New Medical Clinic Opens at Lake Eyasi
On Christmas Eve we received a beautiful email with a photo of the first baby born in the new clinic. Likely the baby and/or the mother would not have survived without this new clinic. Our mission in Lake Eyasi keeps expanding. We raised the funds to buy a much needed blood analyzer. $6500. The clinic […]
Barrio Valencia House 129
A supporter in Buffalo, Gloria Masters, raised the money to build 4Walls house #129. We made this little video to show her how much she changed a family’s life.
Smiles from Yusuph
Since January 2018, we started offering free education to 100 children from our village (class 3 to class 6). They get porridge in the morning, free books and all school materials needed, uniforms and PE kits. Most of our kids come from a local government school that has roughly 100 students per teacher and the […]
Lots of loves from India!
Dear friends of JOS! Our new hospice building is nearly ready. It will be inaugurated on February 11th. There will be one big room with 6 beds (will increase later), one big bathroom, one room for intense care, one storeroom for equippment and one office room for our nurse and helpers. This new building is […]
Christina: New Journeys of Solutions Homeowner
Imagine the walls of your house are made of mud and the straw roof leaks onto the mud floor in the rainy season, soaking your 5 children. Your husband left you years ago. Your one meal a day is boiled cornmeal. It is a 45-minute walk to water. Despite all this, when visitors come to […]
Rochester to Yunguilla: A partnership in safety, ecotourism, and sustainable community development.
It’s hard to believe that in approximately two weeks I’ll be living out my dream. I’ll never forget the first time I looked down and realized I was standing in clouds. I was in Yunguilla, a small community nestled into the Andes mountains in Ecuador. I was in the center of the fútbol field after […]
Hello from Tanzania!
Hello dear friend, Just sending some warm greetings from Tanzania! As was to be expected, since my arrival last Wednesday morning, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind of meetings with partners, visits to schools and time spent at Shalom orphanage. My students, now teens, have in many cases grown taller than I and have […]
The Drought is Over!
News from Om Shanthi in Tiruvannamalai/India The terrible drought in Tiruvannamalai is over: Rain is coming from the sky and our water expert found a new source of drinking water in the garden of our Om Shanthi Home, only 20 metres deep, which will provide water even in times, when another drought may come. We […]
Grace Haven
The children living on the streets in the slums of Kampala are like wildflowers, born to bloom in the most unlikely places. They struggle and fight to survive in the harshest conditions, without love or nurturance. We see their potential and we believe that they can overcome the impossible. Where wildflowers bloom, so does hope. […]
Drought in India – The Widows of India Need Our Help
Sad news from the Widows of India from Anna, but we can help! They are experiencing a terrible drought and need $3,000 to help raise the funds to bring water to women who desperately need it. Please read the story below. To help now, donate via PayPal below, specify “Widows of India” as the project […]