Stories
Nepal: Border awareness team rescues 3 teenage girls from trafficker
Photo: Girls in our Nepal rehabilitation home learn to make friendship bracelets as part of a skill development program to help them gain economic independence. We are happy to report that our native “border awareness team” rescued three girls from the Nepal-India border last week thanks to their vigilant watch, working in tandem with border
Case Study, India: An orphan’s story, in his own words
Photo: Saroj* (pictured at center) is grateful for his family at our India Boys Home. We are very happy to share a powerful story of 11-year-old Saroj who lost his mother and his father and became an orphan, but now he lives a happy life full of redemption and hope at our Boys Home in
Myanmar rice harvest yields 13 tons to feed 100+ orphans, dozens of elderly widows in 2015
Photo: One of the joyful women our farmland employs. Her job gives her hope and purpose knowing that her wages are helping provide for her family, and that the farmland she works for is also helping others in need. We are happy to report that the third harvest at our Myanmar rice farm was a
Nepal: ‘She Has Hope’ home receives 3 girls rescued from human trafficking; garden project successful
Photo: The garden at the home provides the girls with nutritious organic vegetables such as these radishes, rich in vitamin C, harvested last week. We are grateful to report that we received three teenage girls at our rehabilitation home this week who were rescued from human trafficking. Nepal police, in conjunction with our partner child
Uganda rural clinic meets critical medical needs, brings hope to locals
Photo: A boy admitted this week was treated for a major foot wound, now well on his way to recovery. In very encouraging news coming from our Uganda team, we are happy to report that our recently expanded rural clinic has been busy at work serving dozens of community members weekly. Just this past week
Philippines: Our first small-scale fishery harvest yields half-ton of fish
Photo: After several hours of netting and dividing, harvest yielded over 2,700 mature fish. We are thankful to report that over 2,700 mature fish were harvested at our Philippines fishery weighing in at about 1,000 pounds. This yielded a significant profit as fish are in high demand in the market. We expect harvest rates to
Children thankful for new dining room, kitchen improvements
Photo: Children pause to give thanks for the provision they never take for granted. Thanks to support from our generous donors, along with profits from our farmland enterprise, our native team recently added a dining room extension onto one of our four orphan homes in Myanmar. The new dining space allows the children to have
New Uganda orphan home construction complete: move-in soon, improvements planned
Photo: Children on our main campus were happy to celebrate the completion of construction on the orphan home. We’re happy to announce that the Uganda orphan home construction project is now complete. The project was funded at the turn of the year, official ground-breaking occurred in January, and the basic structure and roof were in
Philippines small-scale fishery expands to a second pond; first harvest next week
Photo: Some of our students seen here enjoying the tranquility of our on-campus vegetable gardens, banana grove, and fishery pond. We are happy to report that construction is underway to build a fingerling pond at our fishery on the island of Cebu. This additional, smaller pond will enable our native team to raise the young
Myanmar main campus receives new water purification system, and a business idea
Photo: A girl at one of our orphan homes is happy to have access to clean water. We are thankful to report that we have a new reverse osmosis water purification system at our main orphanage campus in Myanmar which enables our local team to save thousands of dollars on purified drinking water. But not