Ethiopia

For several decades the world has watched as heart-wrenching stories and pictures of malnourished children have come out of Ethiopia. The crisis has been exacerbated and complicated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the sex trafficking of young children. These have produced unbelievable numbers of street children and orphans, more than 60,000 in the capital alone, but the tide of change is beginning to move in

Somalia

Afghanistan

The escalation of suicide bomber attacks and increased threats of violence have created an extremely tense and insecure atmosphere in Afghanistan. The situation is aggravated by a growing desperation fueled by scores of homeless people and refugees who have no place to go and little, if any, provision.

Kenya

Water is essential for life, and yet much of the world is without access to adequate clean water. Families are forced to gather drinking water from stagnant rivers or ponds, or they must draw from contaminated wells.

Darfur and Southern Sudan

The needs in Sudan's western district of Darfur are staggering. Out of the 6 million people in the area, it is estimated that 2.5 million of them have been displaced and nearly 300,000 killed. Each week the number of those killed or displaced increases as more villages are attached by government or rebel forces, and survivors are driven away from their homes, and families. The UN and other agencies now indicate that 3.4 million people are dependent on food aid to survive, and, unbelievably, 40% of those can not be reached by aid agencies. Thus, many of those who do survive the attacks and are displaced, now face death by starvation.

Darfur, Sudan

The United Nations has called Sudan’s western region of Darfur, the “…world’s worst humanitarian disaster…”. Yet, at a time when the world should stand united in stopping the atrocities, the world seems uncommitted, or worse, unconcerned.

Afghanistan

After years of serving in several villages of Afghanistan, our commitment to the people has initiated a change in their image of us. In a land where the people of Western cultures, especially the United States, are greatly distrusted, there is a softening of that antagonism.

South Africa

South Africa, with its abundant natural resources, vibrant industry and business climate, and links to the outside world, is felt by many to be a type of barometer for the entire continent.

Pakistan

Tensions within Pakistan continue to increase near the western border with Afghanistan and in the north central region affected by the earthquake of October 2005.

Ethiopia

Year after year the struggle continues in Ethiopia. Drought, excessive rain, and depleted soil have all been cited as causes of the extreme famine which has existed for over twenty years.