Pictured above: a caregiver and her child receive medical exams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Greetings, Church at Brook Hills! Your support of Compassion's Survival program in Burkina Faso is especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burkina Faso is in a state of triple crisis. Alongside the COVID-19 virus, the country is facing widespread flooding and an increase in armed violence. As a result, malnutrition is increasing among children, and millions are being displaced from their ... Read More
Mothers in Tanzania Learn Income-Generation Skills
Pictured above: caregivers from FPCT Katesh Student Center make soap as a way of generating income for their families. Church at Brook Hills, thank you for your support of caregivers and babies at FPCT Katesh Student Center and Betheli Kiwalani Faith and Mission Student Center in Tanzania. Your support of these Survival programs is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Compassion activities are currently on hold in Tanzania, church staff continue to minister to mothers and ... Read More
Hope is Flourishing for Mothers and Babies in Ethiopia
Church at Brook Hills, we are pleased to bring you this update from Holeta Mulu Wongel Child Development Center and Enchini Mulu Wongel Student Center, which are both located in Ethiopia. These churches are collectively providing holistic care to 27 moms and babies. Mothers in the program receive spiritual care, gain microenterprise skills and learn about early childhood development. One caregiver in the Survival program at Holeta Mulu Wongel Child Development Center expressed that, "I was ... Read More
Empowering Women in Burkina Faso
Church at Brook Hills, we are honored to bring you updates from four of the Survival centers you support in Burkina Faso. We are so grateful for your partnership with Compassion in releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name. Included in this report is an update on recent Survival activities at BF0113, BF0114, BF0680 and BF0401. We hope that you are encouraged as you see the impact of your giving! Women at the Survival centers you support are being empowered as they learn skills and gain ... Read More
God at Work in Tanzania – June 2019
Church at Brook Hills, thank you for your generous gifts to support mothers and babies in Tanzania. There are two centers included in this report: Bethel Kiwalani Child Development Center in Dar es Salaam and FPCT Katesh Student Center in Manyara, Tanzania. Your generosity in prayer and financial gifts are helping release children from poverty in Jesus' name. We are pleased to bring you photos of caregivers actively participating in opportunities at the center, learning more about faith in ... Read More
A Letter From a Caregiver
Dear Friend and Sponsor, Greetings and love in the name of Christ. I hope that you are doing well by the grace of the Almighty Lord. My name is Tuli, one of the beneficiaries of the Child Survival Program (CSP) you support. I share our home with three people including my husband, son and mother-in-law. My husband works hard as a vegetable farmer. I was registered in the program a year ago when I didn’t have any knowledge of how to care for my own health or the health of my child. My husband’s ... Read More
Caregiver Letter ETC24
The following is a translated letter from a mother that benefits from this Child Survival Program. My dear sponsors, How are you? May the Lord’s grace and peace be with you abundantly. My family is doing very well thanks to God. Thank you very much for being willing to support my family. My name is Firehiwot Challa and I am 29 years old. I live with my husband and my five children. We all live in a one-room rented house. My husband works as a guard and I work selling tea and biscuits in the ... Read More
Caregiver Letter DRC20
The following is a translated letter from a mother that benefits from the Tamboril Child Survival Program near Santiago, Dominican Republic. Dear Friends, How are you? My name is Yamalí Montero Cabrera, and I am very grateful to the Child Survival Program and to my implementer, Brunilda Quezada. I am 21 years old and I live with my two daughters, Genesis who is 1, and Yinauri who is 4. My house is very small and has one bedroom and a living room. I live in the neighborhood ... Read More
Caregiver Letter EIC34
The following is a translated letter from a mother that benefits from this Child Survival Program. Dear sponsor, Greetings to you from our Child Survival Program! My name is Champa, I am 21 years old. My husband’s name is Louis; he works as a day laborer. I live with my father-in-law, mother-in-law and three sister-in-laws, and husband. I want to thank all the center staff members who are helping me to learn about childcare in the Child Survival Program (CSP) and how it is ... Read More