Greetings, Valley Church! Thank you for supporting under-registered frontline church partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your gift to Una Esperanza Child Development Center, based at Iglesia Evangelica Tabernaculo de Dios, is currently impacting 200 children and their families. Children will receive holistic care, including food relief packages, hygiene kits, medical care, education, child protection resources and spiritual guidance over a period of 12 months. In the photo above, a church staff member assists children and their families as they pick up food relief packages and hygiene kits at the church.
This report includes background information, a letter from the pastor of Iglesia Evangelica Tabernaculo de Dios and photos of program activities.
Background
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, six new child development centers in Honduras were unable to complete the official child-registration process. As a result, they did not receive the funding that otherwise would have come from a full roster of completed registrations and child sponsorships. To bridge the gap, Compassion is raising funds to provide these churches with a steady flow of financial support, so they can continue serving children.
One of the six under-registered centers in Honduras is Una Esperanza Child Development Center, based at Iglesia Evangelica Tabernaculo de Dios. In this community, primary occupations include animal herding and working in agriculture. The unemployment rate is 70%, and many are struggling to find work during the pandemic. Homes are typically made with wooden walls, tin roofs and dirt floors.
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- Staff deliver food to families that are unable to come to the church.
Your Support
Your gift enables Una Esperanza Child Development Center to continue ministering to the children who were registered or in the process of registering with this child development center. With proper protective measures, project staff are serving these children and their families by providing them with food, safe water, hygiene kits, medical care and basic child development resources. Children also benefit from child protection efforts and receive training on COVID-19 prevention. Church staff offer encouragement and pray for the children and their families.
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- Church staff prepared bags of nutritious food and delivered them to 200 children.
A Letter From Ruthbel, the Pastor of Iglesia Evangelica Tabernaculo de Dios
Dear Friends,
Greetings and blessings in Jesus’ name! We are grateful for the support you have given us during this difficult time in our country and community.
With the resources you provided, we were able to provide 200 children and their families with food relief packages. We are also helping families plant orchards, so caregivers have a more sustainable method for producing their own nutritious food. In addition, children are learning how to follow safety precautions during the pandemic. Project staff have delivered school supplies and assignments to children at home, so they can continue to make progress in their education. Your support also covers child protection efforts during a time when families are spending many hours together in very tight quarters.
“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” – Proverbs 11:25, NIV
Thank you for supporting our children.
Sincerely,
Ruthbel
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- A staff member prepares food packages and school activities for children.
Thank You for Your Support
Thank you, Valley Church, for your generous gift. May God bless you with a full heart as children at Iglesia Evangelica Tabernaculo de Dios in Honduras experience the very real impact of your support.
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- A caregiver has her temperature taken when she enters the church.