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Update on Haiti, Gonaives

7citychickens wrote 4 days ago: Today I received an e-mail update from Haiti.  Please check it out below.  I will let it speak for … more →

Tags: Haiti, compassion, him, hurricane, Rotary, Gonaives

Where pariah dogs and people scavenge for discarded food from the same garbage cans!

chitralekhan wrote 3 weeks ago: Where over half the nation’s population lives off the land, fertile farmland is being diverted to … more →

Tags: Business, Thoughts, Indian Economy, nano, Tata Motors, car production, tatas, commuter woes

Gateway to Microfinance

Tony Addison wrote 3 weeks ago: If you have never visited the microfinance gateway, visit it here. It has the latest news in the mic … more →

Tags: Asia, Bangladesh, Chronic Poverty, Microfinance, BRAC

The One Question

Jonathan Brink wrote 3 weeks ago: Believe it or not, only two questions about global poverty have been asked in the history of modern … more →

Tags: poverty, Social Justice, ONE.org

Haiti - devastation - what can you do?

7citychickens wrote 4 weeks ago: Haiti, already being the poorest country in the western hemisphere, really could not handle any more … more →

Tags: compassion, Haiti, Bright Hope International, Compassion International, him, Hosean International Ministries, hurricane, Pignon

Compassion International ---let my introduce you to Musabyimana Francoise2 comments

7citychickens wrote 1 month ago: Our family sponsors three children through Compassion International. Why did we pick Compassion Inte … more →

Tags: compassion, child sponsorship, Compassion International, James 2:5, Psalms 23, Rwanda

THE LEAST OF THESE mapping our sponsored children3 comments

7citychickens wrote 1 month ago: Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a strange … more →

Tags: compassion, Compassion International, Haiti, child sponsorship, church, him, Hosean International Ministries, Matthew 25: 44-46, World

I Dare You To Move3 comments

7citychickens wrote 1 month ago: This is an incredibly moving video by Switchfoot for Compassion International and …… … more →

Tags: compassion, child sponsorship, Compassion International, Switchfoot

Chicken Farm ........ Bright Hope in Pignon, Haiti

7citychickens wrote 2 months ago: This project from Bright Hope rocks! Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas this year… … more →

Tags: Chickens, Chicken Coop building, Haiti, compassion, Bright Hope, poverty, Chicken Farm, Pignon

Petition Asking Bono to Retire from Public Eye

jdodson wrote 2 months ago: This is a pretty funny petition requesting that Bono retire from his public quest to rid the world o … more →

Tags: Music, Cultural Engagement, Engaging Culture, Bono, Africa, U2

Chicken run and World Vision

7citychickens wrote 2 months ago: Excluding the door and some ground work, the chicken run is done. Thanks to my wonderful husband … more →

Tags: Chickens, Chicken Coop building, Backyard chickens, World Vision, poverty

Aid and Africa: Money Down the Drain?1 comment

twendetwende wrote 2 months ago:   Kofi Annan presented the famous We the Peoples Document in 2000 The suffering and hardships of pe … more →

Tags: Africa, World, Human Rights Issues, health, USA, Politics, aid, Human Rights Violation, Kofi Annan

Mother Teresa Quote

7citychickens wrote 2 months ago: “When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or he … more →

Tags: Quotes, Mother Teresa, poor, God, do something

Dirt Cookies

7citychickens wrote 2 months ago: I don’t know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass window … more →

Tags: Quotes, Haiti, Tony Campolo, starving kids, dirt cookies, Bright Hope

Seven dollars investment to combat Malaria 1 comment

werievents wrote 2 months ago: BEYOND BORDERS The moving diary of Angelina Jolie and Dr Jeffrey Sachs while visiting some project … more →

Tags: Books, COMBAT EXTREME POVERTY, orphans, Please!, Relief, relief workers, UNSAFE WATER and POOR SANITATION, water, Angelina Jolie

Laura Uva Going to Rwanda on Mission1 comment

pdxbob wrote 3 months ago: The route I drive to work takes me down a long sloping hill, past houses, a church and a playground. … more →

Tags: African Mission Alliance, genocide, Rwanda

Explaining Extreme Poverty to Children2 comments

Mark wrote 3 months ago: It’s hard to explain EXTREME poverty to most adults in America - we tend to picture the homele … more →

Tags: Family, God, Faith, the Bible, Christian life, God, Red Letters Campaign, Homeless, Love Your Neighbor

Stats. lots of them about the world we find ourselves in (or help to create)3 comments

taddelay wrote 3 months ago: Just wanted to throw out some stats about the world we find ourselves in.  Some of these are dispu … more →

Tags: War, non-violence, Social Action, poverty, U.S. military spending, stats, statistics on poverty, Clean Water, Food

Bono call to order the G8 and France on Africa

werievents wrote 3 months ago: “The G8 members are beside the plate.” Bono, U2 and Bob Geldof, committed to the NGO O … more →

Tags: Crisis, sensibilisation, Music, Africa, Paris, commitments, Bono, WERI foundation, One


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