
12 Days of Giving (Day 9)
Clean Water, Sustainability, Vulnerable ChildrenOn the 9th Day of Giving, I chose to recognize these important water facts and their meaning as well as take action. Do you recognize protecting young girls is connected to clean water access?

Jackeline’s Powerful Story
Clean Water, Vulnerable ChildrenJackeline is a lot like the teenagers that might be in your house... But hiding behind her smile and young age is wisdom and a story that no one should ever have to go through...but there is also hope.
Jackeline Soila’s story is one of…

You Can Make a Difference
Education, Just One Africa, Vulnerable ChildrenSo much is possible when we choose to invest in the life of another person. We believe that each child is important and has value. What if you could change the story of just one child? Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used…

How Transformational Change Happens
Partners, Vulnerable ChildrenAs we learn more about the communities we are serving in and all that our partners are challenged by, we came to understand a huge need for trauma-informed training for the school staff at Lenkai Christian School and caregivers at Hope Beyond…

Hope Beyond Trauma Therapy Training
Education, Partners, Vulnerable ChildrenOne of the important programs that our partners have been building is focused on trauma therapy and counseling for the children rescued from early marriage, FGM, trafficking, and abuse. We fundraised for the land and home which is now Hope…

It’s these Types of Solutions that make Big Impacts
Clean Water, Just One Africa, Vulnerable ChildrenThe solutions to human trafficking can be surprising. In a little town near the Kenya-Tanzania border, we spent a few days with our rescue partners who use clean water to fight trafficking. And it’s working.
It’s the sort of solution…

Opportunity and Hope for the Future
Clean Water, Experience Trips, Sustainability, Vulnerable ChildrenI am so grateful for the experience I had with Just One Africa in Kenya last month. My wife and I led a group from our church to join Just One for two weeks in Kenya.
Our church had previously given to some projects of theirs over there…

Thank you Simple Charity!
Clean Water, Education, Sustainability, Vulnerable ChildrenTHANK YOU Simple Charity and so many others! Here's a quick update from the field (at Hope Beyond in Kimana, Kenya) on what your incredible, generous, continued partnership has made possible!
Hope is here, giving some precious lives the…

I CAN make a difference for the ONE
Sustainability, Vulnerable ChildrenI can't make a difference for every child, but I CAN for the one right in front of me. - Ruth Soukup
If we have learned anything from our time serving in Kenya, it is this truth. While our desire is to help as many vulnerable children as possible,…

JUST ONE little girl who finds joy in simple things
Education, Vulnerable ChildrenThis sweet girl is Teresa, an orphan, whose parents were murdered in front of her and her sister due to post election violence several years ago. She lives with Momma Phoebe who cares for dozens of vulnerable children in Bondo, Kenya, on the…