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Empower2Transform – Blog Jan 12, 2021

Overview Even hard to access communities deep in the Amazon Rainforest are suffering from the current pandemic. Such is the case of Peru’s Shipibo community of Nuevo Shetebo. Nurse Norma Dávila Silva (pictured here) is in charge of their only clinic and has already cared for hundreds of patients, some local and some from surrounding communities – many with COVID-19 and other illnesses. In 2018, Empower2Transform partnered to build this clinic, and equip it with solar power for lights and refrigeration for vaccines and other medications. Urgent Needs The global pandemic has highlighted the need for healthcare infrastructure. Just [...]

Empower2Transform – Blog Jan 12, 20212021-01-12T23:03:39-08:00

Faith And Fruit – Blog Jan 6, 2021

Hindsight in 2020 Just days before Christmas, after much consideration, we decided to travel as a family to the small Emberá village of La Reserva on the Congo River in Panama’s Darien jungle. It would be our first family mission trip since covid-19 ushered in the “new normal,” and our kids were ecstatic. Kalea, 10, and Joshua, 5, eagerly wrapped a large box filled with candy and goodies to resemble a large Christmas present and securely fixed a rope from the inside so the package could withstand numerous blows from giggling, blindfolded children. Meanwhile, I carefully chose every [...]

Faith And Fruit – Blog Jan 6, 20212021-01-05T11:38:38-08:00

Keys For Kids Ministries Year-End Update

Update Your #GivingTuesday gift empowers us to share the truth of God’s Word with kids, teens, and families around the world during these troubling days. Keys for Kids is providing stories, special radio programming and podcasts, Storytellers (solar-powered MP3 players with an audio Bible and Keys for Kids stories) and more to help address the anxiety and fear that many people, including Christians, are currently experiencing. Help Us Reach Our Goal Urgent Needs As COVID-19 has forced many families to homeschool their children and spend more time together, they’ve been seeking [...]

Keys For Kids Ministries Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:26:57-08:00

Destiny Adoption Services Year-End Update

Update There are approximately 15,000 children in the care of Children’s Aid Society in Ontario and a total of 80,000 children in care in Canada. In Ontario, over 6,000 are in extended society care which means they are not going to their family of origin and they are available for adoption. Many of these children will age out of the foster care system without finding their forever family. In Canada, there are approximately 30,000 children and youth available for adoption. We cannot allow this number to continue to grow. For over a decade Destiny Adoption Services has [...]

Destiny Adoption Services Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:27:23-08:00

New Heights Year-End Update

Update The economic situation, COVID-19, and the Beirut explosion have made this a challenging year. Families around us are in great distress and we are truly, "hardpressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Cor. 4:7-10). More than anything, we have seen the truth that God’s unfailing love for us cannot be shaken. Help Us Reach Our Goal Urgent Needs Since the blast on the 4th of August, we have distributed gift boxes to over 1,600 children. [...]

New Heights Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:27:44-08:00

Bethlehem Family Year-End Update

Update Famille de Bethlehem (Bethlehem Family) has been a registered NGO since 1981, based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The NGO is focused on caring for orphans and widows and currently works with over 130 children in two homes. Most of these children have been orphaned or separated from their families through the circumstances of war, violence, accidents, and maternal mortality. Help Us Reach Our Goal Urgent Needs Over the past 6 months the impact of the pandemic has caused the situation in the DRC to become increasingly [...]

Bethlehem Family Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:50:15-08:00

Brave Canada Year-End Update

Update Brave Global Canada is a catalytic movement whose aim is to empower girls who come from vulnerable situations. Our goal is to instill hope and a sense of worth that will empower them in their lives so they don't become victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking. There are many organizations that deal with these vulnerable women once they are already involved in sex trafficking, but very few aim to educate and empower girls prior to them being approached by those who wish to exploit them. Brave is a global strategy to empower vulnerable youth to help [...]

Brave Canada Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:28:28-08:00

Torchbearers Japan Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update Torchbearers Yamanakako (Capernwray Japan), a Christian Camp and Conference Centre nestled at the foot of Mount Fuji, is at risk of permanent shutdown due to COVID19 cancellations. The delightful cuisine, magnificent vistas of Mount Fuji, and most importantly the spiritual ministry of this Centre have made it a popular destination for church retreats, summer camps, mission groups, and youth ministries. Torchbearers Japan has been serving Churches and Christians from around the Tokyo area and around the world for over 35 years. The Spring term is an 8 week English speaking Bible school [...]

Torchbearers Japan Year-End Update2023-03-16T14:06:12-07:00

Child Support Ministries Africa Year-End Update

US Donors Click Here Update In Uganda, even before the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, many years of turbulence and the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS, had left many families decimated by deaths, which resulted in a breakdown of the normal family support structure. This left a large number of children as orphans, and a rampant number of "child-headed families" all over Uganda. Prior to Child Support Ministries Africa’s interventions that rescues, shelters and supports children in school; most of these children had no homes to live in, no mature adult to care for them nor any source of [...]

Child Support Ministries Africa Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:29:10-08:00

Trip’s Place Year-End Update

Update Trip’s Place has the goal of helping women and children who have been victimized by sex trafficking, exploitation and domestic violence. Sex trafficking is one of the largest growing crimes in the world. Since the pandemic sex trafficking and domestic violence has increased. The overall goal of our charity is to provide housing for women and children who have been victimized by sex trafficking and/or domestic violence. The plan is to offer housing in a country setting, provide equine therapy, help them find employment, and offer a safe place to live. Help [...]

Trip’s Place Year-End Update2020-12-16T16:29:37-08:00
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