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Giving Hope to Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Hope for Kids International info@hopeforkids.co.uk www.hopeforkids.co.uk. The Mandate to the Church.
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Giving Hope to Orphans and Vulnerable Children Hope for Kids International info@hopeforkids.co.uk www.hopeforkids.co.uk
The Mandate to the Church Religion that God our father accepts as pure and faultless is this; to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27
143 MILLION. The number of children today estimated to be orphaned or abandoned worldwide.
Orphans… That means that one child in 13 around the world is an orphan…
Children of Poverty…… More than one billion people live in poverty – on an income of less than one dollar (70 pence) a day
Children of Poverty…… 9 million children under the age of five die of preventable diseases – every year
Street Children…… An estimated 100 million children live on the streets around the world
Exploited Children…… An estimated 1.2 million boys and girls are trafficked each year into exploitative work
Child Soldiers…… Hundreds of thousands of children are fighting in wars around the world
The Effect of HIV/AIDS…… Every 15 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS.
Terrible Choices…… Many widows and grandmothers are unable to care for their children
Hope for Kids International…… ……reflects the love of Christ by rescuing children in crisis
Our Goal We want to see our children come to know Christ and be a blessing to others
Guatemala We work in ten countries Romania Lebanon Haiti & Dominican Republic Sudan SouthSudan Kenya Zambia Peru
IntroducingMary… • Orphaned at the age of 11 months • Nobody to care for her • Suffering from severe malnutrition and very ill • Weighed 4kg at 14 months • Given little chance of survival
Mary then - and now A life transformed...
Comeand Serve Givegenerously and help us rescue one more child ShareJames 1:27 with others and get involved Pray for the children!
What Can You Do? “Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, Plead the case of the widow” Isaiah 1:17
Thank You for your interest! info@hopeforkids.co.uk www.hopeforkids.co.uk