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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
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We are almost halfway through the year 2023. Time flies, but behind the scenes we are certainly not sitting still. We are grateful to announce that the 2022 annual report is online. You can find it on our website via the button below.
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Update children's home in Myanmar
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As you probably know, there is still a coup going on in Myanmar. This has major consequences for the safety of the children. As a result, the schools have been closed for three years. Fortunately, the schools are now open again, but the children cannot walk the streets alone. For example, they go to school in groups to ensure safety. Many children, especially the youngest have lower results in school because the schools have been closed for so long.
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On May 21th, a 15-day-old baby was brought in, she was left by her parents in the garbage. They gave her the beautiful name ''Gloria'', . The girl is now getting the care and love she deserves! If you want to read more about the children in Myanmar, click on this link for the newsletter we received from Pastor Philip Thang.
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Elderly people in Kosovo
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In addition to child sponsorship, Project Held also supports a number of elderly people in Kosovo. Many elderly people in Kosovo receive a very small pension of around €70 per month. They have to buy groceries, pay the rent and often they also need medicines. These people are mostly lonely. They are often no longer able to walk and hardly leave the house.
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Stichting de Brug is committed to these people by visiting them regularly and taking a food package with them so that they can move forward again. Often this is the only visit they get, so they are very grateful for this. We would like to support many more elderly people! If you have it on your heart to help an elderly person, take a look at our website and sponsor an elderly person in Kosovo for €31 p.m.
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Sali lives in a village called Demjan. Here he lives with his wife, son and daughter who are both mentally disabled. Sali has health problems including high blood pressure, high cholesterol etc. He has no money for medication, they can hardly buy enough food. The house is about to collapse and is damp. Sponsorship would make it a little more livable for Sali. …
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Hanifa lives in a village called Demjan. Here she lives with her husband, son and daughter who are both mentally disabled. Hanifa is originally from Gracanica, a village inhabited by Serbs and Bosnians. Hanifa is of Bosnian descent and married to Sali a Kosovar. Her mental disability makes it difficult for her to learn the Albanian language (…
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Future and hope in Mozambique
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In Mozambique, as soon as a child turns 18, he or she is no longer allowed to live in the children's home. For example, there are 9 boys in the children's home of Corrie Ockhuysen who grew up there but are no longer allowed to live there according to the rules. Corrie has come up with a solution and has set up a wonderful project by having small houses built near the children's home so that these young men can live in rooms and study in the meantime. Corrie will continue to be the point of contact and will guide these boys further on their way to independence. As it looks now, they will be able to enter it by September. We are very happy with this beautiful solution for them!
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Anniversery at Hope4Hope in Kenya
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Hope4Hope exists 13 years and this is extensively celebrated with fun activities for the children.
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Hope4Hope started small with taking care of a few children but has grown considerably. Hope4Hope is located in Mombasa in Kenya. Was officially started in 2010 for children of the village of Likoni. Because of poverty, the children could not go to school and had to work in the stone mines. Project leader Reginold Odhiambo has started a football project to activate the children and give them a purpose. At the moment this has been expanded with a school project, a food project, a dance and music project, a children's center and a youth center. These wonderful projects give the children more self-confidence.
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Communication via our new app!
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For years, communication between sponsor and child has been through writing letters. We have noticed that this way of communicating has a number of disadvantages, namely the high shipping costs and it sometimes happens that the letters from the children are on the road for a long time and sometimes do not arrive at all. Project Held wants to keep up with the times and came into contact with a party that wanted to develop this app for free. This way, communicating will be much easier and also more fun!
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Soon you will receive an email with the details and how the app works. We are very enthusiastic and are currently busy testing the app!
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Thank you very much on behalf of all our projects for your involvement and trust!
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