It’s that time of year again — time for new notebooks, backpacks, and friends. It’s time to go back to school for many of the kids in our lives. During such a busy time, it’s easy to forget things. You might even have forgotten to fill out your back-to-school card for...
Swollen, protruding bellies. Thinning, brittle hair. Knobby knees and alarmingly thin limbs. No parent would ever want their child to be described this way. But for children around the world who are starving, the physical effects of malnutrition are all too real....
May 2020. Where will you be in three years? For thousands of starving children around the world, the answer is an early grave. One in nine children living in sub-Saharan Africa will die before his or her fifth birthday … most from hunger. As famine sweeps across...
Extreme hunger. The images coming out of sub-Saharan Africa are heartbreaking — photos of children crying in pain and photos of parents, desperate to feed their toddlers, teaching them how to suck the marrow from the bones of animal carcasses. The African hunger...
I want to share a special, urgent need with you. For impoverished children living in India, an incredible event is only weeks away — Vacation Bible School (VBS). But their families can’t afford it. For just $5, you can send one child to a three-day VBS program and...
Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a familiar concept for most of us. Maybe you attended VBS as a child, maybe you’re a VBS volunteer at your church, or maybe you send your own children. No matter how you’ve been involved, you probably remember the happy faces of children...