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Loading ...A Word From the Author, Larry Bergeron (Founder of A Child’s Hope International) For more information and to purchase check out the Journey to the Fatherless Website “It is my hope that this book will reinforce the perspective on how important the Church and each member of the body of Christ are to the children [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Irrepressible memories. Vacant eyes. A child being dangled from a third story window. A boy tied to a chair. Children sleeping in layers of clothing to fight off the bitter cold. An infant dying from starvation. Some things your mind will never allow you to forget. Silent Tears is the true story of the adversity [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...“We live at a time when it has become popular to be an activist for the poor. But before we all run over to Africa to “do something,” this book is a must read! The impact of good but uninformed intentions leads to unintended consequences that can be damaging to everyone involved. This book will [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...“The time has come, argues Dr. Wess Stafford, for a major paradigm shift: Children are too important and too intensely loved by God to be left behind or left to chance. Children belong to all of us and we are compelled to intervene on their behalf. We must invest in children–all across the world. There [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Stearns, the CEO of World Vision, says Christians have a huge hole in their lives, an emptiness that comes from ignoring the plight of the poor. He details his own quest to fill this hole by leaving Lenox Inc., where he was CEO, to run a not-for-profit that helps feed, clothe, and educate children worldwide. [...]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Healing the Children of War is designed to give practical guidance to those who desire to be of service to little ones whose lives have been shattered by conflict. Joining Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn as authors are qualified professionals, many of whom, like her, have lived through civil wars alongside the children who suffered unspeakable horrors. [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...The horrific numbers behind the AIDS pandemic in Africa, “the most terrible epidemic in human history,” have little resonance for most people in the West: “the ridiculous numbers wash over most of us.” But this searing account humanizes the statistics through heartbreaking, intimate stories of what it is like for young orphans left alone in [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone’s civil war goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. Beah’s harrowing journey transforms him overnight from a child enthralled by American [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The diversity of authorship – practitioners, community educators, psychologists, mission strategists, medical professionals – and their collective insights and expertise have provided a valuable resource for those attempting to cope with the awesome task of being compassionate caregivers to the millions of children who desperately need help living through the tragedy and brokenness of AIDS. [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Children in Crisis spells out the role of the church in a biblical, God-directed response to the ills of children. This unique book will acquaint the reader with the problems of street children, sexually exploited children, children of war, child laborers, the girl child, children with HIV/AIDS and more. After exposing the problems, Children in [...]
