Orphans & Widows Pakistan | Widow Shanti & Family

Widow Shanti and her five children are the most recent addition to our Orphans & Widows project in Punjab, Pakistan.

As part of our Orphans & Widows partnership in Pakistan, these families are receiving the aid needed to stay together in one household. This effort prevents these children from being displaced into an orphanage or other environment that would separate them from their mother.

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Orphans & Widows Pakistan | November Support Report

We are meeting the needs of nine widow-led households in Punjab, Pakistan this month. There are many challenges for these families regarding food, housing, and education for the children.

As part of our Orphans & Widows partnership in Pakistan, these families are receiving the aid needed to stay together in one household. This effort prevents these children from being displaced into an orphanage or other environment that would separate them from their mother.

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One Big Bucket of Fish II

I wanted to pass along a second part of the story I posted on July 30th, from Mother Mary’s perspective. The following is what she shared with us from Nairobi earlier this year as she provides an update with the progress of her business.

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Orphans & Widows Pakistan | August Support Report

The needs in widow-led households continue with local challenges for food, housing, and education for the children.

As part of our Orphans & Widows partnership in Pakistan, these families are receiving the aid needed to stay together in one household with provision handled locally by our partner Bethel Church of Pakistan. This effort prevents these children from being displaced into an orphanage or other environment that would separate them from their mother.

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2022 Field Support Update

We are making good progress in the field through the first two quarters of 2022. We had experienced some difficulties in March and April, but after a Field Realignment that began in May, along with the generosity of many of you, we have regained our footing and are now prepared to grow again.

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One Big Bucket of Fish

As many of you know, I visited Kenya earlier this year for the launch of our Church Mobilization Initiative. This was the primary purpose of my visit, but I also spent some time in Nairobi visiting with our field partners and visiting their project sites. I was able to take some time to visit with one family in Kayole that cause the Church to move on their behalf. Beautiful!

Based on our Church Mobilization Initiative, via our Great Commandment Workshops (GCW), we are witnessing the local church moving out in their communities to serve orphan children.

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Children Under GO! Sponsorship in South Sudan Want to Show the World That Their Support is Not in Vain

Hear from three children who share their aspirations for the future at Beliek Primary School in South Sudan. Today, 390 orphan children receive a meal each day as they gather to advance their studies via the Global Orphan Relief’s Nutrition Initiative.

Since 2016, we are honored to have been working with South Sudanese partner Christ Mission to the World to feed orphan children.

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Recent Flooding in Aweil Centre County

Widespread flooding in the Aweil-area is causing displacement of families in search of dry grown. We have been feeding children in this area of South Sudan since 2016.

Comparing prices at the end of June with the last week of February 2022, prices of staple cereals (sorghum and maize) have increased in all monitored markets, notably by 100 percent or more in Northern Bahr El Ghazal where we current feed 1,502 orphan children in partnership with Christ Mission to the World.

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GCW Church Mobilization | Serve With Compassion

Pastor Ding Gatluak shares an update that Serve with Compassion is now serving fifteen orphan children at the Junubeen Baptist Academy in Kakuma Refugee Camp. This is Pastor Ding’s second such report since attending a GCW in Nairobi this past February.

Based on our Church Mobilization Initiative, via our Great Commandment Workshops (GCW), we are witnessing the local church moving out in their communities to serve orphan children.

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Journey of Faith Mission | Deploying this October

We are announcing our upcoming Journey of Faith Mission to Zambia to launch this October. Consider what others have said about deploying into the mission field with Global Orphan Relief.

“Absolutely awesome, vision, Africa understanding, opportunity to reach and teach Zambians in the future and grasping the mission for children and widows. A new life adventure was opened up to me” -David

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Pure Religion | The Kingdom of God

In the Kingdom of God chapter of Pure Religion, the book I released earlier this year, you will find some insights from my experiences over the last seventeen years that I hope will somehow encourage you.

Where is the Kingdom of God? Is it a physical place or more so a spiritual realm? One of the things that Jesus was fond of speaking about was the subject of the Kingdom of God. During the time of His ministry, many were focused on a physical Kingdom rather than the coming of some spiritual move of God.

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Orphans & Widows Pakistan | July Support Report

We continued to support widow-led households in Punjab, Pakistan. Our partner Bethel Church of Pakistan is effectively demonstrating the Gospel to these families in need.

As part of our Orphans & Widows partnership in Pakistan, these families are receiving the aid needed to stay together in one household. This effort prevents these children from being displaced into an orphanage or other environment that would separate them from their mother.

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