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Giving Hope to Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Hope for Kids International [email protected] www.hopeforkids.co.uk. The Mandate to the Church. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Mandate to the ChurchReligion that God our father accepts as pure and faultless is this; to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27
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143 MILLION.The number of children today
estimated to be orphaned or abandoned worldwide.
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Orphans…
That means that one child in 13 around the world is an orphan…
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Children of Poverty……
More than one billion people
live in poverty – on an income
of less than one dollar (70 pence) a day
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Children of Poverty……9 million children under the age of five die of preventable diseases – every year
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Street Children……
An estimated 100 million
children live on the
streets around the
world
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Exploited Children……
An estimated 1.2 million boys and girls are trafficked each year into exploitative work
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Child Soldiers……
Hundreds of thousands
of children are fighting in wars
around the world
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The Effect of HIV/AIDS……
Every 15 seconds a child is orphaned by AIDS.
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Terrible Choices……
Many widows and grandmothe
rs are unable to
care for their
children
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Hope for Kids International……
……reflects
the love of Christ by rescuing
children in crisis
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Our Goal
We want to see our children come
to know Christ and be a blessing
to others
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We work in ten countries
Lebanon
Romania
Haiti &Dominican Republic
Peru
Guatemala Kenya
Zambia
Sudan South Sudan
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Children’s Homes
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Schools
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Care Centres
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Community Programmes
IntroducingMary…• Orphaned at the age of 11 months
• Nobody to care for her
• Suffering from severe malnutrition and very ill
• Weighed 4kg at 14 months
• Given little chance of survival
A life transformed...
Mary then - and now
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Come and Serve
Give generously and help us
rescue one more child
Share James 1:27 with others and
get involved
Pray for the children!
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What Can You Do?
“Learn to do right!Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.Defend the cause of the fatherless,Plead the case of the widow”
Isaiah 1:17
