{"id":2849,"date":"2012-05-09T13:38:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T18:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2012-05-09T13:38:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T18:38:36","slug":"mothers-day-is-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2012\/05\/mothers-day-is-may-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother&#8217;s Day is May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2854 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Rahela-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Rahela-300x274.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Rahela.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Consider giving your mother a very meaningful gift this year for Mother\u2019s Day. Covenant World Relief has many projects around the world that work alongside marginalized women, widows, and mothers. Perhaps a gift to Covenant World Relief in honor of your mother to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/give\/#!prettyPhoto\/49\/\" target=\"_blank\">women&#8217;s empowerment fund<\/a> or to one of the following projects would make a very special gift:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenya Women<br \/>\n<\/strong>In a rural area of Western Kenya, women are marginalized and have been adversely affected by drought and conflict. The women of this community are beautiful and strong; faithful and nurturing. They have diverse capabilities and amazing potential, which remains unexplored due to a myriad of challenging social, economic, cultural, and environmental circumstances. This project will build the capacity of these women through access to resources such as income, credit, markets, agricultural inputs and training, as well as the social support they need to break free from the chains of poverty and vulnerability to drought and conflict. Their capacity is built so that they can in turn build the capacity of their family and community.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/kenya-womens-agricultural-development\/#!prettyPhoto\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to give to the Kenya Women\u2019s Agricultural Development project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Africa Women<\/strong><br \/>\nIn partnership with Zimele, the lives of 700 women in South Africa are being changed. Zimele\u2019s mission is to empower women living in abject poverty with the skills, resources, and support networks to start their own businesses and social service projects to sustain themselves and strengthen their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Three phases of community development are designed to bring holistic transformation in the lives of the women and their communities. In the first phase, women work in small groups to build their life, business, and management skills to successfully operate their own businesses. In the second phase, women pool their resources and work together to address critical community needs by starting larger scale business projects, such as community agriculture and craft marketplaces, and social service projects that serve marginalized populations, such as orphaned children and HIV\/AIDS victims. In the third phase, women create a conglomerate to advocate for social, economic, and healthcare reforms in their communities such as equal rights for women and greater access to clinical care. Through this proven community development program model, Zimele is creating long-term, sustainable solutions to poverty that can be replicated and scaled in communities throughout South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/sa-empowerment\/#!prettyPhoto\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to give to the South Africa Women\u2019s Empowerment project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombia Women<\/strong><br \/>\nHands with Hope is a project in collaboration with the women\u2019s ministry of the Colombian Covenant Church that will provide vocational training to a small group of women. These women are internally displaced, abused, working in bars and\/or are single mothers. This project will not only empower the women with new job skills, but will also teach them about human rights, including collaborating with the Evangelical Covenant Church\u2019s AVA (Advocacy for Victims of Abuse) Project.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/colombia-hands-with-hope\/#!prettyPhoto\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to give to the Colombia Hands with Hope project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Sudan Widows<\/strong><br \/>\nHope for Widows is a project of the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan. Because of ongoing civil war <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2853 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Ethiopia-Water-First-Update-7.6.10-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Ethiopia-Water-First-Update-7.6.10-5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/05\/Ethiopia-Water-First-Update-7.6.10-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>and the prevalence of HIV\/AIDS, many women have become widows in South Sudan. This project will create sustainable livelihood development for thirty-two widows in southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The women will receive vocational training in tailoring, weaving, masonry, carpentry and pottery. They will also be encouraged to participate in micro-finance and micro-enterprise ventures so that they can begin to generate their own income. Through this project, vulnerable widows will be able to improve their standard of living and care for themselves and their children.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/sudan-hope-for-widows\/#!prettyPhoto\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to give to the Sudan Hope for Widows project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As you celebrate Mother\u2019s Day this month, be sure to pray for vulnerable women, widows, and mothers around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=2849&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider giving your mother a very meaningful gift this year for Mother\u2019s Day. Covenant World Relief has many projects around the world that work alongside marginalized women, widows, and mothers. 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