MTI, or Medical Teams International, began a program over four years ago to help rehabilitate person with disabilities in Haiti. This has included training their families and communities in how to provide the needed assistance and encouragement, along with providing …
Independence for Those with Disabilities in Haiti
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Written on January 19th, 2015
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Haiti, Medical
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Haiti, Medical
Felix, John, and Francine’s Story: Congolese Refugees in Kenya
FACT:
While on the run, children eat what they can gather, but sometimes there is no food to gather. Often the water that is available can cause sickness and disease. There are also warring groups who may snatch up children …
Empowerment in Mexico
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Written on January 12th, 2015
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Mexico, Micro-enterprise, Micro-finance, Women
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Mexico, Micro-enterprise, Micro-finance, Women
After seven cycles, and the hope of more to come, much growth has been seen within the Oaxaca community through the Fuentes Libres program. The project seeks to empower the women in Oaxaca City to recognize their ability and …
Excellent’s Story: A Congolese Refugee in Kenya
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Written on January 7th, 2015
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Children, Congo, Kenya, Refugee
Filed under: Community Development, Special Projects
Tags: Children, Congo, Kenya, Refugee
FACT:
The majority of Congolese children being ministered to by the Evangelical Covenant Church in Kenya are orphans, single-parented, or separated from their family.
STORY:
Excellent is a seven-year-old boy who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He …
Video from South Sudan — Hope for Widows; Vulnerable and Orphaned Children
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Written on January 5th, 2015
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, South Sudan, Widow, Women
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, South Sudan, Widow, Women
James Tang, a Covenant Missionary, was recently in South Sudan and Ethiopia. He shared this video that has Mathew, the project and social development director of the ECCSS/E (Covenant Church of South Sudan and Ethiopia) along with several of …
