of the Kinship United newsletter, you’ll remember that a recent issue featured our Cayacoa Kinship Project in the Dominican Republic. The Cayacoa Kinship Project began construction in early December to repair the roof, fix up the walls, and repair some structural work in the church portion. Construction will finish soon. […]

Can you imagine sleeping in bed with your husband one night and sleeping in a cemetery among gravestones the next? This is the tragic story of Mary, a widow who endured this situation before she found happiness at the Nyasi Kinship Project in Kenya. Mary never imagined that she would become a widow at 35. […]

Since spring of 2020, we’ve been focused on health and hygiene more than ever. Indeed, disease and illness drastically impact the regions we serve together – they continue to today, and they’ve been ravaged by illness and lack of medicine long before COVID-19 was common vernacular. Health is an ongoing need with a spotlight upon […]

When you’re hungry, it’s hard to see any future beyond your next meal. Hunger consumes your thoughts and drives your actions until all of the energy in your body is spent. Have you ever tried to sleep on an empty stomach? The pain and the emptiness keeps you awake, tossing and turning. Your energy is […]