Living with HIV: Janvier’s Story
For two years, Janvier spent most days lying in the hospital. When he wasn’t a patient there, he still had to go to the hospital every morning, afternoon and evening for injections.
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Clementine lives with her husband and four children in a small house made of mud in Kigali, Rwanda. When she was six months pregnant, she’d spend the day at the health center, volunteering to clean so she could take food home to her family.
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What Are Your Hopes and Dreams for Your Child?
What are the hopes and dreams mothers in the developing world have for their children?
International Day of the African Child
African children face a myriad of challenges as they grow up. But what is also true about African children is: they love, play, learn, hope, dream, pray — they live!
Three Things African Children Have Taught Me
No matter how difficult their situation, children in Africa cope with immense suffering. Is this because it’s the only life they’ve known?
Who Are the Women of Worship?
Where are you, and who are you with, when you experience deep, soul-nourishing worship?
A Heart Deeply Stirred
Not everyone experiences the developing world in the same way. How is your heart stirred for those who live in a developing country?
The Power of Prayer and a Loving Family
Gisele’s mother was a housemaid and prostitute when she conceived her. Gisele got very little care from her mother when growing up and on many nights would be locked up in the house alone.
Of Bugs and Mountains
Precious children pointed and screamed at hundreds of bugs swarming to the lights. Even though orphaned or abandoned, these Rwandan children found joy in the beauty and simplicity of the bugs.
A Compassion Alumnus Gives Back to His Community
We came to Rwanda with nothing and found that our family members in Rwanda had been killed during the genocide. Life was difficult because we were starting a new life in a new country with nothing — and we didn’t have hope for the future.
The Luxury of Water and Hair Washing
In America, it’s easy to not think about our easy access to water. Or the fact that 783 million people — 11 percent of the global population — do not have access to safe drinking water, let alone bathing water.
Unbridled Joy
When exactly does that happen — that our joy is snuffed out, stuffed down or smothered? What happens to stifle that unspeakable joy that used to well up at the slightest provocation?
