Sunday March 30, 2008
Ben Layton
For the Canadian
Larry Handford from Word of Life Church in Camrose led a team of surveyors, engineers, and architects (also mostly from Alberta) this February to work on a project outside of Kigali, Rwanda in an area called Jabana.
They mapped out future developments for two pieces of land totaling 12 acres. This land is the site for the Home of Hope Rwanda, a Christian non-profit organization that provides education and care for over 300 orphans and widows and founded by Brian Thomson of Red Deer, who has been a pastor at Word of Life Centre for 30 years.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Zimbabwean children 'suffering'
The Press Association
2 days ago
The lives of children in Zimbabwe have become "unbearable", with rising levels of chronic malnutrition, crumbling healthcare, and the risk of violence and rape, a global children's charity said.
Zimbabweans are going to the polls in a landmark election which many hope will see the end of President Robert Mugabe's 28-year reign.
And although the six million children of the southern African country will be hoping for a brighter future, they face a bleak present, Save the Children said.
Rachel Pounds, the charity's director in Zimbabwe, said: "Daily life for most children in Zimbabwe has become unbearable. Every element of their lives has been affected. Children are going hungry and suffering from illness because they can't get enough clean water to drink.
Their families can't afford to get them help when they are sick and one in 10 children will not make it to their fifth birthday.
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2 days ago
The lives of children in Zimbabwe have become "unbearable", with rising levels of chronic malnutrition, crumbling healthcare, and the risk of violence and rape, a global children's charity said.
Zimbabweans are going to the polls in a landmark election which many hope will see the end of President Robert Mugabe's 28-year reign.
And although the six million children of the southern African country will be hoping for a brighter future, they face a bleak present, Save the Children said.
Rachel Pounds, the charity's director in Zimbabwe, said: "Daily life for most children in Zimbabwe has become unbearable. Every element of their lives has been affected. Children are going hungry and suffering from illness because they can't get enough clean water to drink.
Their families can't afford to get them help when they are sick and one in 10 children will not make it to their fifth birthday.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Plan to put 16m African children into school
guardian.co.uk
Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
The Guardian, Thursday March 27, 2008
Britain and France will today announce a joint initiative to help send 16 million African children to school..........
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Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
The Guardian, Thursday March 27, 2008
Britain and France will today announce a joint initiative to help send 16 million African children to school..........
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U.S. baby death threatens Russian adoption
RT
March 27, 2008, 8:53
An American couple, who adopted a Russian baby who then died, are facing murder and child abuse charges. The 14-month-old’s skull was fractured. Another Russian child, 3-year-old Kolya, who was in the care of Fyodor and Kimberly Emelyantsev was found to be exhausted and dehydrated.
The Utah couple was arrested on March 7, the day their adopted Russian son Nikolay died.
Investigators say the 14-month-old died from a skull fracture that resulted from blunt-force trauma. An autopsy revealed Nicoli was also bruised on his face and body.
Fyodor Emelyantsev - a Russian Citizen - was jailed on suspicion of abusing the couple’s other adopted Russian son.
Fyodor's brother rejects the child abuse allegations, saying the boys had Down’s syndrome and had been treated delicately.
Flawed system at work?
The Emelyantsev had adopted the Russian boys independently rather than using a U.S. adoption agency accredited by the Russian Federation.
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March 27, 2008, 8:53
An American couple, who adopted a Russian baby who then died, are facing murder and child abuse charges. The 14-month-old’s skull was fractured. Another Russian child, 3-year-old Kolya, who was in the care of Fyodor and Kimberly Emelyantsev was found to be exhausted and dehydrated.
The Utah couple was arrested on March 7, the day their adopted Russian son Nikolay died.
Investigators say the 14-month-old died from a skull fracture that resulted from blunt-force trauma. An autopsy revealed Nicoli was also bruised on his face and body.
Fyodor Emelyantsev - a Russian Citizen - was jailed on suspicion of abusing the couple’s other adopted Russian son.
Fyodor's brother rejects the child abuse allegations, saying the boys had Down’s syndrome and had been treated delicately.
Flawed system at work?
The Emelyantsev had adopted the Russian boys independently rather than using a U.S. adoption agency accredited by the Russian Federation.
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Some farmers deny children education
26 March, 2008
LETLHAKENG - Malwelwe Primary School teachers are concerned and depressed over affluent and prominent cattle post owners around the village who withdrew pupils from school for employment in ranches and cattle posts.
The Headteacher, Mr Thomas Gaonewe, said it was embarrassing and disappointing to learn that some farmers kept orphans and other vulnerable children at their cattle posts denying them the right to education.
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LETLHAKENG - Malwelwe Primary School teachers are concerned and depressed over affluent and prominent cattle post owners around the village who withdrew pupils from school for employment in ranches and cattle posts.
The Headteacher, Mr Thomas Gaonewe, said it was embarrassing and disappointing to learn that some farmers kept orphans and other vulnerable children at their cattle posts denying them the right to education.
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FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE continued......
Sibajane - 7 years of age, the first child at HOFOOur Message delivered to Zambia in March 2008 continued....... from Sunday, March 23, 2008.
The Bible is peppered the great men and women of Faith isn’t it!? Let’s just consider a couple, shall we:
Noah – wow, God was disappointed with this people so He decided to dramatically change things –almost by starting over. There was one man though that God considered worthy –Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
God decided to start over with Noah and his family so he asked that Noah build an Ark. Now this wasn’t just a boat, this was ship. And this ship, was most likely the first sea-going vessel the this new world had ever seen. God told Noah that we was going to bring a great flood, keeping in mind that the earth had never seen rain….
What do you think the people around Noah thought? I can speculate; they thought he was a nut. But because of Noah’s Faith, he was found righteous by God, and was obedient to His Calling. What did Noah’s family think? Do you think they had any doubts?
Noah walked out his Faith by taking action!
Noah – wow, God was disappointed with this people so He decided to dramatically change things –almost by starting over. There was one man though that God considered worthy –Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
God decided to start over with Noah and his family so he asked that Noah build an Ark. Now this wasn’t just a boat, this was ship. And this ship, was most likely the first sea-going vessel the this new world had ever seen. God told Noah that we was going to bring a great flood, keeping in mind that the earth had never seen rain….
What do you think the people around Noah thought? I can speculate; they thought he was a nut. But because of Noah’s Faith, he was found righteous by God, and was obedient to His Calling. What did Noah’s family think? Do you think they had any doubts?
Noah walked out his Faith by taking action!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Quilts will benefit African orphans
By Joanne Fox, Journal staff writer
The reserve that almost all quilters have on hand has been put to good use recently by members of an educational group who want to reach out across an ocean and a continent to children in need.
Siouxland members of Alpha Delta Kappa (ADK), an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding who were once taking care of children in our schools, will be providing for Tanzanian orphans.
ADK Pat Bartholomew went to Africa in 1999 with Project Rehema Ministries Inc., a Christian-based, nonprofit organization that ministers to the orphaned and vulnerable children of Tanzania.
"I learned how very bad it was," Bartholomew said. "I thought if I could do something for even a few children, it would be a start."
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The reserve that almost all quilters have on hand has been put to good use recently by members of an educational group who want to reach out across an ocean and a continent to children in need.
Siouxland members of Alpha Delta Kappa (ADK), an international honorary organization of women educators dedicated to educational excellence, altruism and world understanding who were once taking care of children in our schools, will be providing for Tanzanian orphans.
ADK Pat Bartholomew went to Africa in 1999 with Project Rehema Ministries Inc., a Christian-based, nonprofit organization that ministers to the orphaned and vulnerable children of Tanzania.
"I learned how very bad it was," Bartholomew said. "I thought if I could do something for even a few children, it would be a start."
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Giving to Uganda
Student's senior project is one to remember
By Laura Brown, laurab@theunion.com
» More from Laura Brown
12:01 a.m. PT Mar 25, 2008
Nevada Union High School student interested in helping others has inspired local musicians to hold a benefit concert to raise money and awareness of orphans living in Uganda.
Lauren Langley, a high school senior, decided to raise money for less-fortunate youth in Uganda as part of her senior project.
The orphans of Uganda benefit concert will bring together the music of local musicians Aaron Ross, Lee Bob Watson and Them Hills from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City.
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By Laura Brown, laurab@theunion.com
» More from Laura Brown
12:01 a.m. PT Mar 25, 2008
Nevada Union High School student interested in helping others has inspired local musicians to hold a benefit concert to raise money and awareness of orphans living in Uganda.
Lauren Langley, a high school senior, decided to raise money for less-fortunate youth in Uganda as part of her senior project.
The orphans of Uganda benefit concert will bring together the music of local musicians Aaron Ross, Lee Bob Watson and Them Hills from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
How Small Are We?
STARS IN SILEMBEAs many of you know we returned from Zambia over 10 days ago now, and we were blessed to have Joe DesGeorges III with us. Joe is a professional photographer and he will be blessing us for some time with a stream of photos and eventually some video. The above is a picture of the stars above our first home at the House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia. In Silembe, it seemed that you could see every star in the universe! The view of the heavens were amazing!
This picture really goes with some of my thoughts of earlier today. As I drove to and fro the club for a work-out, I was reminded of my renewed urgency when it comes to Orphans. I think a lot when I'm on the machine and my mind wondered to how we are going to fulfill our commitments -especially financially.
I watched a gentleman at Best Buy getting into his very nice, and very new SUV. I wondered if he considered that he could build 3 or 4 homes for Orphans in Zambia for what he has spent on his vehicle? I doubt it...... What about my very used SUV, almost 2....... How can we help so many, so far away? I am reminded by the picture above of how small we really are........
Be Blessed.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE continued....
Our Message delivered to Zambia in March 2008 continued....... from Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
§ Now, what does this action look like for many of us………? What have we done to advance the kingdom lately? Could it look like us here today, you reading this now? Certainly this does take some type of action. What does love look like for you this week? Are your acts of love self-serving, or are you simply trying your best to serve others? Certainly we’re glad you are here today, and that you are taking the time to read this, but these are the cheap seats. Though effort, I don't think that this could be defined as action, hardly.
§ You might strengthen your knowledge, you might be encouraged, you might be challenged –but is the action the word is speaking about -no.
§ Now I know many of you had to walk here, you have made sacrifices, your visit here today required effort……
§ This action can look a lot like Love in many instances can’t it. You have heard, “they will know that we are Christians by our love”. Is that true in the church today….. ya, but often times it is contained within these four walls isn’t it, and the world can’t see this Love.
§ God is wanting us to do something, he is wanting you to do something, we need to demonstrate our faith, through action, loving one another……. outside of our safe little churches, we need to get into the world.
§ I John 3: 11-24
11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
§ So, God is looking for action, looking for you to do something! Christ first command can be summarized, “Come, follow-me”. Pretty simple huh, but maybe not. If we really consider what is required to Follow Him we realized that we need to surrender all, pick-up your cross and die to ourselves daily. There are many that have died for the Faith. As noted in the scripture above warns us that the world my hate us! He didn’t say, “follow-me to the land of happiness” -not that he doesn't want us to be happy, or “Follow-me, and let the good times roll”, no He clearly stated that “you will be persecuted, ridiculed in my name”.
Are you ready to sign-up for this?
To be Continued............
§ Now, what does this action look like for many of us………? What have we done to advance the kingdom lately? Could it look like us here today, you reading this now? Certainly this does take some type of action. What does love look like for you this week? Are your acts of love self-serving, or are you simply trying your best to serve others? Certainly we’re glad you are here today, and that you are taking the time to read this, but these are the cheap seats. Though effort, I don't think that this could be defined as action, hardly.
§ You might strengthen your knowledge, you might be encouraged, you might be challenged –but is the action the word is speaking about -no.
§ Now I know many of you had to walk here, you have made sacrifices, your visit here today required effort……
§ This action can look a lot like Love in many instances can’t it. You have heard, “they will know that we are Christians by our love”. Is that true in the church today….. ya, but often times it is contained within these four walls isn’t it, and the world can’t see this Love.
§ God is wanting us to do something, he is wanting you to do something, we need to demonstrate our faith, through action, loving one another……. outside of our safe little churches, we need to get into the world.
§ I John 3: 11-24
11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
§ So, God is looking for action, looking for you to do something! Christ first command can be summarized, “Come, follow-me”. Pretty simple huh, but maybe not. If we really consider what is required to Follow Him we realized that we need to surrender all, pick-up your cross and die to ourselves daily. There are many that have died for the Faith. As noted in the scripture above warns us that the world my hate us! He didn’t say, “follow-me to the land of happiness” -not that he doesn't want us to be happy, or “Follow-me, and let the good times roll”, no He clearly stated that “you will be persecuted, ridiculed in my name”.
Are you ready to sign-up for this?
To be Continued............
Welcomed with open arms
By Helen McCall
SOME improvements have been made in the care of children, orphaned in Malawi.
That was the good news Clydesdale MSP Karen Gillon was able to report after her second visit to the orphanage in Blantyre.
And Karen, a mum of two, was able to hand over money she and others had raised to further support its work.
Karen has been closely involved with a charity called Open Arms which looks after orphans in Malawi — the country with the second-highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
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SOME improvements have been made in the care of children, orphaned in Malawi.
That was the good news Clydesdale MSP Karen Gillon was able to report after her second visit to the orphanage in Blantyre.
And Karen, a mum of two, was able to hand over money she and others had raised to further support its work.
Karen has been closely involved with a charity called Open Arms which looks after orphans in Malawi — the country with the second-highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
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Heckel: A shopping dream comes true in Longmont
By Aimee Heckel (Contact)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Imagine a tracking device on your lipstick so you can never lose it. A magnetic bra strap that corresponds to a magnetic purse strap so your purse can’t slide down your arm while you’re shopping. Fashionable Crock-Pots that double as CD players and have the face of your favorite artist air-brushed on the side.
Those are a few of my world-changing inventions. Well, almost-inventions. I rock the ideas, but not the follow-through.
Call me Cosmo Kramer. I’m that friend who calls you at 3 a.m. to tell you about an innovative chip dip jar. (It should be long and skinny to accommodate a chip-clutching hand, instead of round, which results in dip residue on your knuckles.)
It was 3 a.m. a few months ago when my mother got The Call. I had an idea for a thrift store. The fact that she listened to the full description without hanging up or falling asleep indicated I was onto something. Even more than the Kid Rock Crock-Pot, which, as far as I was concerned, was nearly impossible to trump.
My dream: It seemed every week I heard about a new product to raise money for a nonprofit. My mom was selling journals to raise money for her orphanage in Uganda. Another group was selling wooden bracelets for AIDS research. Boulder-based BeadforLife (www.beadforlife.org) sells jewelry made by displaced tribes in Uganda.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Imagine a tracking device on your lipstick so you can never lose it. A magnetic bra strap that corresponds to a magnetic purse strap so your purse can’t slide down your arm while you’re shopping. Fashionable Crock-Pots that double as CD players and have the face of your favorite artist air-brushed on the side.
Those are a few of my world-changing inventions. Well, almost-inventions. I rock the ideas, but not the follow-through.
Call me Cosmo Kramer. I’m that friend who calls you at 3 a.m. to tell you about an innovative chip dip jar. (It should be long and skinny to accommodate a chip-clutching hand, instead of round, which results in dip residue on your knuckles.)
It was 3 a.m. a few months ago when my mother got The Call. I had an idea for a thrift store. The fact that she listened to the full description without hanging up or falling asleep indicated I was onto something. Even more than the Kid Rock Crock-Pot, which, as far as I was concerned, was nearly impossible to trump.
My dream: It seemed every week I heard about a new product to raise money for a nonprofit. My mom was selling journals to raise money for her orphanage in Uganda. Another group was selling wooden bracelets for AIDS research. Boulder-based BeadforLife (www.beadforlife.org) sells jewelry made by displaced tribes in Uganda.
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School Briefs
By Roger L Hardy
Deseret Morning News
Published: Thursday, March 6, 2008
OREM — Students of Liahona Preparatory Academy raised more than $11,000 from selling cookie dough and demolishing an old car. Students bought tickets to hit the car. The money is being sent to assist orphans in Mexico, said spokeswoman Cheryl Karr.
Total donations for the program have exceeded $50,000 through the five-year-old nonprofit Liahona Foundation, she said.
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Deseret Morning News
Published: Thursday, March 6, 2008
OREM — Students of Liahona Preparatory Academy raised more than $11,000 from selling cookie dough and demolishing an old car. Students bought tickets to hit the car. The money is being sent to assist orphans in Mexico, said spokeswoman Cheryl Karr.
Total donations for the program have exceeded $50,000 through the five-year-old nonprofit Liahona Foundation, she said.
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Rochester Hills priest works tirelessly for orphans in Guatemala, Ecuador
Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Rev. Nick Amico
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
ROCHESTER HILLS -- The Rev. Nick Amico remembers fondly 2-year-old Saida, whom he met in February on a visit to Santa Elena, Guatemala.
"She could hardly stand up because the malnutrition was affecting her bones," he remembered being told when he arrived.
But after care and proper meals at a local orphanage he helped to fund, "she was running around, jumping, dancing, like nothing had ever happened," he said.
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The Rev. Nick Amico
Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
ROCHESTER HILLS -- The Rev. Nick Amico remembers fondly 2-year-old Saida, whom he met in February on a visit to Santa Elena, Guatemala.
"She could hardly stand up because the malnutrition was affecting her bones," he remembered being told when he arrived.
But after care and proper meals at a local orphanage he helped to fund, "she was running around, jumping, dancing, like nothing had ever happened," he said.
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Friday, March 21, 2008
House of Faith Orphanage | Silembe Update
World Orphan Relief now has four people working toward our effort in Zambia; Mike Jones is our acting Missions Director for Africa, Linda Jones works on various aspects of World Orphan Relief projects in Zambia, Jo Anne Byrum is our Orphanage Director, and Elizabeth is our first House Mother at House of Faith Orphanage (HOFO). 
This is the second home at HOFO site. The recently returned Journey of Faith Team worked on this home and funded the construction for the entire house. The roof is now on. It is still too wet for hauling rocks, so the floor will probably be another couple of weeks. Speed of construction has been dramatically reduced since heavy rains began in December. While we did experience some rain during our 2-week visit earlier this month, it wasn't anything that required us to alter our plans.
Lunch time provided for a good picture. Jo Anne is staying again until Monday. The furniture is not yet in its place, but you can see it is very sturdy. The little guy didn't seem to be feeling well today. Nothing serious. I asked Golden (our construction foreman who lives nearby) how the children were doing. He said, "They are very happy!" I've contracted with my old painter (he is also a senior headman) and expect him to arrive any day to paint the house.
Goats always go for the garden.
The ceiling will be completed today in the second home. We will need to start on another building, or reduce the work force again in the near future. We project that the first home will be filled with twelve children in the next 30 - 90 days, at which time we will begin to fill the second home, which will be finished by then.
Sheri (Mike and Linda's daughter) got her visa for DRC. We will take her up to the border Tuesday, with the Congolese couple from Bible School. Sheri will have someone to travel with, blessing them with transport, while paying less than an airline ticket. We are staying at MMM in a house that sleeps 5 for k150,000 ($40) per night. After taking them to the boarder Wednesday morning I plan to see the head of Social Welfare for Copperbelt. We are working toward starting our third orphanage in this area later this year or 2009. Our second site at been tentatively selected for a site just outside Kasama, Zambia. 
This picture was taken from the pit latrine, a place the team will probably never forget. The school hosted a soccer match today. The players filled a container with water from our well, keeping it in the shade of the kitchen/laundry area. As far as the local people are concerned, we have built a city in the bush -their village. They are very grateful, with hearts open to the gospel. Comrade told me his church attendance went up by 15 people since showing the Jesus film. God has laid it on our hearts to help suffering orphans. Your obedience has ended up adding a territory, covering many villages, into the Kingdom of God.
Have a Great Day!
from Mike Jones in Zambia
The following in an update from Mike at the project site, be blessed (edited):
This is the second home at HOFO site. The recently returned Journey of Faith Team worked on this home and funded the construction for the entire house. The roof is now on. It is still too wet for hauling rocks, so the floor will probably be another couple of weeks. Speed of construction has been dramatically reduced since heavy rains began in December. While we did experience some rain during our 2-week visit earlier this month, it wasn't anything that required us to alter our plans.
The Journey of Faith Team also spent considerable time working on the cook & laundry shelter also. The drains were being set in the sinks yesterday, and though one column looks crooked, it is straight. Two pantries are going up on the right side (one for each home).
Four pantries almost finished on the left side. The door frame and metal door, like we have on the bath house, will be installed for each pantry. They are k450,000 each ($121), which should be ready next week. The iron work for securing the building over the sinks, entrance, and large cooking grill should also be ready next week at a cost of k2,300,000 ($621). We should have no other large expenses for the kitchen-laundry area except pouring the floor. I've arranged to buy a load of cement Monday, even though it is a holiday.
Lunch time provided for a good picture. Jo Anne is staying again until Monday. The furniture is not yet in its place, but you can see it is very sturdy. The little guy didn't seem to be feeling well today. Nothing serious. I asked Golden (our construction foreman who lives nearby) how the children were doing. He said, "They are very happy!" I've contracted with my old painter (he is also a senior headman) and expect him to arrive any day to paint the house. Goats always go for the garden.The ceiling will be completed today in the second home. We will need to start on another building, or reduce the work force again in the near future. We project that the first home will be filled with twelve children in the next 30 - 90 days, at which time we will begin to fill the second home, which will be finished by then.Sheri (Mike and Linda's daughter) got her visa for DRC. We will take her up to the border Tuesday, with the Congolese couple from Bible School. Sheri will have someone to travel with, blessing them with transport, while paying less than an airline ticket. We are staying at MMM in a house that sleeps 5 for k150,000 ($40) per night. After taking them to the boarder Wednesday morning I plan to see the head of Social Welfare for Copperbelt. We are working toward starting our third orphanage in this area later this year or 2009. Our second site at been tentatively selected for a site just outside Kasama, Zambia. We are hoping that Social Welfare can provide for some numbers on orphans, how many and where, where existing orphanages are located, and where they need, or would like to see, additional orphanages in the province. I'll also be talking with our contacts throughout the province. As far as the plumbing job at the Orphanage in Ndola -it shouldn't take long, but this is Africa. I've already bought most of the cpvc parts needed except for the pipes which will fit inside the van.
This picture was taken from the pit latrine, a place the team will probably never forget. The school hosted a soccer match today. The players filled a container with water from our well, keeping it in the shade of the kitchen/laundry area. As far as the local people are concerned, we have built a city in the bush -their village. They are very grateful, with hearts open to the gospel. Comrade told me his church attendance went up by 15 people since showing the Jesus film. God has laid it on our hearts to help suffering orphans. Your obedience has ended up adding a territory, covering many villages, into the Kingdom of God.
Have a Great Day!
from Mike Jones in Zambia
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Thanks again to Mike, Linda, and Jo Anne for making our stay in Zambia enjoyable, and so very productive. I personally had the opportunity to walk out the Orphanage project there. I can say that the place is special. We measured roughly 23 acres dedicated to serving his children, and we have been assured that if needed we can add to land to serve His children.
Please keep our people there in your prayers, and that we may be most efficient in bringing these children up giving them a Great Hope! -Scott
Zimbabwe Orphans Get Life-saving AIDS Drugs in Neighbouring State
Medindia » Latest Health News
Zimbabwean orphans Evans, 13, and Edmond Mahlangu, 8, crossed a mountain range on foot to get to Mozambique where they are slowly recovering on life-saving AIDS drugs in short supply back home.
"We walked for a day in the mountains. We had to keep quiet because of the guards," recounted the boys' 17-year-old sister, Emmaculate, who made the 10 kilometre (six miles) journey with her HIV-positive siblings at the beginning of February.
"It was tough above all for my brothers. They had to walk alone because I was carrying bags."
The children have taken refuge with an aunt not far from the Machipanda border post in the central Mozambican province of Manica.
Orphaned in 2006, the children lived with their grandmother in Mutare on the Zimbabwean side of the border until she banished them in January.
"My grandmother chased us away. She was afraid of the boys because they are sick. She was scared to touch them, even to cook for them," Emmaculate told AFP.
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Zimbabwean orphans Evans, 13, and Edmond Mahlangu, 8, crossed a mountain range on foot to get to Mozambique where they are slowly recovering on life-saving AIDS drugs in short supply back home.
"We walked for a day in the mountains. We had to keep quiet because of the guards," recounted the boys' 17-year-old sister, Emmaculate, who made the 10 kilometre (six miles) journey with her HIV-positive siblings at the beginning of February.
"It was tough above all for my brothers. They had to walk alone because I was carrying bags."
The children have taken refuge with an aunt not far from the Machipanda border post in the central Mozambican province of Manica.
Orphaned in 2006, the children lived with their grandmother in Mutare on the Zimbabwean side of the border until she banished them in January.
"My grandmother chased us away. She was afraid of the boys because they are sick. She was scared to touch them, even to cook for them," Emmaculate told AFP.
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Nigeria: Yobe's 'Conditional Cash' for the Vulnerable
Daily Trust (Abuja)
2 March 2008
Posted to the web 3 March 2008
Hamza Idris
Damaturu
Poverty, ignorance, diseases and merciless exploitation are common terrible attributes associated with women and children especially in developing societies.
Nigeria, despite its enormous oil wealth and natural resources is not an exception. Various studies show that its vast population who are mostly subsistence agrarians are plagued by lack of basic privileges of existence. While thousands of women have been widowed following the demise of their husbands in several controversial circumstances including HIV and AIDS diseases, millions of children are out of schools because they have no one to settle their fees.
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2 March 2008
Posted to the web 3 March 2008
Hamza Idris
Damaturu
Poverty, ignorance, diseases and merciless exploitation are common terrible attributes associated with women and children especially in developing societies.
Nigeria, despite its enormous oil wealth and natural resources is not an exception. Various studies show that its vast population who are mostly subsistence agrarians are plagued by lack of basic privileges of existence. While thousands of women have been widowed following the demise of their husbands in several controversial circumstances including HIV and AIDS diseases, millions of children are out of schools because they have no one to settle their fees.
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Hope for AIDS Orphans in Thailand
FXB International (www.fxb.org) announces the expansion of its Village Model Program in poverty-stricken Si Saket province of Thailand. The Village Model Program is a comprehensive response to the AIDS orphans crisis that enables families and communities to lift themselves out of poverty and better provide for vulnerable children.
Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) March 3, 2008 -- Albina du Boisrouvray, president of the humanitarian organization François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) International, will announce the expansion of FXB's Village Model Program at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand tomorrow. FXB has been working in Thailand since 1990 to address and support orphans and vulnerable children affected by AIDS, and the Village Model Program enables families and communities to lift themselves out of poverty and provide for the children in their care.
According to UNICEF, by 2010 one out of three orphans in Thailand will have lost their parents to AIDS. FXB is expanding its Village Model Program in Si Saket Province in the northeastern region of the country, where poverty is most acute. Children in this area are vulnerable to drugs, sexual exploitation, and violence, and often lack access to education and health care. FXB currently has villages in Buriram and Mahasarakam Provinces as well.
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Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) March 3, 2008 -- Albina du Boisrouvray, president of the humanitarian organization François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) International, will announce the expansion of FXB's Village Model Program at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand tomorrow. FXB has been working in Thailand since 1990 to address and support orphans and vulnerable children affected by AIDS, and the Village Model Program enables families and communities to lift themselves out of poverty and provide for the children in their care.
According to UNICEF, by 2010 one out of three orphans in Thailand will have lost their parents to AIDS. FXB is expanding its Village Model Program in Si Saket Province in the northeastern region of the country, where poverty is most acute. Children in this area are vulnerable to drugs, sexual exploitation, and violence, and often lack access to education and health care. FXB currently has villages in Buriram and Mahasarakam Provinces as well.
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The hidden heroes of Zimbabwe
Posted by Information Report on 3/3/2008, 11:15 am
Board Administrator
The hidden heroes of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe holds a sad record: one child in every four is now an orphan - mostly as a result of Aids. Zimbabwe has 2 million orphans and every four minutes another child is added to this list, as a result of the death either of their mother or father. Over 100,000 of them have no adult relative caring for them. Usually the older children care for their smaller brothers and sisters and look after the family all alone, with all the cares and burdens that this entails.
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Board Administrator
The hidden heroes of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe holds a sad record: one child in every four is now an orphan - mostly as a result of Aids. Zimbabwe has 2 million orphans and every four minutes another child is added to this list, as a result of the death either of their mother or father. Over 100,000 of them have no adult relative caring for them. Usually the older children care for their smaller brothers and sisters and look after the family all alone, with all the cares and burdens that this entails.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE continued....
Our Message delivered to Zambia in March 2008 continued.......
• Let me tell you what comes to my mind when I think of Faith:
By Faith in Him, through His grace –a gift from our Father in heaven, is our salvation
Faith without works is dead
Faith requires action, and faith without action is really not faith at all. I suppose only words....
• Let’s read about several instances of Faith in God’s word James 2:14 - 25
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?22You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. 24You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
So even Rahab, not by some group she belonged to, or set of rules the professed to follow, but the word tells us that she was 'considered righteous for what she did' -by her actions. She took great risk didn't she!? How many of you have taken a risk lately? Have you at anytime put it all out there for God? God doesn't need you, but he wants to use you to Glorify His Name. Are you ready to take a risk, to take action as you walk out your Faith today?
To be continued..........
• Let me tell you what comes to my mind when I think of Faith:
By Faith in Him, through His grace –a gift from our Father in heaven, is our salvation
Faith without works is dead
Faith requires action, and faith without action is really not faith at all. I suppose only words....
• Let’s read about several instances of Faith in God’s word James 2:14 - 25
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
So even Rahab, not by some group she belonged to, or set of rules the professed to follow, but the word tells us that she was 'considered righteous for what she did' -by her actions. She took great risk didn't she!? How many of you have taken a risk lately? Have you at anytime put it all out there for God? God doesn't need you, but he wants to use you to Glorify His Name. Are you ready to take a risk, to take action as you walk out your Faith today?
To be continued..........
Monroe family to double in size through adoptions
By Rick Badie Saturday, March 1, 2008, 11:49 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They had three kids already - two boys and a girl.
Jim and Mary Jane Dunn had no desire, or plans, to add to the brood. So they thought.
Late last year, though, the Monroe couple said they sensed God was speaking to them, nudging them to open their home to more kids.
When he’d read the Bible, Dunn said he’d be drawn to Scripture that dealt with caring for orphans and connecting with the poor. Then there was Oprah Winfrey’s show, two episodes in particular. One dealt with teens from Liberia; the other featured kids from Somalia. All needed homes. A seed was planted with the couple.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They had three kids already - two boys and a girl.
Jim and Mary Jane Dunn had no desire, or plans, to add to the brood. So they thought.
Late last year, though, the Monroe couple said they sensed God was speaking to them, nudging them to open their home to more kids.
When he’d read the Bible, Dunn said he’d be drawn to Scripture that dealt with caring for orphans and connecting with the poor. Then there was Oprah Winfrey’s show, two episodes in particular. One dealt with teens from Liberia; the other featured kids from Somalia. All needed homes. A seed was planted with the couple.
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Almost 120,000 Russian orphans adopted last year
20:14 29/ 02/ 2008
MOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) - Some 120,000 Russian orphans were adopted both in Russia and abroad in 2007, a 6.4% increase from 2006, an official with Russia's Science and Education Ministry said on Friday.
"A significant growth in the amount of children adopted was seen in more than 40% of Russian regions," said Alina Levitskaya, the director of the ministry's department for education, higher education and social protection.
The official added, however, that number of foreigners adopting Russian children had almost halved. The number of people in Russia adopting children saw a 14.5% growth from 2006, however.
Only 4,300 Russian orphans were adopted by foreigners last year.
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MOSCOW, February 29 (RIA Novosti) - Some 120,000 Russian orphans were adopted both in Russia and abroad in 2007, a 6.4% increase from 2006, an official with Russia's Science and Education Ministry said on Friday.
"A significant growth in the amount of children adopted was seen in more than 40% of Russian regions," said Alina Levitskaya, the director of the ministry's department for education, higher education and social protection.
The official added, however, that number of foreigners adopting Russian children had almost halved. The number of people in Russia adopting children saw a 14.5% growth from 2006, however.
Only 4,300 Russian orphans were adopted by foreigners last year.
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Orphans seek shelter at pagoda
08:19' 01/03/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge – In the late afternoon, in the yard of Bo De pagoda in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, a group of children were playing. Some small babies wearing brown clothes were toddling. They are orphans seeking shelter.
These children live in an old house at the back of the pagoda. Inside, there is around 40sq.m and camp beds are arranged in a row, leaving a small path. The furniture in the room is very old. The room is littered with clothes and napkins.
Dozens of orphans who had just returned home from class watch cartoons. An infant cries, asking for milk. The baby, five-days old, is a new member of the house, abandoned by her mother at the pagoda gate.
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VietNamNet Bridge – In the late afternoon, in the yard of Bo De pagoda in Gia Lam district, Hanoi, a group of children were playing. Some small babies wearing brown clothes were toddling. They are orphans seeking shelter.
These children live in an old house at the back of the pagoda. Inside, there is around 40sq.m and camp beds are arranged in a row, leaving a small path. The furniture in the room is very old. The room is littered with clothes and napkins.
Dozens of orphans who had just returned home from class watch cartoons. An infant cries, asking for milk. The baby, five-days old, is a new member of the house, abandoned by her mother at the pagoda gate.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Journey of Faith - Zambia 2008
The theme for the trip was 'Faith Requires Action'. During our 2 1/2 weeks in Zambia we were constantly reminded of this truth.
Many of us at great personal costs and or sacrifice joined the team this past month and were richly blessed. I personally had opportunity to share our message of Faith in several churches throughout Zambia and I thought I could share message with you with several post over the next several days:
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE
Many of us at great personal costs and or sacrifice joined the team this past month and were richly blessed. I personally had opportunity to share our message of Faith in several churches throughout Zambia and I thought I could share message with you with several post over the next several days:
FAITH REQUIRES ACTION - ZAMBIA 2008 MESSAGE
- My name is Scott Nordstrom. I am so blessed to have this opportunity to share with you today. I am a f/t Husband to my beautiful bride Despina of almost 18 years now, f/t dad to my three kids; daughters Sidney and Trinity, and my son Noah. I am also the president and founder of World Orphan Relief, a Christian relief agency serving Orphans.
- Today, I want to share with you a message in regards to my ‘Faith’. I want to both encourage you, and to challenge you, ultimately causing you to take Action!
- I have spent most of my career in sales in one type or another. I was taught for the desired result, we need to take MASSIVE ACTION, and I want you do that with your Faith starting today.
- May 4, 2005 was the conclusion of my ‘test of Faith’, and the beginning of Faith Resurrected with the birth of my Daughter Faith. Faith end up being our fourth child, and was born several years after we experienced a miscarriage with who would have been Tessa Faith. This was hard time, but through this experience I can see so much more now.
- Faith’s Story concluded with her passing on May 19th, only two short weeks later. She was a light unto the world during her limited time here. Ironically, our mission name for Zambia is named Lubuto, which most people intimately involved with our organization wouldn't know. Lubuto is Bemba for 'Light'. Faith Anastasia Nordstrom.
- Through this process I began to ponder Faith and what it really means to me.
- Before I share with you what God’s word tells us about Faith, let me tell you what it not;
§ Faith is not a wishing well
§ Faith is not some type of Giant Vending machine filled up by God, and all we have to do is request something come out
§ Faith is not limited
§ Faith is not packaged and something that can be paid for with an offering or tithe
§ Faith is not passive
§ Faith is not free, -but it is freedom
§ Faith is not something you can conjure up somehow someway
§ Faith is not for sale
§ Faith is not religion
to be continued........
Call to aid schools in slums
Thursday, 28th February 2008
The NGO Inizjamed with the support of SKOP - The National Platform of Maltese NGDOs - is urging the public to help its partner schools in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
Liberty Community School is in need of €10,000 to cover the cost of setting up a new school.
Maendeleo Learning Centre, a slum school run by The Reuben Community Centre, with a population of 600 students - 100 of which are orphans to HIV/Aids victims - is in need of sanitation facilities, classrooms, living quarters for many of its orphans, the repair of the existing premises and a steel gate, amounting to a total cost of €12,000.
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My recent trip to Zambia gave me the opportunity to visit several schools in a variety of settings. Most of the schools, not all, are challenged by not having trained teachers, they ofent times lack learning materials such as books, and most schools suffer from sub-par facilities.
The NGO Inizjamed with the support of SKOP - The National Platform of Maltese NGDOs - is urging the public to help its partner schools in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya.
Liberty Community School is in need of €10,000 to cover the cost of setting up a new school.
Maendeleo Learning Centre, a slum school run by The Reuben Community Centre, with a population of 600 students - 100 of which are orphans to HIV/Aids victims - is in need of sanitation facilities, classrooms, living quarters for many of its orphans, the repair of the existing premises and a steel gate, amounting to a total cost of €12,000.
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My recent trip to Zambia gave me the opportunity to visit several schools in a variety of settings. Most of the schools, not all, are challenged by not having trained teachers, they ofent times lack learning materials such as books, and most schools suffer from sub-par facilities.
Apartheid fuelled Caritas executive’s passion for equality
Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight fights for basic human rights
By DEBORAH GYAPONG
Canadian Catholic News
Ottawa
Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight sees her election last June as a “historical moment” for the worldwide confederation of Catholic development agencies.
Not only was Knight the first woman to be elected to the high-profile Vatican-based position, but also she was the first female candidate.
In an interview in Ottawa Feb. 18, Knight said the General Assembly’s vote represented a “coming of age” for Caritas Internationalis because it reflects the importance of the key involvement of lay women, especially in Latin America, Africa and Asia in the confederation’s work.
Now living in Rome with her husband, Knight, 52, often finds herself the only woman at meetings heavily represented by cardinals and archbishops. Unfazed, the married mother of two grown children exudes quiet confidence from her more than 25 years experience in international development work.
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No matter where we may serve in the world they should know that we are Christians by our love, regardless of type of church we attend.
By DEBORAH GYAPONG
Canadian Catholic News
Ottawa
Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight sees her election last June as a “historical moment” for the worldwide confederation of Catholic development agencies.
Not only was Knight the first woman to be elected to the high-profile Vatican-based position, but also she was the first female candidate.
In an interview in Ottawa Feb. 18, Knight said the General Assembly’s vote represented a “coming of age” for Caritas Internationalis because it reflects the importance of the key involvement of lay women, especially in Latin America, Africa and Asia in the confederation’s work.
Now living in Rome with her husband, Knight, 52, often finds herself the only woman at meetings heavily represented by cardinals and archbishops. Unfazed, the married mother of two grown children exudes quiet confidence from her more than 25 years experience in international development work.
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No matter where we may serve in the world they should know that we are Christians by our love, regardless of type of church we attend.
Filling spot in the family helps fill need in Ethiopia
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
OLD BRIDGE - While Michele and Ronnie Conte know they cannot adopt every one of the 143 million orphans in the world, they are determined to do everything they can to help alleviate the problem.
"In the Bible, God tells us to care for the orphans, and I guess we really take that to heart," Michele said. "I guess if more people would consider [adopting] one, that number would go down."
The Old Bridge couple has gone beyond that, adopting two children - Faith, 5, and NoelleJoy, 4 - to add to their family of two biological offspring, Christian, 10, and Jonah, 6. In April, the Conte clan will once again expand to include Yohannes, a 3-year-old boy from Ethiopia.
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OLD BRIDGE - While Michele and Ronnie Conte know they cannot adopt every one of the 143 million orphans in the world, they are determined to do everything they can to help alleviate the problem.
"In the Bible, God tells us to care for the orphans, and I guess we really take that to heart," Michele said. "I guess if more people would consider [adopting] one, that number would go down."
The Old Bridge couple has gone beyond that, adopting two children - Faith, 5, and NoelleJoy, 4 - to add to their family of two biological offspring, Christian, 10, and Jonah, 6. In April, the Conte clan will once again expand to include Yohannes, a 3-year-old boy from Ethiopia.
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Students Collect Coins For Orphans
Little Rock elementary students are working to raise money for orphans abroad. This week, Little Rock Christian Academy launched its "Coins for Kenyan Kids" campaign.
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are welcome. Coins are destined to buy food, clothes, diapers and other necessities for "The Nest", an orphanage in Limuru, Kenya.
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What can anyone of us do? This will remain an unanswered question until you do something........
Faith requires action, and you can change the future -one child at a time!
Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters are welcome. Coins are destined to buy food, clothes, diapers and other necessities for "The Nest", an orphanage in Limuru, Kenya.
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What can anyone of us do? This will remain an unanswered question until you do something........
Faith requires action, and you can change the future -one child at a time!
Backpack Drive makes orphans feel loved, provides needed supplies
Posted: 29 February, 2008
USA (MNN) ― Orphan Outreach just kicked off a new project called Mission Backpack. They distributed backpacks last year, but this is backpack collection on a larger scale.
Churches, schools, and other organizations are encouraged to organize a backpack drive. Orphan outreach will supply posters to advertise. They will also provide luggage tags for each backpack that is expected to be collected. Luggage tags are a unique part of the distribution. Tiffany Taylor with Orphan Outreach said, "People can write a personal note to those children letting them know they are loved by the person who collected the backpack and also loved by God and their Heavenly Father. Those luggage tags will stay with the backpacks. So, every day when the children get ready to go to school, they will remember that they are loved."
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USA (MNN) ― Orphan Outreach just kicked off a new project called Mission Backpack. They distributed backpacks last year, but this is backpack collection on a larger scale.
Churches, schools, and other organizations are encouraged to organize a backpack drive. Orphan outreach will supply posters to advertise. They will also provide luggage tags for each backpack that is expected to be collected. Luggage tags are a unique part of the distribution. Tiffany Taylor with Orphan Outreach said, "People can write a personal note to those children letting them know they are loved by the person who collected the backpack and also loved by God and their Heavenly Father. Those luggage tags will stay with the backpacks. So, every day when the children get ready to go to school, they will remember that they are loved."
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Monday, March 17, 2008
The peanut renaissance
No longer the preserve of salty pub snacks, the humble peanut is enjoying a moment in the culinary limelight, says Allegra McEvedy. And, through Fairtrade projects, it is helping to improve the working lives of smallholders in Malawi
There is something enormously invigorating about rapidly expanding your knowledge of something you have long taken for granted. I was some 5,000 miles away when I had such an experience with an ingredient that, for me, is synonymous with salt, pubs and KP. Last month, ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, I travelled to Malawi to visit a collective of peanut - or groundnuts, as the Malawians more sensibly call them because they grow in the ground - growers.
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There is something enormously invigorating about rapidly expanding your knowledge of something you have long taken for granted. I was some 5,000 miles away when I had such an experience with an ingredient that, for me, is synonymous with salt, pubs and KP. Last month, ahead of Fairtrade Fortnight, I travelled to Malawi to visit a collective of peanut - or groundnuts, as the Malawians more sensibly call them because they grow in the ground - growers.
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Helping the Third World one stitch at a time
BY ALBERT KRAMBERGER
editor@transcontinental.ca
Dorval resident Jill Stafiej's trip to Uganda last year was more than just a touristy getaway.
She was part of a group of North Americans that travelled to rural villages to teach AIDS orphans and their guardians how to sew. Specifically, they were there to help them sew school uniforms, which are required for students to attend classes. Stafiej will recount her month-long experience during a presentation at the Dorval Library next Wednesday night. Besides a slide show to illustrate her speech, there will also be a display and sale of artifacts and art she brought back from the central-eastern African country.
"It's a very interesting story," Stafiej said in a phone interview. "We went to remote villages that had no heating, no anything. We lived in tents and washed with well water."
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I get a myriad of responses when people find out that I regularly travel to Africa. I have been told that it would be better to just send the money, that what we do really doesn't make a difference, that we are a glorified tour company, and it has actually been suggested that we do more harm than good by visiting this area of the world.
I can only point to the relationships that I have developed, both here and abroad, that will be eternal. Giving the money is the easy part; what about placing yourself in circumstances where you aren't exactly comfortable, -some might even say dangerous, and at the very least, risky.
Our teams are either traveling, working, or ministering when in the field. Our most recent team spent 13 straight days with WOR activity before enjoying any rest near the end of our time in Zambia. We take willing hands and get them to the field to glorify God, and to serve His children -the Orphans. This travel, -this work, is not for the faint of heart, but only for willing hearts. Please consider joining us for a return to Zambia in November of 2008 as we change the future, one child at a time.
editor@transcontinental.ca
Dorval resident Jill Stafiej's trip to Uganda last year was more than just a touristy getaway.
She was part of a group of North Americans that travelled to rural villages to teach AIDS orphans and their guardians how to sew. Specifically, they were there to help them sew school uniforms, which are required for students to attend classes. Stafiej will recount her month-long experience during a presentation at the Dorval Library next Wednesday night. Besides a slide show to illustrate her speech, there will also be a display and sale of artifacts and art she brought back from the central-eastern African country.
"It's a very interesting story," Stafiej said in a phone interview. "We went to remote villages that had no heating, no anything. We lived in tents and washed with well water."
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I get a myriad of responses when people find out that I regularly travel to Africa. I have been told that it would be better to just send the money, that what we do really doesn't make a difference, that we are a glorified tour company, and it has actually been suggested that we do more harm than good by visiting this area of the world.
I can only point to the relationships that I have developed, both here and abroad, that will be eternal. Giving the money is the easy part; what about placing yourself in circumstances where you aren't exactly comfortable, -some might even say dangerous, and at the very least, risky.
Our teams are either traveling, working, or ministering when in the field. Our most recent team spent 13 straight days with WOR activity before enjoying any rest near the end of our time in Zambia. We take willing hands and get them to the field to glorify God, and to serve His children -the Orphans. This travel, -this work, is not for the faint of heart, but only for willing hearts. Please consider joining us for a return to Zambia in November of 2008 as we change the future, one child at a time.
Congress Moves to Expand Funding for AIDS, Including Orphans
Action by House Foreign Affairs Committee Underlines U.S. Commitment to the World’s Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - In a fitting tribute to the late Chairmen Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Henry Hyde (R-IL), a bipartisan agreement was reached yesterday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on H.R. 5501, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act.
The Committee authorized $50 billion to support programs dealing with the three diseases, including approximately $40 billion for AIDS programs and $9 billion for TB and malaria programs.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - In a fitting tribute to the late Chairmen Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Henry Hyde (R-IL), a bipartisan agreement was reached yesterday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on H.R. 5501, The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act.
The Committee authorized $50 billion to support programs dealing with the three diseases, including approximately $40 billion for AIDS programs and $9 billion for TB and malaria programs.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Journey of Faith - Zambia 2008 - Return
WOW, what a trip. We were so blessed by the people of Zambia over the last 2+ weeks, and were honored to encourage so many while we were there.
We ended with over 2,100 miles touring Zambia in a van as we visited various sites and encouraged over 175 people, in four different churches, to a Faith with Action. We also were involved in encouraging and praying for over 300 local villagers as we shared the Jesus Film with them.
The team traveled well together, and so any things will be coming out of our recent trip. As we returned yesterday Friday, March 14th, our local staff in Silembe were moving the first 2 boys into our House of Faith facility. Pictures and names to come..... We were able to walk out the property during our stay there and it appears the the total area for our project in Silembe is near 23 acres.
Thanks to you all for your support and prayers over the past several months.
We ended with over 2,100 miles touring Zambia in a van as we visited various sites and encouraged over 175 people, in four different churches, to a Faith with Action. We also were involved in encouraging and praying for over 300 local villagers as we shared the Jesus Film with them.
The team traveled well together, and so any things will be coming out of our recent trip. As we returned yesterday Friday, March 14th, our local staff in Silembe were moving the first 2 boys into our House of Faith facility. Pictures and names to come..... We were able to walk out the property during our stay there and it appears the the total area for our project in Silembe is near 23 acres.
Thanks to you all for your support and prayers over the past several months.
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