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Growing Up As a Girl in Poverty
May 03, 2011
In the Maasai community males are to be respected while females are neglected. For Patience, a mother of six girls, the struggle to protect her daughters became too much to bear alone.
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How Does the Child Survival Program Help a Baby in Poverty?
Apr 18, 2011
Unable to feed her youngest enough food, Sarasvathi watched as her baby lost weight. The Child Survival Program saw her need and brought help.
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Families Struggle to Find Clean Water
Mar 21, 2011
With its trees, mountains and beaches, West Sumba Island in Indonesia looks like a lush paradise. Yet severe poverty is a part of everyday life here, and villagers struggle just to find clean water.
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Bringing the Gospel to Prisoners
Mar 14, 2011
At a young age Mafelin was a leader, but her rebellious spirit worked against her.
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Sponsorship Beyond the Child Development Center
Mar 01, 2011
Compassion-assisted child Riohnel came to the center every day very tired and wearing torn clothes, even after training hygiene from the Child Development Center. A Compassion worker discovered that Riohnel's mother sold his clothes and school supplies to get money. Now, Riohnel lives with his grandfather who takes good care of him.
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The Toll of Poverty on Motherhood
Feb 01, 2011
Glenda was a single mother, pregnant, abandoned and abused. She worked selling water hoping to provide for her children. The Child Survival Program came alongside her before it was too late.
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The Path That God Paved
Jan 26, 2011
Poverty had a path ready for Ivoneide. She lived in a shack in a poor community with an abusive father. A sponsor and the Leadership Development Program put her on God's path.