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Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
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Project #256 | RHCI: Improving Child Health in Sierra Leone
Our Partnership with Rural Health Care InitiativeSierra Leone was devastated by a brutal civil war in the 1990s and by the Ebola outbreak in 2014-2015. The country and its health care systems have not yet recovered from these events. As a result, the child death rate...
Project #255 | African Road: ID Kits for Batwa Indigenous People
Our partnership with African RoadThe indigenous Batwa are the oldest people group in Burundi, comprising of 1% of the population. Historically, the Batwa resided in ancient forests, living off the land’s resources. Mass deforestation reduced the Batwa’s territory and...
Project #254 | MAIA: Proyecto Impulso
Our Partnership with MAIAThe COVID-19 pandemic created a global education crisis. In 2021, the World Bank projected that Guatemala’s already-low figure for average years of schooling would drop from 6.3 to only 4.8 years. Even before the pandemic, most girls entering...
Project #253 | Flying Kites: Constructing School Kitchens for Kenyan Students
Our Partnership with Flying KitesAcross Kenya, 14% of people are experiencing acute food insecurity caused by erratic rainfall, low crop yields, and the COVID pandemic. Malnutrition can lead to stunted growth, slowed cognitive and emotional development, and an...
Project #252 | Planting Seeds: Comprehensive Early Learning Centers
Our Partnership with Planting Seeds InternationalThe historic marginalization of rural Mayan communities coupled with Guatemala’s Civil War has led to trauma, extreme poverty, inequality, and lack of access to essential services and high-quality education. In...
Project #251 | Restore Hope: Integrating Economic Empowerment and Mental Health
Our Partnership with Restore Hope LiberiaDuring Liberia's civil war (1989-1997), Kolahun District suffered some of the heaviest fighting, destruction, and mass accounts of sexual assault. As a result, an estimated 40% of women continue to struggle with major...
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