Thursday, December 24, 2009
allAfrica.com: Zambia: FNDP - What Has Been Achieved So Far?
allAfrica.com: Zambia: FNDP - What Has Been Achieved So Far?: "Poverty levels in rural Zambia rose from 78 per cent in 2004 to 80 per cent in 2006, while urban poverty has continued to record significant reductions from 56 per cent in 1998 to 34 per cent in 2006."
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House of Faith Orphanage Update | 11 July 2009
www.globalorphanrelief.org
11 July 2009
Silembe, Zambia
by Scott Nordstrom, as reported by Mike Jones
The Apartment slab has been poured. The concrete work should be finished by the 15th.
The main hall being prepared for the pour.
We may even have some trusses up, if all goes well between now and the 15th.
Unless I see some finished window frames before Wednesday I'll go ahead and buy the rest of the roofing.
These rooms could provide for the Lord's work in more ways than we have imagined.
The top lintel has been poured. The top bricks are the ceiling height of the main hall.
Four of the five scaffolds I made for putting up the ceilings in our house. They have served us well.
Knocking off time. The main hall slab is poured.
Everything looks good!
This Community center will serve many purposes to the Orphanage, and to the community as a whole. Please see more info at www.globalorphanrelief.org.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
House of Faith Orphanage Update | 17 July 2009
www.globalorphanrelief.org
17 July 2009
Silembe, Zambia
by Linda Jones
Constance was discharged this morning and Michael took them out to the Orphanage. He said she smiled the whole way! The Doctor is still amazed at how fast her recovery was. Thank you Jesus! She will be building back strength and she was also put on the ART's for HIV. Her counts are still to high by the WHO standards but Dr. Christa reminded them that with such a severe illness like she had there was an exception to the rule with WHO and so Thursday she started the meds! God is so Good.
Also a couple of friends on Face book where interested in Anna. I gave them Rob and Christa's e-mail as they are the ones who adopted here. If you have questions about Adoption in Zambia they have done it and are hoping to help in some way through their Ministry Africa's Child. Have a great Day! Thanks for you prayers for Constance and all the children.
Anna is doing better as well; she has a yeast infection on her neck and thrust, which is the
yeast infection in her month. We are not sure how they where feeding her for four days before we got her. Any way I started meds this afternoon and Christa said in a few days all would be well. I will be taking Anna out to the Orphanage this coming week. (Anna is the infant we received earlier this month, after her mother died shortly after child-birth. Anna was 4-days old when we received.)
Sheri arrives on the 25th and a team of four arrive on the 28th. Busy days and weeks ahead.
This was Constance in the hospital. The doctor said her recovery from meningitis was miraculous. I took her and Elizabeth (Elizabeth stayed with her the whole time) home to Mapampi yesterday. Constance doesn't warm up to people easily, but she smiled when we crossed the Ngwezi River.
House of Faith Orphanage Update | 18 July 2009
18 July 2009
Silembe, Zambia
We now have 4 homes completed at House of Faith Orphanage (HOFO), with the capacity to host 48 children. There is some work that remains on the second bathhouse and this will be completed as the addtional homes fill-up. We did and started work on our community center several months ago. HOFO is currently hosting 28 children.
We now have 4 homes completed at House of Faith Orphanage (HOFO), with the capacity to host 48 children. There is some work that remains on the second bathhouse and this will be completed as the addtional homes fill-up. We did and started work on our community center several months ago. HOFO is currently hosting 28 children.
Our community center will be a multi-function facility. Our primary objective to provide an activity center for the children while they are not in school. In addition, the facility will include several apartments for staff, and short term missionaries. An update from Mike Jones, GO! Director for African Missions, in Silembe, Zambia follows:
We have been in a bit of a rush the past few days with Constance in the hospital, visits to Social Welfare in Livingstone, vehicle repairs, preparations for the Carolina Team coming, construction activity, and my resting after taking Constance home with building supplies as I was not feeling very well (I feel fine today).
The community center is coming along. These men have never worked at these heights before. The ceiling will be 15 feet in this room. The floor has sand and water, sand to hold the water as the slab cures.
The community center is coming along. These men have never worked at these heights before. The ceiling will be 15 feet in this room. The floor has sand and water, sand to hold the water as the slab cures.
There will be one large meeting room, storage, two large bunk rooms for work teams, and one apartment for the Orphanage Director.
Since beginning this structure we have had one of our work crew fall from the scaffolding. Please pray for safety for the work crew, the children, and the staff at HOFO.
Man power is the only power found on this building site except our truck delivering materials.
The re-enforced concrete bean over the upper windows has been poured. We will build up the peaks to give us something to help hold the trusses as they will be raised by hand.
This side of the wall is at ceiling level, where trusses can be set.
Moving scaffolding takes time. Hope to have the trusses up next week after this side bricks are laid and the peaks at least half way up.
The stage will be poured after a couple of courses of bricks are laid on the curing slab, filled in with dirt, and tamped down. About half of the workers were paid on the 15th and went home. We have enough money to finish paying the workers for this month, leaving nothing for cement needed in week 1 of August, or furniture like beds. In addition, we will need another $2,350 to complete the roof.
This was Constance in the hospital. The doctor said her recovery from meningitis was miraculous. I took her and Elizabeth (Elizabeth stayed with her the whole time) home to Mapampi yesterday. Constance doesn't warm up to people easily, but she smiled when we crossed the Ngwezi River.
The team from NC will help install more toilets and sinks in the bath house, and install some shelving in the kitchen pantries.
After the end of this month the building crew will be cut in half again, as no large jobs requiring many people will remain.
Baby Anna will stay with us in Kalomo a few more days. We think she is fine but need to watch a couple of things a few more days. Social Welfare told us we will pick up 6 children either Wednesday or Thursday. Another 4 children will be coming soon after.
Baby Anna came to us earlier this month at 4-days old. Anna's mother died shortly after give birth to Anna.
The addition of 10 more children will bring our growing family to 38 children. There are many children that we currently host that are not yet sponsored. All funds that are generated through these sponsorships go directly to support the children in Zambia. For more information on this program visit us at:
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Giving orphans a home in Uganda - Local News - News - Business - The Courier
Giving orphans a home in Uganda - Local News - News - Business - The Courier
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Global Orphan Relief currently serves children at the Salem Children Centre in Naama, Uganda. For mor information: http://www.globalorphanrelief.com/ChildrenofNaama.html
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Global Orphan Relief currently serves children at the Salem Children Centre in Naama, Uganda. For mor information: http://www.globalorphanrelief.com/ChildrenofNaama.html
Letter - The Survival of Mothers - NYTimes.com
Letter - The Survival of Mothers - NYTimes.com
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Royal at House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia, was received when he was just 6-days old due to his mother dieing in child birth.
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Royal at House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia, was received when he was just 6-days old due to his mother dieing in child birth.
Recession must not derail AIDS fight-UN official | Reuters
Recession must not derail AIDS fight-UN official Reuters
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At House of Faith Orphanage, we already have 4 HIV/AIDS positive children -that's one of six, and not all have been tested thus far.
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At House of Faith Orphanage, we already have 4 HIV/AIDS positive children -that's one of six, and not all have been tested thus far.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Nigeria: Saving the Orphan
Daily Trust
19 June 2009
Editorial
A recent research conducted by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said that there are an estimated 17.5 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the country.
This represents about 25 percent of the nation's population figure of 140 million citizens. The research which covered 2006 to 2008, also took note of abandoned children, street urchins and children orphaned by the dreaded HIV/AIDS disease, among others.
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19 June 2009
Editorial
A recent research conducted by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said that there are an estimated 17.5 million Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in the country.
This represents about 25 percent of the nation's population figure of 140 million citizens. The research which covered 2006 to 2008, also took note of abandoned children, street urchins and children orphaned by the dreaded HIV/AIDS disease, among others.
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Uganda: Vision Voice Reaches Out to Orphans in Nakifuma
Godfrey Kimono
21 June 2009
Kampala — When Esther Nassali stayed home for a term after losing her parents to HIV/AIDS in 2006, she thought her dream of getting an education was shattered. The first born in a family of seven is thankful to be back in school.
"I am going to sit for my Primary Leaving Examinations at Nakifuma Voluntary Children Primary School this year," Nassali says. She is among the children whom the Vision Group visited on the day of the African child.
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Global Orphan Relief is now supporting children in Uganda at Salem Children Centre in Naama, Uganda. For more information go to:
www.globalorphanrelief.org/ChildrenofNaama.html or click on:
21 June 2009
Kampala — When Esther Nassali stayed home for a term after losing her parents to HIV/AIDS in 2006, she thought her dream of getting an education was shattered. The first born in a family of seven is thankful to be back in school.
"I am going to sit for my Primary Leaving Examinations at Nakifuma Voluntary Children Primary School this year," Nassali says. She is among the children whom the Vision Group visited on the day of the African child.
Read More.........
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Global Orphan Relief is now supporting children in Uganda at Salem Children Centre in Naama, Uganda. For more information go to:
www.globalorphanrelief.org/ChildrenofNaama.html or click on:
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Head to head: Madonna adoption
BBC - Page last updated at 02:59 GMT, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 03:59 UK
Pop star Madonna is in Malawi awaiting the result of a court bid to adopt an orphan, four-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James. Her case has sparked a wider debate over inter-country adoption.
Should parents in affluent countries be encouraged to adopt children from different cultures in the developing world?
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Global Orphan Relief was founded initially to assist families to adopt Orphaned children. Upon further deliberation we realized that these children could not all be served through the process of adoption, but needed care provided in their current location. While we advocate and encourage adoption for families who are prepared for the additional responsibilities, we also believe that more can be done for more of these children by serving them in their local geography.
Pop star Madonna is in Malawi awaiting the result of a court bid to adopt an orphan, four-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James. Her case has sparked a wider debate over inter-country adoption.
Should parents in affluent countries be encouraged to adopt children from different cultures in the developing world?
Read More...........
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Global Orphan Relief was founded initially to assist families to adopt Orphaned children. Upon further deliberation we realized that these children could not all be served through the process of adoption, but needed care provided in their current location. While we advocate and encourage adoption for families who are prepared for the additional responsibilities, we also believe that more can be done for more of these children by serving them in their local geography.
Madonna Malawi Adoption Puts Spotlight on AIDS, Poverty, Orphans, and Pop Stars
By Jennifer Delaney
Posted April 7, 2009
I am so grateful to Madonna for her second highly-publicized and controversial adoption from Malawi. Why? It reminds us that there are millions of children living in extreme poverty, in need of help, and opens the debate as to the best way to care for them. As a woman who hopes to be a mom someday, I can truly sympathize with Madonna's desire to build a family. However, as a child advocate, I struggle with her decision. I wonder who she is doing this for, little Mercy James or Madonna?
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We do support community-focused solutions to care for these children, but many of these communities need assistance for this endeavor because resources are not available. At House of Faith Orphanage, there are many locals involved in varioius capacities. In addition, there is a local volunteer effort to assist these children -their children.
Peace, Global Orphan Relief
www.globalorphanrelief.org
Posted April 7, 2009
I am so grateful to Madonna for her second highly-publicized and controversial adoption from Malawi. Why? It reminds us that there are millions of children living in extreme poverty, in need of help, and opens the debate as to the best way to care for them. As a woman who hopes to be a mom someday, I can truly sympathize with Madonna's desire to build a family. However, as a child advocate, I struggle with her decision. I wonder who she is doing this for, little Mercy James or Madonna?
Read More........
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We do support community-focused solutions to care for these children, but many of these communities need assistance for this endeavor because resources are not available. At House of Faith Orphanage, there are many locals involved in varioius capacities. In addition, there is a local volunteer effort to assist these children -their children.
Peace, Global Orphan Relief
www.globalorphanrelief.org
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Keeping Africa's Turnaround on Track
Washington Post
By Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Thursday, April 9, 2009; Page A17
For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis threatens to undo this progress by reducing investment, exports and aid just as they should be expanding to build on these successes.
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By Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Thursday, April 9, 2009; Page A17
For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis threatens to undo this progress by reducing investment, exports and aid just as they should be expanding to build on these successes.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Forgotten People in Africa
April 07, 2009
By Nat Hentoff
After Sudan's Adolf Hitler, Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir, expelled 13 international humanitarian organizations from Darfur, with the rest to follow within the year, four black African Muslim children - mourned by what is left of their families at the Shangil Tobaya refugee camp - died of malnutrition in late March. Their official death notices will not appear in American newspapers.
As a memorial, I give you the names and ages of the dead children, as provided by the rebel Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (Sudan Tribune, March 24): Abdel-Latif Hassan Gar El-Nabi, 7 months old; Ahmed Musa, 7 months old; Munir Mohamed Ibrahim, 9 months old; Esam Babiker Yacoub, 3 years old.
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I can't help by being burdened by what has happened in Sudan, specifically Darfur.
I called my Senators offices late last year to discuss my concerns. In talking with a then Senator Salazar's staffer, he explained that he had some talking points that he could recite to me, but that these points would not satisfy me.
I have always been perplexed as to why we could intervene in southeastern Europe to stop the slaughter of European Muslims, but we could not muster the courage to stop the slaughter of Christian blacks in Sudan. Do these people not matter as much? Is it a matter of religion, location, or race? Why has our only response from the highest levels of our government either been talking points or silence when it comes to Sudan.
As per the aforementioned article, the death is not limited to Christians. Death in Darfur has become something that is acceptable to us by now. I suppose the entire continent of Africa is something so remote and distant for most of us that these concerns don't win or lose elections here in the States.
I think if we follow the money we may begin to understand the inaction by our government, and so many others. Death and destruction are consuming the people of Darfur, and the best thing the governments of this world can come up with is an arrest warrant for the leader of the genocide. The value of life in Darfur(some reports indicate as many as 7 million people live in this area) must be less than the value of life in Kosovo(1.8 million population)...................... Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir has traveled outside his country several times with no attempted arrest. If this International warrant had any teeth or resolve we would send a team to his country and remove him to stand court in Europe for his crimes. Meanwhile, as we stand by, people continue to die, and the silence is truly deafening for some.............
By Nat Hentoff
After Sudan's Adolf Hitler, Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir, expelled 13 international humanitarian organizations from Darfur, with the rest to follow within the year, four black African Muslim children - mourned by what is left of their families at the Shangil Tobaya refugee camp - died of malnutrition in late March. Their official death notices will not appear in American newspapers.
As a memorial, I give you the names and ages of the dead children, as provided by the rebel Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (Sudan Tribune, March 24): Abdel-Latif Hassan Gar El-Nabi, 7 months old; Ahmed Musa, 7 months old; Munir Mohamed Ibrahim, 9 months old; Esam Babiker Yacoub, 3 years old.
Read More.............
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I can't help by being burdened by what has happened in Sudan, specifically Darfur.
I called my Senators offices late last year to discuss my concerns. In talking with a then Senator Salazar's staffer, he explained that he had some talking points that he could recite to me, but that these points would not satisfy me.
I have always been perplexed as to why we could intervene in southeastern Europe to stop the slaughter of European Muslims, but we could not muster the courage to stop the slaughter of Christian blacks in Sudan. Do these people not matter as much? Is it a matter of religion, location, or race? Why has our only response from the highest levels of our government either been talking points or silence when it comes to Sudan.
As per the aforementioned article, the death is not limited to Christians. Death in Darfur has become something that is acceptable to us by now. I suppose the entire continent of Africa is something so remote and distant for most of us that these concerns don't win or lose elections here in the States.
I think if we follow the money we may begin to understand the inaction by our government, and so many others. Death and destruction are consuming the people of Darfur, and the best thing the governments of this world can come up with is an arrest warrant for the leader of the genocide. The value of life in Darfur(some reports indicate as many as 7 million people live in this area) must be less than the value of life in Kosovo(1.8 million population)...................... Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir has traveled outside his country several times with no attempted arrest. If this International warrant had any teeth or resolve we would send a team to his country and remove him to stand court in Europe for his crimes. Meanwhile, as we stand by, people continue to die, and the silence is truly deafening for some.............
Monday, April 6, 2009
Madonna, Malawi and adoption madness
Her adoption controversy highlights the problems when politics trumps the welfare of the child.
By Beth Nonte Russell April 6, 2009
The controversy surrounding the attempt by Madonna to adopt a second child from an orphanage in Malawi brings to light the confusing situation in international adoption. On Friday, a judge in that nation rejected the singer's adoption request on the grounds that waiving an 18-month residency requirement would set a dangerous precedent. Madonna was granted such an exemption when she adopted a Malawian boy in 2006.
This is just another example of how the intricacies of each country's legal system, cultural mores and poverty level intersect with the guidelines of The Hague treaty on inter country adoptions.
The result has been a decline in the number of orphans from developing countries being adopted by Americans. While adoptions become harder, the number of orphans grows, especially in Africa because of the tragedy of the AIDS crisis. Malawi has an estimated 1 million orphans, and untold numbers of orphans languish in other African countries as well as in Romania, Russia, China and Latin America.
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While I don't agree with every aspect of her synopsis, the opinion of Beth Nonte Russell certainly gives us something to think about.
I am personally torn. I have had the benefit of visiting some of these children in their environment. I draw most of my conclusions from our experience in developing House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia. This is a special, and beautiful place. Though the opportunities are limited, there is something you miss when you leave this place. What if you were born and raised there? What if your extended family lived in the area? What would it then be like for a young child to be up-rooted and joined to a new family in a far away place?
We are not attempting to develop an institutional environment in Silembe. Based on some of the research the author provides in her opinion, I think we may need to reduce the number of children in each home to provide a more cohesive family environment for the child; however, this transition will dramatically increase our capital costs per child. There are always trade-offs.
In addition, we purposely maintain contacts with extended family for each child in the community when possible. When this child is adopted into families located in foreign countries, this family connection is much more distant, infrequent, and complicated. I personally believe that international adoption is part of the solution for these children, besides all of the arguments against it.
Please consider this example as you consider your opinion.
In Zambia, there are approximately 1.2 million Orphans. If you removed this portion of the population, you are left with 10,800,000 people. Per additional research I was able to pull, the average household size in poor countries is between 5 and 6 people versus 2.6 in the US.
For our purposes, we'll use 5 people per household in Zambia to account for many of the Orphan children that are already living in these households, which would finally give us 2.16 million households. This analysis would indicate that over 1/2 of all households would have to adopt one Orphan to adsorb this vulnerable group into family units. Not only will this not happen, but many of these children will receive less than ideal care due to economic pressures. In addition, the family has to be willing and capable of caring for additional children.
For care of Orphans, there has to be an approach that involves many solutions. Originally we founded Global Orphan Relief with the intent of helping families adopt children, but upon realizing the magnitude of this group of children we realized that we would also have to reach out and provide care and that is where we began this work.
Whatever your opinion, please pray for these children, and support them in some way.
Peace,
Scott A. Nordstrom
Founder, President
Global Orphan Relief
By Beth Nonte Russell April 6, 2009
The controversy surrounding the attempt by Madonna to adopt a second child from an orphanage in Malawi brings to light the confusing situation in international adoption. On Friday, a judge in that nation rejected the singer's adoption request on the grounds that waiving an 18-month residency requirement would set a dangerous precedent. Madonna was granted such an exemption when she adopted a Malawian boy in 2006.
This is just another example of how the intricacies of each country's legal system, cultural mores and poverty level intersect with the guidelines of The Hague treaty on inter country adoptions.
The result has been a decline in the number of orphans from developing countries being adopted by Americans. While adoptions become harder, the number of orphans grows, especially in Africa because of the tragedy of the AIDS crisis. Malawi has an estimated 1 million orphans, and untold numbers of orphans languish in other African countries as well as in Romania, Russia, China and Latin America.
Read More...........
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While I don't agree with every aspect of her synopsis, the opinion of Beth Nonte Russell certainly gives us something to think about.
I am personally torn. I have had the benefit of visiting some of these children in their environment. I draw most of my conclusions from our experience in developing House of Faith Orphanage in Silembe, Zambia. This is a special, and beautiful place. Though the opportunities are limited, there is something you miss when you leave this place. What if you were born and raised there? What if your extended family lived in the area? What would it then be like for a young child to be up-rooted and joined to a new family in a far away place?
We are not attempting to develop an institutional environment in Silembe. Based on some of the research the author provides in her opinion, I think we may need to reduce the number of children in each home to provide a more cohesive family environment for the child; however, this transition will dramatically increase our capital costs per child. There are always trade-offs.
In addition, we purposely maintain contacts with extended family for each child in the community when possible. When this child is adopted into families located in foreign countries, this family connection is much more distant, infrequent, and complicated. I personally believe that international adoption is part of the solution for these children, besides all of the arguments against it.
Please consider this example as you consider your opinion.
In Zambia, there are approximately 1.2 million Orphans. If you removed this portion of the population, you are left with 10,800,000 people. Per additional research I was able to pull, the average household size in poor countries is between 5 and 6 people versus 2.6 in the US.
For our purposes, we'll use 5 people per household in Zambia to account for many of the Orphan children that are already living in these households, which would finally give us 2.16 million households. This analysis would indicate that over 1/2 of all households would have to adopt one Orphan to adsorb this vulnerable group into family units. Not only will this not happen, but many of these children will receive less than ideal care due to economic pressures. In addition, the family has to be willing and capable of caring for additional children.
For care of Orphans, there has to be an approach that involves many solutions. Originally we founded Global Orphan Relief with the intent of helping families adopt children, but upon realizing the magnitude of this group of children we realized that we would also have to reach out and provide care and that is where we began this work.
Whatever your opinion, please pray for these children, and support them in some way.
Peace,
Scott A. Nordstrom
Founder, President
Global Orphan Relief
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Buy a Brick Build a House
From one of the Board Members of Global Orphan Relief:
We have finally gotten the ebay auction up and running for the Buy A Brick, Build A House campaign. Please see the link below.
I would like to ask each of you to consider sharing this auction site via email with anyone and everyone you know. The more exposure we get for this auction the better. It is pretty easy to ask people to only donate a dollar. We have already started to receive some donations today, and they have been ranging from $2 to $20. Everything adds up!
I have contacted a bunch of people I know, and I am asking them to share the auction with people they know. So, hopefully, we can have a very successful event!!
Thanks for your help, and if you have any questions, please let me know!auction site: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270367406242
Blessings,Jen
We have finally gotten the ebay auction up and running for the Buy A Brick, Build A House campaign. Please see the link below.
I would like to ask each of you to consider sharing this auction site via email with anyone and everyone you know. The more exposure we get for this auction the better. It is pretty easy to ask people to only donate a dollar. We have already started to receive some donations today, and they have been ranging from $2 to $20. Everything adds up!
I have contacted a bunch of people I know, and I am asking them to share the auction with people they know. So, hopefully, we can have a very successful event!!
Thanks for your help, and if you have any questions, please let me know!auction site: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270367406242
Blessings,Jen
Friday, March 27, 2009
Royal Mandebala - 6 Days Old
God sent us another child on February 21st. He is 6 days old, and here is his details:
Name: Royal Mandebala
DOB: 16-02-09 Weight: 3.2kgs.
Mother: Deceased
Father: Kenny Mandebala
Brothers:3
Sisters: 3
Village: Mbwtsai, Chief Mukuni
His Mother died during child birth. Kenny brothers knows our Director at HOFO, Jo Anne Byrum, and so Gibson called and ask if we could take and care for the baby. The father has 6 other children and can not afford to buy the formula, he knew Royal would suffer if we was to attempt to care for him with all of his other responsibilities, and now without his wife. He decided to contact the Orphanage and ask if we could take the child. So God has blessed us with a new baby boy -message from :o) JO Anne <><
Good report for Royal on March 21st:
William is now at 8 kgs. We have had him a over 2 months and he has gone from 8.8lbs to 17.6. God is blessing our children.
Royal is the 23rd child, and we will begin to fill up the 3rd home very soon. Many of these children still need sponsors at $50 per month. This support provide so much hope for these very vulnerable children, we thank many of you as you have already done so much.
Peace, GO!
http://www.globalorphanrelief.org/
Name: Royal Mandebala
DOB: 16-02-09 Weight: 3.2kgs.
Mother: Deceased
Father: Kenny Mandebala
Brothers:3
Sisters: 3
Village: Mbwtsai, Chief Mukuni
His Mother died during child birth. Kenny brothers knows our Director at HOFO, Jo Anne Byrum, and so Gibson called and ask if we could take and care for the baby. The father has 6 other children and can not afford to buy the formula, he knew Royal would suffer if we was to attempt to care for him with all of his other responsibilities, and now without his wife. He decided to contact the Orphanage and ask if we could take the child. So God has blessed us with a new baby boy -message from :o) JO Anne <><
Good report for Royal on March 21st:
William is now at 8 kgs. We have had him a over 2 months and he has gone from 8.8lbs to 17.6. God is blessing our children.
Royal is the 23rd child, and we will begin to fill up the 3rd home very soon. Many of these children still need sponsors at $50 per month. This support provide so much hope for these very vulnerable children, we thank many of you as you have already done so much.
Peace, GO!
http://www.globalorphanrelief.org/
Silembe Update | 16 March 2009
GLOBAL ORPHAN RELIEF
House of Faith Orphanage
Silembe, Zambia
We recently received an update from our team in Zambia:
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We are deciding on the place to start the next buildings, -short-term missionary accommodations.
One place that we are considering is 
behind the bath house and near the trees.
behind the bath house and near the trees.Another option is toward the Store and school from this angle of the Kitchen/laundry.
Bought paint today for the primer. Should be going on the ceilings and walls in a day or two.
I'll be getting the furnishings, etc. to finish the bath house as well as the 4th house.
We could put the accommodations behind the first houses near where bricks were made and the entrance. We can begin as soon as The desired location is confirmed and some guide lines on what the building should look like. I'll need to stop work soon if we can not start the next building.
We have heard that there are some children needing homes and will be filling the 3rd home soon.
Pray for Wednesday, as Social Welfare is suppose to inspect our operations. One never knows how these things will go. Sometimes gold plated everything is not good enough.
God Bless,
Mike
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We have heard that there are some children needing homes and will be filling the 3rd home soon.
Pray for Wednesday, as Social Welfare is suppose to inspect our operations. One never knows how these things will go. Sometimes gold plated everything is not good enough.
God Bless,
Mike
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2009 plans include finishing the 4th home, the 2nd bath house, and will build an activity center for the children. In addition, we plan to start developing housing for short-term missionaries that will serve at HOFO.
Please keep these children in your prayers.
-Blessings, GO!
AIDS Orphans in South Africa Face Uncertain Future
Originally Aired: March 25, 2009
With so many South Africans struck down by AIDS, a generation of children is watching their parents die and being forced to form new family units. In his third report from South Africa, Ray Suarez explores the plight of AIDS orphans.
JIM LEHRER: Next, Ray Suarez has the last of our three global health reports from South Africa this week, the devastating impact of AIDS on children.
RAY SUAREZ: It's early on a Sunday morning. A young girl checks her pot of corn while her sister looks on. The girls do a few quick chores, get dressed for church, wash up, and buff up their shoes.
Nothing unusual about any of that. The scene is repeated throughout the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and around the world, with one difference: The 12-year old twins, Batkithi and Bonisani Masoko, and their 10-year-old sister, Xolisile, are on their own. Their parents both died of AIDS.
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With so many South Africans struck down by AIDS, a generation of children is watching their parents die and being forced to form new family units. In his third report from South Africa, Ray Suarez explores the plight of AIDS orphans.
JIM LEHRER: Next, Ray Suarez has the last of our three global health reports from South Africa this week, the devastating impact of AIDS on children.
RAY SUAREZ: It's early on a Sunday morning. A young girl checks her pot of corn while her sister looks on. The girls do a few quick chores, get dressed for church, wash up, and buff up their shoes.
Nothing unusual about any of that. The scene is repeated throughout the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and around the world, with one difference: The 12-year old twins, Batkithi and Bonisani Masoko, and their 10-year-old sister, Xolisile, are on their own. Their parents both died of AIDS.
Read More or Watch Video..............
Friday, February 27, 2009
Summit announced for mobilizing believers on behalf of the orphans
Posted: 27 February, 2009
USA (MNN) ― An orphan grows up with lingering feelings of not belonging to anyone or to anything. Multiply that one orphan by 132.7 million, and what you're left with are multiple generations of disconnect.
That's why several ministries who work exclusively with the problem banded together. The result was the formation of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Reporter's Notebook: Children Orphaned by AIDS Cobble Lives from the Ruins
Posted: February 17, 2009, 12:00 PM ET
Ray Suarez is in rural KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, tracing the daily lives of children orphaned by AIDS. In this report he looks at their struggle for survival and the unique family units that form in the absence of parents.
During our reporting trip to Africa, we looked at several main areas: the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa; the rise in tuberculosis-HIV co-infection; and the rapidly rising number of young South Africans who've lost one or both parents to AIDS and must cope as best they can.
To look at efforts to deal with AIDS orphans, we traveled to KwaZulu-Natal province, home to some of the highest rates of adult HIV infection in the country.
Our first stop was a tiny hamlet in the mountains north of Durban, where we visited the tiny home of three girls left orphaned by AIDS three years ago. Their mother died in 2002, their father in 2006. The graves sit just feet from the front door of their home. Try to imagine being left without parents, with little extended family, and being able to look on your parents' graves when you walk out your front door every morning.
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Ray Suarez is in rural KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, tracing the daily lives of children orphaned by AIDS. In this report he looks at their struggle for survival and the unique family units that form in the absence of parents.
During our reporting trip to Africa, we looked at several main areas: the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa; the rise in tuberculosis-HIV co-infection; and the rapidly rising number of young South Africans who've lost one or both parents to AIDS and must cope as best they can.
To look at efforts to deal with AIDS orphans, we traveled to KwaZulu-Natal province, home to some of the highest rates of adult HIV infection in the country.
Our first stop was a tiny hamlet in the mountains north of Durban, where we visited the tiny home of three girls left orphaned by AIDS three years ago. Their mother died in 2002, their father in 2006. The graves sit just feet from the front door of their home. Try to imagine being left without parents, with little extended family, and being able to look on your parents' graves when you walk out your front door every morning.
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Art exhibit helps orphans -Children in Uganda get profits from show
Brenton Hudson
Published: Monday, February 16, 2009
Updated: Monday, February 16, 2009
“There are about two million orphans in Uganda and 50 percent of the population of Uganda is under 15 years old,” Rossin said. “Uganda is not financially equipped to overcome certain things.”
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Published: Monday, February 16, 2009
Updated: Monday, February 16, 2009
“There are about two million orphans in Uganda and 50 percent of the population of Uganda is under 15 years old,” Rossin said. “Uganda is not financially equipped to overcome certain things.”
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Church launching effort to help boys in Ethiopian orphanage
Published February 22 2009
By: Mila Koumpilova , INFORUM
Theresa and David Held returned from Ethiopia with a beautiful baby girl, an admiration for her countrymen’s scrappy spirit and awareness that Western adoptions help only a tiny fraction of the country’s 6 million orphans.
It was summer 2007, and the Fargo couple resolved to do more.
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By: Mila Koumpilova , INFORUM
Theresa and David Held returned from Ethiopia with a beautiful baby girl, an admiration for her countrymen’s scrappy spirit and awareness that Western adoptions help only a tiny fraction of the country’s 6 million orphans.
It was summer 2007, and the Fargo couple resolved to do more.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
SILEMBE UPDATE | 16 FEB 2009
Though I haven't been posting updates lately, much is continuing to develop in Silembe at our House of Faith Orphanage. We just received our 22nd child on Valentines day -Livity. She will be 7 years old in May, and her mother recently died.
View of 4th house from outside of the kitchen fire place.
Plastering inside of 4th house.
I'm trying to get a clutch for my lorry. Should have it working soon.
Act 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
2Th 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Sheri thinks a 4th quarter group to Congo would be great.
Zambia has a shortage of mealimeal. I got 5 of these bags in Lusaka, 2 at a time.
We are nearing completion of the 4th home at the project that will give us the capacity to serve 48 children if need be. We are considering reducing the number of children in each home to 8 versus the 12 we have planned for. This will require additional homes should we make this change, and still build out to host 72 children. We will consider the demand over the next 12 months and then adjust accordingly in 2010.
More to come later on our plans for 2009. An update from Mike Jones in Zambia follows:
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Hey Scott,
Another group coming this year would be great. We are thinking of being in the States this November and December.
The children love to get into whatever I'm doing.
Another group coming this year would be great. We are thinking of being in the States this November and December.
The children love to get into whatever I'm doing.
View of 4th house from outside of the kitchen fire place.
Plastering inside of 4th house.
I'll make a few trips this week hauling the ceiling and cement.
Inside partition walls in bath house.
I'm trying to get a clutch for my lorry. Should have it working soon.
Act 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
2Th 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
2Th 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Sheri thinks a 4th quarter group to Congo would be great.
Zambia has a shortage of mealimeal. I got 5 of these bags in Lusaka, 2 at a time.
Sheri is playing blocks while teaching. She will be in the States in a few weeks, spending a couple of weeks in Zambia before departing Africa.
Sheri will help with Samantha and the chemo treatments, and sharing about the ministry for several months while in the states.
God Bless, Mike
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Thanks, and be blessed!
10 Ideas: Ministering to Orphans
FamilyLife’s Hope for Orphans
Today there are an estimated 143 million children who are orphans or are in a foster care system. Yes, it’s a big number. And it can be difficult to know how one person can make a dent in a reality so daunting. However, one Christian—every Christian—can make a difference. There are many things you can do on behalf of the orphan. Here are ten to consider:
1. Plead with the Father for them.
2. Speak up for them.
3. Give them what they need.
4. Support those who support them............................
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Often times we get asked about what people can do for these children. The above resource give anyone great ideas as to what they can do to help. If you'd like to somehow assist our efforts please contact our office at Global Orphan Relief at 303.840.1123.
Today there are an estimated 143 million children who are orphans or are in a foster care system. Yes, it’s a big number. And it can be difficult to know how one person can make a dent in a reality so daunting. However, one Christian—every Christian—can make a difference. There are many things you can do on behalf of the orphan. Here are ten to consider:
1. Plead with the Father for them.
2. Speak up for them.
3. Give them what they need.
4. Support those who support them............................
Read More.........
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Often times we get asked about what people can do for these children. The above resource give anyone great ideas as to what they can do to help. If you'd like to somehow assist our efforts please contact our office at Global Orphan Relief at 303.840.1123.
5K run to raise funds for orphans in developing countries
By Mike Moore
Journal Times
Monday, February 16, 2009 12:24 AM CST
MOUNT PLEASANT — The course for the new 5-kilometer race will be clearly marked. The young men and women it will benefit have a murkier path ahead.
The nonprofit group A Full Life Inc. plans a 5-kilometer run and walk April 18. The Run to Spring fundraiser is designed to help orphans in developing countries who have “graduated” from the institutions where they were raised.
Kevin Cookman of Wind Point is president of the U.S. arm of the charity. He got involved after he and his wife adopted two orphans from Ukraine several years ago.
A Full Life provides shelter, medical care and job skills for orphans making the transition to life on their own. Because they often cannot attend mainstream schools, Cookman said the teenagers don’t otherwise receive that training.
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Journal Times
Monday, February 16, 2009 12:24 AM CST
MOUNT PLEASANT — The course for the new 5-kilometer race will be clearly marked. The young men and women it will benefit have a murkier path ahead.
The nonprofit group A Full Life Inc. plans a 5-kilometer run and walk April 18. The Run to Spring fundraiser is designed to help orphans in developing countries who have “graduated” from the institutions where they were raised.
Kevin Cookman of Wind Point is president of the U.S. arm of the charity. He got involved after he and his wife adopted two orphans from Ukraine several years ago.
A Full Life provides shelter, medical care and job skills for orphans making the transition to life on their own. Because they often cannot attend mainstream schools, Cookman said the teenagers don’t otherwise receive that training.
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Oasis for Orphans plans mission to Kenya
Round Lake nurse leads team of 13
February 16, 2009
By Beth Kramer ekramer@scn1.com
Noah Leboo, an 11-year-old orphan in Kenya, was born with a birth defect that severely twisted his right foot. Despite this, Noah manages to play soccer with the other children at Trans Mara Children's Home run by Oasis for Orphans, an organization committed to Kenyan orphans.
His foot can be corrected with surgery and physical therapy, which inspired Ann Smith of Round Lake to organize a trip to Africa.
When Smith, 37, learned that a Grayslake family had decided to forgo buying Christmas gifts so they could fund Noah's surgery, she planned a two-week health trip to Kenya that will begin Friday.
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February 16, 2009
By Beth Kramer ekramer@scn1.com
Noah Leboo, an 11-year-old orphan in Kenya, was born with a birth defect that severely twisted his right foot. Despite this, Noah manages to play soccer with the other children at Trans Mara Children's Home run by Oasis for Orphans, an organization committed to Kenyan orphans.
His foot can be corrected with surgery and physical therapy, which inspired Ann Smith of Round Lake to organize a trip to Africa.
When Smith, 37, learned that a Grayslake family had decided to forgo buying Christmas gifts so they could fund Noah's surgery, she planned a two-week health trip to Kenya that will begin Friday.
Read More............
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Global Orphan Relief Announces –ANGELS IN THE DUST showing January 31, 2009, at 7:00 PM.
Parker, CO – Global Orphan Relief (GO!) today announced the scheduled showing of ANGELS IN THE DUST to be held in the Hellenic Community Center on the campus of the Assumption of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Metropolis Cathedral of Denver (Assumption Cathedral), 4610 E. Alameda Avenue, Denver, CO 80246, Phone: (303) 388-9314, on January 31, 2009 at 7PM.
ANGELS IN THE DUST is the inspiring story of Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who—with her husband and two daughters—fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo), an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.
The tale of Marion and the orphans she cares for is echoed in a dramatic parallel saga of the orphaned elephants of Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa. The longtime government practice of culling— killing adult elephants to control herd sizes—tore apart the complex social fabric of elephant culture, a fabric that is not unlike that of the traditionally close-knit African village. As a result, orphaned elephants grew up exhibiting unusually violent behavior, such as attacking and goring rhinos. But elder elephants were recently introduced into the Pilanesberg population to resocialize the young. The experiment is working—and it offers a resonant reflection of the healing taking place for the human children being “reparented” by Marion at Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo).
ANGELS IN THE DUST is the story of a courageous, self-sacrificing, fiercely loving woman who chooses a spiritual path over a material one; it tells of the life-changing power of one compassionate heart. For a nation overwhelmed by an epidemic of HIV/AIDS, orphans, rape, violence, and Apartheid’s legacy of social and political unrest, the film offers a clear pathway of hope and a replicable paradigm for the future.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called HIV/AIDS “the new Apartheid.” By the year 2010, 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa will be infected with HIV/AIDS, and 26 million children will be orphaned as a result of the virus. In South Africa alone, six million adults and children are infected, but the government has turned a blind eye to the mounting pandemic.
"...Nothing short of wondrous" -- NY MagazineANGELS IN THE DUST won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the 2007 Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival.
ANGELS IN THE DUST is the inspiring story of Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who—with her husband and two daughters—fearlessly walked away from a privileged life in a wealthy Johannesburg suburb to establish Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo), an extraordinary village and school that provide shelter, food, and education to more than 550 South African children.
The tale of Marion and the orphans she cares for is echoed in a dramatic parallel saga of the orphaned elephants of Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa. The longtime government practice of culling— killing adult elephants to control herd sizes—tore apart the complex social fabric of elephant culture, a fabric that is not unlike that of the traditionally close-knit African village. As a result, orphaned elephants grew up exhibiting unusually violent behavior, such as attacking and goring rhinos. But elder elephants were recently introduced into the Pilanesberg population to resocialize the young. The experiment is working—and it offers a resonant reflection of the healing taking place for the human children being “reparented” by Marion at Boikarabelo (formerly Botshabelo).
ANGELS IN THE DUST is the story of a courageous, self-sacrificing, fiercely loving woman who chooses a spiritual path over a material one; it tells of the life-changing power of one compassionate heart. For a nation overwhelmed by an epidemic of HIV/AIDS, orphans, rape, violence, and Apartheid’s legacy of social and political unrest, the film offers a clear pathway of hope and a replicable paradigm for the future.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called HIV/AIDS “the new Apartheid.” By the year 2010, 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa will be infected with HIV/AIDS, and 26 million children will be orphaned as a result of the virus. In South Africa alone, six million adults and children are infected, but the government has turned a blind eye to the mounting pandemic.
"...Nothing short of wondrous" -- NY MagazineANGELS IN THE DUST won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the 2007 Special Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival.
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Doors will open at 6PM, and showing will include opportunities to purchase products from Africa in our International Bizarre before and after the film. There is no admission to the event, but a donation of $3 is suggested. This event will be held to build awareness for the plight of Orphans around the world, and to fund various GO! projects in Congo (DRC), Mexico, Uganda, Zambia, and the US.
Global Orphan Relief is a relief agency established in 2005 to serve Orphans specifically. Their work has included projects, funding, and speaking engagements in Myanmar, Mexico, Zambia, and the U.S. GO!’s largest project to date is House of Faith Orphanage, located in Silembe, Zambia, where they currently host 22 Orphans and plan to grow the project to host 72 of these very vulnerable children. Currently, all activity is handled by volunteers and GO! has no paid staff. This allows all but of a small fraction of funds to be used in the field. GO!’s mission is to provide loving support for Orphans fostering a greater capacity for physical, spiritual, and emotional healing and growth.
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Doors will open at 6PM, and showing will include opportunities to purchase products from Africa in our International Bizarre before and after the film. There is no admission to the event, but a donation of $3 is suggested. This event will be held to build awareness for the plight of Orphans around the world, and to fund various GO! projects in Congo (DRC), Mexico, Uganda, Zambia, and the US.
Global Orphan Relief is a relief agency established in 2005 to serve Orphans specifically. Their work has included projects, funding, and speaking engagements in Myanmar, Mexico, Zambia, and the U.S. GO!’s largest project to date is House of Faith Orphanage, located in Silembe, Zambia, where they currently host 22 Orphans and plan to grow the project to host 72 of these very vulnerable children. Currently, all activity is handled by volunteers and GO! has no paid staff. This allows all but of a small fraction of funds to be used in the field. GO!’s mission is to provide loving support for Orphans fostering a greater capacity for physical, spiritual, and emotional healing and growth.
--GO!--
GO! Contact: Scott A. Nordstrom (303) 840-1123
www.globalorphanrelief.org
Assumption Cathedral: Main Office (303) 388-9314
www.assumptioncathedral.org
www.globalorphanrelief.org
Assumption Cathedral: Main Office (303) 388-9314
www.assumptioncathedral.org
Sponsoring UAE orphans
gulfnews.com
By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Published: January 16, 2009, 23:34
Dubai: Taking care of an orphan in the UAE is not as complex as one maybe led to believe. A number of charity centres are responsible for orphans and their well-being and it is their task to manage all funds donated by good samaritans.
According to United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), children around the globe have the right to an adequate standard of living, health care, education, the right to play and good quality healthcare.
One charity organisation that offers sponsorship services is the Al Ihsan Charity Centre, located in Ajman. The Centre started its operation in 1990 through the efforts of individuals until a residence was officially established in 1998 under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman.
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By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
Published: January 16, 2009, 23:34
Dubai: Taking care of an orphan in the UAE is not as complex as one maybe led to believe. A number of charity centres are responsible for orphans and their well-being and it is their task to manage all funds donated by good samaritans.
According to United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), children around the globe have the right to an adequate standard of living, health care, education, the right to play and good quality healthcare.
One charity organisation that offers sponsorship services is the Al Ihsan Charity Centre, located in Ajman. The Centre started its operation in 1990 through the efforts of individuals until a residence was officially established in 1998 under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ajman.
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ADOPTION: The heart of the Gospel
Baptist Press
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 by Thomas White
Adopting Rachel taught Thomas much about spiritual adoption, Thomas says.
In the New Testament, four passages address the theological importance of adoption, two using the term "orphan," and one special example of adoption.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2009 by Thomas White
Adopting Rachel taught Thomas much about spiritual adoption, Thomas says.
In the New Testament, four passages address the theological importance of adoption, two using the term "orphan," and one special example of adoption.
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