Bagging a better future for Indian ‘Untouchables’
Promise Bags is an Indian business giving holistic freedom to women trapped in caste-based discrimination, poverty and hopelessness. “Our mission
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Poverty
Christians beheaded in terror attack in Indonesia
Four Christian men were beheaded in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Pray in May with Mary’s Meals
This month the charity Mary’s Meals is inviting individuals, churches and faith groups to pray for its work feeding hungry children in some of the world’s poorest countries and to ask for God’s continued blessing for its mission, as part of a new campaign called Pray In May.
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Salvation Army warns number of rough sleepers is likely to rise again
The Salvation Army is warning new figures showing a fall in rough sleepers in London may only be short term.
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Church Steps Up International Giving Following India Crisis
UK-based charity, Feed The Hungry, have seen an incredible response to their “Oxygen for India” campaign, raising over £9,000 in just four hours.
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Jerusalem churches call for peace amid violent clashes
Jerusalem churches have appealed for peace in the wake of recent violent clashes in the city. Senior church leaders are deeply concerned by the confrontations and in particular the coordinated activity of radical groups that target religious minorities.
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COVID scientists issue urgent call for help from UK’s black communities
Scientists involved in a ground-breaking COVID-19 genetic research study have issued an urgent call to Londoners who caught the virus to donate blood at special ‘pop up’ centres that are staring to open across the capital.
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Myanmar: Christians ‘hiding in the forest for safety’
Myanmar’s Christians have been telling Open Doors partners of how they are living in constant fear, following February’s coup. With the internet shut down, communications from the country have been few and far between. However, Open Doors’
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37 aid agencies raise the alarm about skyrocketing needs among Syrians
Syrians are facing record food insecurity levels and declining socio-economic conditions. Needs have increased dramatically over the last year.
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Never seen before faith group collaboration reaches the most vulnerable
St Paul’s Community Outreach Project, Tottenham in East London supports those most vulnerable as a result of the pandemic through itsfood and care pantry as well as through online help during lockdown.
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The Salvation Army exposes the cost of pandemic poverty
The Salvation Army has provided more than two million meals1 to people struggling to afford food since lockdown started a year ago.
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10 since the start of the Syria crisis, children describe the lasting horrors
Thousands of schools have been bombed and damaged or destroyed in the ten years of crisis in Syria, and many teachers and pupils have been killed. One in three schools in Syria are now out of use, and more than a third of all children – 2.4 million – are still out of school.
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Mercy Ships & CURE International provide surgical care to disabled children
Mercy Ships and CURE International announced a partnership to provide specialised surgical care to children living with disabilities across the continent of Africa.
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3 Rules for Fundraising with Integrity
How can pastors, missionaries, and nonprofit leaders raise funds to fulfill the vision and mission God has given us—without compromising and forfeiting our integrity?
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Christians subjected to gang violence in Venezuela
An armed and hooded gang slashed four Christians in Venezuela with crosses and forced them to eat pages of the Bible.
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