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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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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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