2 days ago by soufavelado

Behind the popular images of Brazil, the tropical beaches, soccer and carnival lies another reality, that of desperate poverty. Kids are subject to police brutality, rape, violence, and being forced into prostitution just for food or to stay alive. Brazil’s GDP ranks it as the eighth richest country ...

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3 days ago by jambonewspot

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — On a wet dawn in Nairobi, Kenya, Joan stands on a grubby patch of concrete she calls home. As shopkeepers tear open their iron shutters to start their day, she gingerly touches her bruised face with her fingertips. Even for a hardened street teenager like Joan it’s been a roug ...

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3 days ago by quierosaber

If one really comes to think about it, a resolution coming from congress extolling the heroic achievement of 28 year-old Efren Peñaflorida is long overdue. Peñaflorida’s exemplary deeds should have been recognized by the national government even when CNN first spotted and highlighted his accomplishm ...

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7 days ago by Randy Alcorn

Earlier this year, my friend Doug Nichols, founder and director of ACTION International Ministries , a great missions organization, sent these humbling statistics about needy children worldwide. As you and I pray and consider what to do with our lives and resources, I hope God will use these facts t ...

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7 days ago by Randy Alcorn

Earlier this year, my friend Doug Nichols, founder and director of ACTION International Ministries , a great missions organization, sent these humbling statistics about needy children worldwide. As you and I pray and consider what to do with our lives and resources, I hope God will use these facts t ...

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8 days ago by Tendai Sean Joe

Tendai Sean Joe,1997 “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~ Dr. Seuss It might seem so difficult and i may sound so careless ,but after i asked my brother the same question i could not answer myself,i realised that,in life ,ther ...

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10 days ago by leedwinells

Matthew and I both felt the call of God to missions early in our Christian walk over 25 years ago. Matthew specifically felt the call to serve in the Philippines. Ever since then, God has been laying the foundation, preparing our hearts and opening doors. Our desire to reach the lost with the undeni ...

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10 days ago by maclure

Recent statistics have shown that in Brazil there are over 25 million children who live in extremely deprived conditions, a vast majority of them living upon ‘favelas’ (shanty towns). Eight million of those 25 million children live rough on the streets and a third of those eight million children wil ...

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13 days ago by Michelle Knisley

Last week model and actress Olga Kurylenko came to our Rehabilitation Center to visit the children and learn more about street and at risk children in Ukraine. Olga starred in the James Bond film, " Quantum of Solace ." Business men Oleksander Onyshchenko and Nestor Shyfrich joined her. Illiya, a yo ...

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14 days ago by iris

looking at Mia, i feel like i want to tell her how much she is blessed to have a home, a family (albeit missing one parent but who cares, she’s got the best nona and nono, and titos anyway),... Follow me to NapTimeRocks!

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