(SENEGAL) “I thought that my daughter was just learning to sing and dance in this program because I heard her practice at home each day” said a parent from Pikine village. “Then I saw her do skits with her friends and ask the audience questions during their presentation, and I was touched and happy. I realized that they learned many things about health that will be useful to them in the future.”
(LIBERIA) On September 24, 452 cartons containing 3,765 kilograms of supplies to fight Ebola arrived in Liberia. These supplies were funded by World Renew and shipped and organized by MAP International. The Christian Health Association of Liberia (CHAL) is using the supplies in their fight against Ebola.
(KENYA) The settlement of Banita lies in the Rift Valley of Kenya, about 1.5 hours from the busy town of Nakuru. The area was once a sisal plantation but was allocated to squatters and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 2011. At that time, each household was given about five acres of land. The area is semi-arid and characterized by low rainfall, estimated at 500 mm a year, with high temperatures, low humidity, and infertile soils.
PHILIPPINES - I am now in my second week of my fourth trip to the Philippines following the typhoon of Nov 8th 2013. I spent the week in Tacloban, Guiuan and Dulag. It was quite exciting - 10 months after the super typhoon - to be able to see some of the livelihoods that World Renew is helping to rehabilitate that are helping people get back to normal and to stand on their own feet.
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(KENYA) Recently, we have traveled from Kenya to our project communities to check on the development work World Renew is supporting in Uganda and Tanzania. Because of insecurity throughout the region, we spent time on the road learning about and adjusting to the new travel restrictions.
PHILIPPINES - I am in the Philippines on the island of Panay this week (Sept 9th to 13th) visiting and encouraging our staff of 25 in the two offices located in Roxas city and Concepcion.
PAKISTAN - On September 2, 2014 a torrential downpour fell on Pakistan’s twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The flooding that ensued filled people with worry as they were reminded of the horror that occurred back in 2010 - when one fifth of Pakistan’s land mass was flooded, 20 million people were affected and families struggled for years to recover.
In a first-time partnership that marks the anniversary of devastating