URGENT: Cyclone Amphan rips through South Asia
Families once instructed to shelter-in-place now have no homes because of Cyclone Amphan. The category two hurricane struck India and Bangladesh Wednesday afternoon after churning in the Bay of Bengal for a day. Fierce winds clocked in at 100 mph and have destroyed...
From selling burgers on the street … to starving at home
Rajinder seemed to have it all: A loving wife. Four studious daughters. A thriving business. He worked as a food vendor in South Asia, selling burgers to hungry customers. Every day people would walk over on their lunch breaks or at dinnertime to grab a quick bite off...
Coronavirus: ‘The poor are becoming poorer’
“Factories are closed. Agriculture is affected. So the poor are going to become poorer,” our India partner recently said about the coronavirus pandemic. But the situation isn’t hopeless. She went on to say, “But the Lord will have compassion on them because He cares...
Love your neighbor: the girl enslaved
Every little girl dreams about what she’ll be when she grows up. A teacher. A veterinarian. Maybe even a princess in a glittering castle. But Nadia’s future was planned since birth. She was destined to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a sex worker — at the...
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