Two weeks ago, our Guatemala ministry partner Esperanza de Vida rescued a starving teenage girl named Mirza Lopez, who weighed in at a vanishingly small 19 pounds. That’s less than … (read more)
Category: street children
Keeping up with the Urban Shift
By 2050, a full 80 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. That’s four out of every five people! The prediction comes from a recent Financial Times report … (read more)
World Water Day
Did you know that an estimated 1.1 billion people around the world rely on unsanitary water sources for drinking? That number got a lot of attention this week as the … (read more)
The value of a child
“It’s not her fault. She’s not even a person yet.” These words from a Haitian boy came as a shock to Fr. Marc. A little girl was misbehaving very badly … (read more)
Play time
One of our project officers recently brought back some neat photos from St. John Bosco Rehabilitation Center, a ministry we support in Kenya that provides temporary shelter and education to … (read more)