I HAVE SAID THESE THINGS TO YOU, THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION. BUT TAKE HEART; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. -JOHN 16:33
Sunday, August 30, 2009
PRAY.FOR.THIS.LOST.CHILD
PRAY FOR JOHANA, 13, IN ECUADOR, WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE MAY 9. PRAY FOR HER SAFE RETURN AND COMFORT FOR HER FAMILY.
I SPONSOR A TOTAL OF ELEVEN CHILDREN IN AFRICA. IN RWANDA ARE UWIMANA, MUHAWENIMANA, TUYIZERE, KWIZERA, IRADUKUNDA & NTAGISANIMANA. IN UGANDA ARE FLORENCE AND IVAN. IN KENYA ARE GREGORY & AMINA. AND IN GHANA IS ALEX. SPONSORING THESE TEN CHILDREN HAS BEEN SO REWARDING AND THEY ARE TRULY A BLESSING FROM GOD. I ALSO CORRESPOND WITH A GIRL IN TANZANIA NAMED ANASTANSIA, ANOTHER GIRL IN NICARAGUA NAMED ALICIA & A BOY IN RWANDA NAMED MUGISHA. THROUGH MY SPONSORSHIP I HAVE BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD AND MY HEART AND PASSION FOR THEM HAS GROWN EVEN DEEPER IN WANTING TO REVEAL TO THEM THAT THEY CAN HAVE HOPE AGAIN, AND THAT HOPE IS IN JESUS CHRIST.
OF THE 22 COUNTRIES WHERE MORE THAN HALF THE POPULATION IS ILLITERATE, 15 ARE IN AFRICA
AN ESTIMATED 130 MILLION OF THE WORLD'S 15- TO 24- YEAR-OLDS CANNOT READ OR WRITE
HEALTH.FACTS
CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5 ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, BUT SUFFER FROM 40 PERCENT OF THE DISEASES ATTRIBUTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
THERE ARE 1.5 MILLION DIARRHEAL-RELATED DEATHS PER YEAR AMONG CHILDREN UNDER 5
MALARIA KILLS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION CHILDREN PER YEAR, MANY OF THEM UNDER AGE 5 AND MOST OF THEM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
HIV/AIDS.FACTS
EVERY 14 SECONDS A CHILD IS ORPHANED BY AIDS
EACH DAY, 1,500 CHILDREN WORLDWIDE BECOME INFECTED WITH HIV, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM NEWBORNS
CURRENTLY, LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF HIV-POSITIVE CHILDREN IN NEED OF TREATMENT ARE BEING TREATED
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IS HOME TO MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL WORLD HIV-POSITIVE POPULATION
HUNGER.FACTS
MORE THAN 6 MILLION CHILDREN DIE FROM MALNUTRITION EACH YEAR
EVERY DAY, NEARLY 16,000 CHILDREN DIE FROM HUNGER-RELATED CAUSES. THAT AMOUNTS TO ONE CHILD EVERY 5 SECONDS
ONE PERSON IN SEVEN GOES TO BED HUNGRY EVERY DAY
POVERTY.FACTS
EVERY DAY, 1,600 WOMEN AND MORE THAN 10,000 NEWBORNS GLOBALLY DIE DUE TO COMPLICATIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
APPROXIMATELY 143 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD [ONE IN THIRTEEN] ARE ORPHANS
MORE THAN ONE BILLION [ONE IN FIVE] PEOPLE LIVE ON LESS THAN $1 A DAY
WATER.FACTS
THE AVERAGE PERSON IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD USES 2.6 GALLONS OF WATER EVERY DAY FOR DRINKING, WASHING AND COOKING. THIS IS THE SAME AMOUNT USED IN THE AVERAGE FLUSH OF A TOILET
APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION CHILDREN DIE EVERY YEAR AS A RESULT OF DISEASES CAUSED BY UNCLEAN WATER AND POOR SANITATION. THIS AMOUNTS TO AROUND 5,000 DEATHS A DAY
ROUGHLY ONE-SIXTH OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, OR 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE, DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
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