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Babies and toddlers incarcerated with their mums in Zambia released from prison!

The President of Zambia recently pardoned and released 45 incarcerated mums who have young children, as part of his annual pardons.

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Please pray for the situation in Lebanon as the war in Israel and Gaza escalates

Because the terrible situation in Israel / Gaza right now threatens to spill into Lebanon, we would really appreciate your prayers for our work there....

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Watch a wonderful short video to celebrate our 75th anniversary working in Lebanon

Take a look at our short video charting the history of our work in Lebanon specially put together to mark the 75th anniversary of our serving vulnerable...

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August 2023 Prayer Guide: our work in Haiti as a US Christian nurse and her daughter are kidnapped

This August, please pray for our work in Haiti, as lawlessness increases and a US Christian nurse and her daughter are kidnapped

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A celebration at Kids Alive Guatemala as five girls from our Oasis Residential Programme make the decision to be baptised.

Watch our two minute video from Kids Alive Guatemala as the girls take this step of faith in their walk with God. Very inspiring!

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July 2023 Prayer Guide: our Care & Justice project in Zambia

For our July Prayer Guide, this month we would be so grateful if you could pray for our Care & Justice project in Zambia.

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June 2023 Prayer Guide: our work in Kenya with impoverished, abused and vulnerable children

In the second of our new monthly prayer guides, this June we would be so grateful if you could pray for our work in Kenya.

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May 2023 Prayer Guide: our work in Peru with impoverished, abused and vulnerable children

In the first of our new monthly prayer guides, this May we would be so grateful if you could pray for our work in Peru.

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Some of the key successes our supporters have enabled us to achieve in recent months

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have been able to show God's love and care to thousands of extremely vulnerable children around the world.

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The Transformative Power of Holistic Healing - how our education model equips students to live independently and inspires them to help others

The focus of our holistic education model is academic excellence which includes the children’s physical, emotional, spiritual, and developmental well-being....

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How your support helped us to influence the authorities to stop child labour and focus resources on vulnerable families

Child labour is still endemic in many impoverished regions of Kenya but influencing the authorities to focus resources can help vulnerable families.

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How your support enabled Lydia to undergo life changing operations and treatment to save the use of her leg

Our kind and compassionate supporters helped fund two operations for this lovely young woman in Kenya called Lydia.

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How your support enables us to identify, prevent and treat trauma for the children we serve

Why would one Zambian boy who has just had a great day suddenly have a meltdown and refuse to eat?

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A moving short video about our work in Guatemala serving child victims of unspeakable sexual assault with love, care and justice.

Watch a moving 3 minute video explaining our work in Guatemala, which is so reflective of Kids Alive's work in general.

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How your support enables us to celebrate the remarkable bravery of child victims of sexual assault

Giving evidence in court is one of the toughest things that child victims of sexual assault in Guatemala have to do as part of their restoration process...

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How your support reaches other ministries in Africa, who want to find out more about our work in trauma care with vulnerable and traumatised children.

Many Christian ministries approach us to find out more about our work in trauma care, so much so that we recently held a symposium for them in Kenya....

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How your support provided six of our students in Kenya with new laptops

In 2022 Kids Alive were able to give laptops to six extremely grateful young adults from our projects in Kenya.

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How your support is helping us to strengthen this family so the mum doesn’t have to work nearly 70 hours a week in a quarry, breaking stones in the sweltering Kenya sun

If it wasn’t for our Hall Mead school, Chineye and Bishara would have to work in the nearby quarries with their mum.

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Thanks to our Family Strengthening Programme in Kenya, ‘Super Gran’ Esther can now care for her five orphaned grandchildren.

Our Family Strengthening Programmes in Kenya empower wonderful loving grandmothers like Esther to care for their orphaned grandchildren. ‘Super Gran’...

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Please pray with us for the post-election situation in Lebanon

A huge thank you to all of our supporters who have been so kindly praying for peaceful elections in Lebanon in May 2022 and the start of a possible new...

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Urgent appeal for essential maintenance work at our Dar el Awlad site in Lebanon, serving vulnerable Syrian refugee children and their families

Following a recent visit to our ‘Dar el Awlad’ centre in Lebanon, it became apparent just how desperate this wonderful project is for some basic maintenance...

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The importance of keeping vulnerable children in families - Isabella's story

One of our main goals throughout the Kids Alive ministry is family reunification (when it is safe and wise to do so).

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How expressive art therapy  can help with healing, especially for traumatised girls at our Oasis Care Centre in Guatemala

Art therapy is a key part of our ‘trauma informed care’ programme for many of the traumatised children in our care.

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Please pray for Susan* and children like her to help prevent early child marriage

Our courageous team in Kenya is working with community leaders to prevent the child marriage of an 11-year old girl.

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How a starving child came into our care and is now a doctor!

The remarkable story of a remarkable girl serving a remarkable God in the Dominican Republic.

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Urgent appeal to help fund a people carrier in Lebanon

As the economic crisis continues in Lebanon, we urgently need a new people carrier to help us care for the most vulnerable.

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The Gift of Giving

If you’re having trouble deciding on a present for a loved one this Christmas, why not think about buying your friends and family a gift that will positively...

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Join us for our upcoming webinars, including our 'Introduction to Kids Alive' events

We sometimes provide webinar updates about our work, often with our teams out in the field. Here is a list of what is coming up.

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An award towards our work in Lebanon from the World Day of Prayer England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We are thrilled to announce that the World Day of Prayer England, Wales & NI have partnered with us by donating £2,000 to our work in Lebanon.

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Please pray for our work in Lebanon

As economic conditions worsen, please pray for us as we minister to vulnerable Syrian refugee children and their families.

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Urgent appeal for our work in Lebanon

As the crisis worsens in Lebanon, our teams are working in darkness from 4pm onwards every day. Can you help us raise £12,000 to help us install solar...

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We are now called Kids Alive International!

Ever since we came into existence in 2011, Hope for Kids International (our old name) has been the UK partner of the Kids Alive family, a wonderful Christian...

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Time and patience when serving vulnerable children

Here is a helpful story from one of our missionaries serving in Guatemala, as she ministers patiently and lovingly to a deeply wounded girl.

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We have two projects in Haiti, neither of which has been affected directly by the earthquake.

Thank God, our projects have not been directly impacted, mainly because they are located in the north, whereas the earthquake occurred in the west.

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Thank you for helping us to fund Maria’s* eye operation!

One of the Syrian refugee children we serve at our Dar el Awlad school in Lebanon is in urgent need of an operation on her eyes to stop her from going...

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Waiting to have a new family and a new home

In Guatemala, this young lady is spending her last few minutes with us before moving home.

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One of our young adults from the Dominican Republic graduates from university

This is a remarkable story of transformation for this charming young man who attended one of our schools.

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When doing chores is fun in the Dominican Republic - especially when it involves food

On Wednesdays, food is purchased and received at all our residential homes in the Dominican Republic. Children and adults alike join in to help out.

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Please pray for our work in Peru!

Please click through to download our prayer diary for our work with vulnerable children in this beautiful but troubled country.

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Please pray for our work in Kenya

Please click through to download our prayer diary for our work with vulnerable children in this beautiful country.

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A new playground for our children at Dar el Awlad in Lebanon

Finally, after a long wait and a lot of effort, our Kids Alive Lebanon kids have the play equipment up and running!

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Arts, crafts and computer skills for impoverished Lebanese children at our New Horizons project in Lebanon

The children who come along to our New Horizons Care Centre in southern Lebanon are from extremely impoverished backgrounds, including Bedouins and ...

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Please pray for the situation in Lebanon

The economy in Lebanon is really struggling and inflation is spiralling out of control (food prices have risen by 400% in a year!). Please pray for the...

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The journey many of our children go on

For vulnerable children and orphans, the journey from the pain of their past to a future of hope and wholeness is one with many starts and stops, inevitable...

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Laptops for our Independent Living students

We are delighted to have been able to give laptops to a number of the students in our Independent Living programme in Kenya. With lockdown continuing...

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The four key goals for each child

The needs of the children we serve vary according to continent, country, community, and circumstances. But our team has identified four common goals for...

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Our work in Lebanon - webinar update

Click through for details of a recording of an extremely helpful and inspiring online presentation from our Lebanon Country Director, Denise Deghar. Denise...

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Our schools in the Dominican Republic have started to reopen

Our schools in the Dominican Republic are beginning to reopen, with small groups of children present in person for a limited number of hours each day....

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The importance of fun!

Our children from Casa Monte Plata in Dominican Republic have a great time at the Semana Santa Camp! Activities included swimming in the river, playing...

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Our work in Zambia - watch our webinar

Click through for a link to a recording of a webinar we held on April 12th 2021 where our Country Director for Zambia, Chantry Mweemba, provides an update...

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Urgent Spring Appeal

Our Country Directors around the world have asked if we can help raise urgently needed funds for a number of additional costs that are being incurred,...

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Please pray for our work in Zambia

Each month we ask our supporters to pray for us and this month we are focusing on Zambia. Click through for more information and to download a summary...

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Caring for traumatised children

Kids Alive rescue some of the world’s most vulnerable children, with each one having their own heart-rending story to tell. Many have suffered trauma,...

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Catch up with our work in Guatemala

We recently had an excellent catch up with our Guatemala Country Director, Victor Lopez, about the amazing work God is allowing us to do, as his team...

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Some wonderful news from Lebanon

At our Lebanon webinar update in November 2020, we were told about this lovely young lady, Maria*, who attends our Dar el Awlad school. As a result of...

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Please pray for our work in Haiti!

Could you please pray for our work in Haiti, an impoverished and trouble-torn country, which is going through an especially difficult time right now?...

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Christmas appeal to help fund our ongoing response to the pandemic

As the pandemic continues to affect all of our projects across the world in various ways, there is still an urgent need for us to provide emergency food...

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Why free school dinners are so important (focus on Hall Mead School)

Marcus Rashford's campaign to ensure that poorer children receive free school meals has certainly rung a few bells with us here at Kids Alive. Our 25...

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Our virtual Christmas Gift Catalogue is out now!

We are delighted to present our range of virtual Christmas gifts, with dozens of gift ideas, all of which are for sale on this website. Ideal if you’re...

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Our award from The World Day of Prayer England, Wales & Northern Ireland (WDP)

We are thrilled to announce that the World Day of Prayer England, Wales & Northern Ireland have partnered with Hope for Kids by donating £3,000 to our...

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The explosion in Lebanon

Fortunately none of our children or their families were injured. Here is a brief update on how the explosion has impacted us.

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Kids Alive has a new President!

As you probably know, we are the UK partner of Kids Alive, which is based in the USA. They have been recruiting for a new President and we are delighted...

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COVID updates - watch our webinars

Just about all of the countries we work have been in lockdown. Click through for a series of webinars with our country directors taking us through how...

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Our Spring gift catalogue is now out

Perfect if you would like to send someone a gift but you are not sure what to get them. Have a look around our shop to see what is available, or send...

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How the pandemic is affecting the children we minister to

Here is an update on how the pandemic is affecting our work in the field, as well as an invitation to prayer.

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Pray for Zambia

How can you pray for Zambia?

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Give girls like Mercy a new start this Spring!

Just six years old, and crying herself to sleep at night because of unspeakable abuse…girls like Mercy can have a new start because of you.

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Rejoice in Hope

"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." Romans 12:12

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2018 Autumn Appeal - Breaking free from the chains of abuse!

Young lives shattered by betrayal, violence and sexual abuse. Read how one young girl in Guatemala was rescued and freed from the chains of abuse and...

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2018 Summer Appeal - TOOLS FOR LIFE!

Equipping our kids for life beyond childhood.

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Without Borders

Check out our latest blog article celebrating our partnership with Hope for Kids International musical ambassador Joe Hardy and his brand new album "Without...

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Helen believes in the power of play!

Introducing Helen Beckett, currently preparing to be a missionary in Kenya. As a fully qualified play therapist, she will provide insights and therapeutic...

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Mary's Story

Read about Mary, a real success story from Kids Alive Zambia!

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On the starting blocks!

Sam Ziegler prepares for a one year initial term with Kids Alive Kenya.

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A fresh pair of eyes in Zambia

Hope for Kids International sent its first team to Zambia in October 2015. Martin reflects on his time there...

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Kids Alive Kenya has a new bus!

A new school bus that is already a blessing to the children and communities around Karundas in Central Kenya, allowing more kids the chance to access...

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Zambia Appeal

Our Spring 2015 Appeal is raising support for Zambia. Money is urgently needed to build schools and children's homes for the neediest of children - many...

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Review of 2014

Check out some of 2014's news. We're thankful for the partnership we have with all our supporters and partners around the world. Do join us in making...

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Dear Mum, I love you...

Rescued from abuse to a life of promise and hope - One Kenyan girl's journey

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Old clothes for new wheels!

In the Yeovil area, your old clothes can help us get a new school bus for Kenya!

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We're raising money for a school bus!!

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A Refuge for Child-Mothers

Everyday, girls as young as 10-14 years old are finding themselves pregnant due to rape and abuse. La Arquilla (basket in Spanish) is a new ministry to...

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Syrian Refugee Children Appeal

Responding to the ongoing and urgent needs on the ground, Kids Alive Lebanon is making room to get more Syrian refugee children into education in Beirut....

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Another year serving around the world

We are privileged to be part of the story of bringing hope to children around the world, children who have been rescued from trauma and crisis. Read about...

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RESTORING GIRLS AT THE OASIS: A REAL LIFE STORY!

Corbey Dukes, Kids Alive Guatemala Field Director, tells us all about the recent events happening at the Oasis Girls Home...

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Connecting Children...from the UK to Kenya

Read more about this class of Year 4 kids who spent a Geography lesson learning all about Kenya and Hope for Kids International and then helped their...

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A Nurse for Zambia

Our sites in Mongu and Lusaka welcome their new nurse.

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Dignity - Value - Hope

Tackling the multiple effects of injustice takes wisdom - and maybe a little education! Our former Director, Matt Parker, describes the wonderful work...

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An exciting new missionary post in Africa: Do you have the necessary desire and calling to serve God in an international context - to use your buildings-related...

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Open Doors to Education

A sister who sacrificed her own future to keep the family together and the new doors that are opening up to them. Read more about Cinthia's story...

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Serving Hands and Hearts

Read about our summer team from Ridgeway Church, Chingford. Each team member travelled overseas to offer their hands and hearts in service to God and...

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Sometimes, it's the simplest things that mean the most...

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PLEASE - Would you help our friends in Kenya put up a fence and grow more food?

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Wau! That's Progress!

In December 2012, we reported the start of construction of our new Children’s Home in Wau, South Sudan. Nine months later, we are excited to report...

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Defending the oppressed, the abused, the violated...

Abandoned by a father she never knew, Maria grew up in a house of chaos and poverty in Guatemala. By the time she was seven, many men had passed through...

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Five Boys in Zambia

Earlier in 2013, five boys came into the Kids Alive Zambia programme. The youngest aged 5 years, the eldest, 12. Read their stories here.

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Blossoming in Lebanon's Home of Serenity

Transformed lives. Beautiful stories of a few of the girls rescued by Kids Alive Lebanon. The Home of Serenity, working with God to help restore and reconnect...

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A Goldmine of Grace in Kenya

The Karundas medical clinic provides medical treatment to all of the children in our care and many people from surrounding communities. Nearly half of...

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Walking for shoes - No mean feet!

Sponsors Nigel and Deb Hardy walk four miles barefoot to draw attention to the plight of millions without shoes.

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Joy as Roof Repairs are Completed!

In March this year a freak storm took the roof of one of our homes at the Lilato Children’s Village in Mongu, western Zambia. Thankfully the repairs...

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