CCI September 2013 News

newsEarlier this year I received a report that the new school building in Vion, located in a remote

area of NW Haiti, could not be completed. Due to severe drought, there was not enough waterto mix the concrete. Children were having to walk over a mile and a half just to get to the nearestcontaminated water source. Our Haitian team was very discouraged.

Two weeks later, I visited the project and saw all of the materials needed to complete theschool were safely stored in the local church. All that was needed was water; it had not rained inover two months. While there, I felt led to gather the teachers and children to ask God to bringrain to Vion. Not wanting to create a wrong impression of God’s favour, I chose a very young, shylittle girl to lead our prayer. She began slowlyand nervously, and then with tears streamingdown her face she cried out to God in Creole, asking God to bring rain to Vion.

Just a few days after returning home toCanada, I received an email saying that Godhad answered the prayers of the little girl, ithad rained in Vion! The email went on tosay that the school building would soon becompleted and it would be open for thechildren to start attending classes within the week.

This story does not end there. This year, funding has been provided for the construction of a 25,000 gallon cistern that will provide enough safe drinking water, gathered during the rainyseason, to last through an extended dry season. As well, more than 100 children have been registered at the Vion School and God willing, they will soon be sponsored. The children in Vionnow receive what should be the right of all children – that is healthcare, safe drinking water, nutritious meals and an education.

God bless,Rod Forrest, Executive Director

FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROD FORREST

Water IS Life!

130902

How do you begin the restoration of a society that has just come out of a 23 yearlong struggle to survive a devastating civilwar? Not just famine or disease, not justpoverty and civil unrest, but a situation sohorrific it would take volumes to recount thedevastation. While the over-two-decade longinsurgency of the Lord’s Resistance Army inNorthern Uganda is well documented inprint and in film, what is not discussed is theway of life and the emergence of a resilientpeople in the wake of such horror.

Almost immediately after the end of theinsurgency, organizations poured into the re-gion to help these once terrorized people begin recovery. Comingalongside Faith Alive Ministries, ChildCare INTERNATIONALwas determined to reach out to the next generation, the children ofthose affected by the war. Without a different perspective, thesechildren and youth would be subject to the same worldview as theirparents. There was little help available during the civil war to givethem a chance at a better future and new way of thinking.

In 1997, Clayton Odhiambo and his family had to run for theirlives to flee an ambush by LRA rebels. Over 600km from theirhome, Clayton and his family found safety. However, many people in their extended family had been abducted and killed. Others disappeared and were never seen again.

Clayton knew it was by God’s grace that he and his family weresafe. The impact of this devastating time created a deep burden inClayton’s heart. While serving God in two local churches and an orphanage, the Lord planted a burning desire & vision for Clayton

to reach out and share the saving truth of God’s word withhis people. After a cease-fire in 2007, Clayton and his wife

Monica moved to Gulu in Northern Uganda.Along with other missionaries,they worked to develop aChristian primary school. The Faith Alive Founda-tion was registered in2009 and the next year,with courage that couldonly come from God,

Clayton and Monicamoved even

farther north, back to their home district ofKitgum, Uganda where they started FaithAlive Church.

Clayton and Monica found the situationin Kitgum very sad. Many people were livingin indescribable, miserable conditions in internally displaced people’s campsand they lacked the word ofGod. The children were themost affected by this conflict, with many leftorphaned, neglectedand infected with HIV-AIDS. Knowing

they had to do something, Clayton and Monica began Faith Academy in 2011.

Due to the great need for more classrooms,land has been acquired and a temporary bamboostructure has been built. This bamboo structure holdsfour classrooms and has a canvas tarp on one half of the roof.Whenever the rains come, the whole place gets very wet, makingit very difficult for the teachers to teach & for the students to learn.

Faith Alive is key to the growth and health of the community

in Kitgum, Uganda. Not only are the children excelling inschool, but others in the community, youth and adults areengaging in various activities such as games, sports, musicand bible study — turning away from idleness, gamblingand alcoholism. Children attending the Faith Alive Academy are excelling in their studies and are growing

spiritually and socially. The surrounding community andthe district at large are noticing the difference these

Christ-loving, self-disciplined students and teachersare making in their community.

Partnering with Faith Alive, our plan is tobuild sturdy, dependable classrooms for thesechildren. Please help us raise the funds to ensurethat Christ will be reflected through education

at Faith Academy for generations tocome. Help us to make sure that

children in Kitgum, Uganda willgrow up knowing Christ!

RESTORING HO PE — ONE CHILD AT A TIME...

CCI is pleased to announce that Clement Wee has joined our CCI team as Sponsorship Development Manager.

Clement provides leadership to a dedicated team of individuals who are committed to transforming the lives of children through Child Sponsorship. You can reach

Clement at [email protected] or call him toll free at 1-866-856-1656

CCI WELCOMES OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER

children are

excellingin their studies & are

growingspiritually & socially

childcareinternational.caToll free 1-866-856-1656 (604) 575-7902 facebook.com/ChildCareInternational [email protected]

To write to your child, email your letter to [email protected] 204 - 5460 152nd Street, Surrey BC V3S 5J9

FOLLOW US!www.pinterest.com/childcareintl

transforming livesSCHOLARSHIP FUND IN ACTION!

To view the complete list of children in need of support, please visityoutransform

can

the life of a child today childcareinternational.ca

Denish John Ivan

Emmanuel Harmony Bazilio

is a program of CCI that links school children from Canada with school children in the developing world.Canadian children come to realize that although God has

blessed them in so many ways, children in the developingworld have also been blessed, just not with the same material possessions. Children in the developing worldcome to realize they are made in the image of God andthey have so much to offer. They are taught they areequal in God’s eyes & that He has a plan for their lives.

Carissa Weme and Marissa Duursma, two youngladies from northern BC, care very deeply about theorphaned and destitute children in Northern Uganda.Together they wanted to do something in a practical w -

ay to alleviate their suffering.

This year, for a school research project, Carissa andMarissa were learning about the injustice due to the lack

of safe drinking water in many developing countries around the world. They realized that in North America the gift of safe

drinking water is often taken for granted. They became more awarethan ever that safe drinking water should be a basic right for all children.

Carissa had visited Northern Uganda with her family in March 2012 whereshe saw this need first hand. She knew she wanted to do something to help.

Carissa and Marissa shared their idea with ChildCare. They wanted to supply and install a solar

powered water pump on the well at the Sanctuary ofGrace Christian Academy School in Gulu, Uganda.Through a heartfelt appeal, Carissa and Marissahave raised over $ 6000.00! They are sopleased & very grateful that many peoplewere also inspired and gave generously to

make the solar powered pump a reality!Carissa and Marissa’s passion to do something

to provide safe drinking water is a blessing that willlive on in the lives of the children & families livingnear the Sanctuary of Grace in Gulu, Uganda.

BECAUSE GOD ONLY CREATED

ONE WORLD

`

Maluta lives in Kenya and he has been sponsored by Barry and Valerieof Lacombe, Alberta, since 2004. Maluta has worked hard each year toachieve good grades and has often been at the top of his class. He is describedas a very friendly, highly motivated individual who has been part of the YouthEmpowerment Program and he volunteers at his church to keep the groundsclean. These characteristics along with the dedication to his studies has helped

Maluta earn a CCIScholarship for aDiploma NursingProgram! Congrat-ulations Maluta!

...I now apply for scholarshipto pursue the four year Diploma Nursing Program. This is to enhance my

knowledge to be able to help other people and treat sickpatients. I would also like to help others, just like I havebeen sponsored; I will sponsor others so they can receivean education like I have received. I thank you for your sponsorship from primary to secondary level, I have never been sent home for lack of school fees. I appreciate your help and great care for me. May Godbless you and your family...

Your loving son, Maluta

The ChildCare INTERNATIONAL Scholarship Fundfocuses on a number of ChildCare assisted secondary school graduates who want to pursuea program of post-secondary education. ChildCare awards an annual scholarship to thosestudents who demonstrate academic and extracurricular excellence, and who successfullymeet the selection criteria established by the CCI partners in the student’s country of origin. EachScholarship candidate must have recommenda-tions from his or her Pastor, a teacher and a com-munity leader. The student must have consistentlyshown exceptional promise in three areas: Christian Character, Church and Community Service and Academics. Upon graduation fromtheir field of study, students return home andtransform their churches, communities & nationsfrom the inside out.

”FAITH ALIVE ACADEMY • HOPE FOR THE NATIONChildren’s lives are being transformed by the Christ-

centered education that is offered at Faith Academy in Kitgum,Uganda. Teaching students a biblical world view, is the onlyway to truly help children move forward and break through thewalls of suffering. Through this curriculum, children are taughtnot to focus on past fears and suffering but on the greatness ofGod and the power of salvation.

Due to overwhelming need, another group of 50 childrenhave just been registered to attend the Faith Alive Academy. Will you help be part of the solution for these children? They are longing for a sponsor from Canada to come alongsidethem and offer them love and support so that they too can havea future filled with hope.

“

transforming livesSCHOLARSHIP FUND IN ACTION!

To view the complete list of children in need of support, please visityoutransform

can

the life of a child today childcareinternational.ca

Denish John Ivan

Emmanuel Harmony Bazilio

is a program of CCI that links school children from Canada with school children in the developing world.Canadian children come to realize that although God has

blessed them in so many ways, children in the developingworld have also been blessed, just not with the same material possessions. Children in the developing worldcome to realize they are made in the image of God andthey have so much to offer. They are taught they areequal in God’s eyes & that He has a plan for their lives.

Carissa Weme and Marissa Duursma, two youngladies from northern BC, care very deeply about theorphaned and destitute children in Northern Uganda.Together they wanted to do something in a practical w -

ay to alleviate their suffering.

This year, for a school research project, Carissa andMarissa were learning about the injustice due to the lack

of safe drinking water in many developing countries around the world. They realized that in North America the gift of safe

drinking water is often taken for granted. They became more awarethan ever that safe drinking water should be a basic right for all children.

Carissa had visited Northern Uganda with her family in March 2012 whereshe saw this need first hand. She knew she wanted to do something to help.

Carissa and Marissa shared their idea with ChildCare. They wanted to supply and install a solar

powered water pump on the well at the Sanctuary ofGrace Christian Academy School in Gulu, Uganda.Through a heartfelt appeal, Carissa and Marissahave raised over $ 6000.00! They are sopleased & very grateful that many peoplewere also inspired and gave generously to

make the solar powered pump a reality!Carissa and Marissa’s passion to do something

to provide safe drinking water is a blessing that willlive on in the lives of the children & families livingnear the Sanctuary of Grace in Gulu, Uganda.

BECAUSE GOD ONLY CREATED

ONE WORLD

`

Maluta lives in Kenya and he has been sponsored by Barry and Valerieof Lacombe, Alberta, since 2004. Maluta has worked hard each year toachieve good grades and has often been at the top of his class. He is describedas a very friendly, highly motivated individual who has been part of the YouthEmpowerment Program and he volunteers at his church to keep the groundsclean. These characteristics along with the dedication to his studies has helped

Maluta earn a CCIScholarship for aDiploma NursingProgram! Congrat-ulations Maluta!

...I now apply for scholarshipto pursue the four year Diploma Nursing Program. This is to enhance my

knowledge to be able to help other people and treat sickpatients. I would also like to help others, just like I havebeen sponsored; I will sponsor others so they can receivean education like I have received. I thank you for your sponsorship from primary to secondary level, I have never been sent home for lack of school fees. I appreciate your help and great care for me. May Godbless you and your family...

Your loving son, Maluta

The ChildCare INTERNATIONAL Scholarship Fundfocuses on a number of ChildCare assisted secondary school graduates who want to pursuea program of post-secondary education. ChildCare awards an annual scholarship to thosestudents who demonstrate academic and extracurricular excellence, and who successfullymeet the selection criteria established by the CCI partners in the student’s country of origin. EachScholarship candidate must have recommenda-tions from his or her Pastor, a teacher and a com-munity leader. The student must have consistentlyshown exceptional promise in three areas: Christian Character, Church and Community Service and Academics. Upon graduation fromtheir field of study, students return home andtransform their churches, communities & nationsfrom the inside out.

”FAITH ALIVE ACADEMY • HOPE FOR THE NATIONChildren’s lives are being transformed by the Christ-

centered education that is offered at Faith Academy in Kitgum,Uganda. Teaching students a biblical world view, is the onlyway to truly help children move forward and break through thewalls of suffering. Through this curriculum, children are taughtnot to focus on past fears and suffering but on the greatness ofGod and the power of salvation.

Due to overwhelming need, another group of 50 childrenhave just been registered to attend the Faith Alive Academy. Will you help be part of the solution for these children? They are longing for a sponsor from Canada to come alongsidethem and offer them love and support so that they too can havea future filled with hope.

“

newsEarlier this year I received a report that the new school building in Vion, located in a remote

area of NW Haiti, could not be completed. Due to severe drought, there was not enough waterto mix the concrete. Children were having to walk over a mile and a half just to get to the nearestcontaminated water source. Our Haitian team was very discouraged.

Two weeks later, I visited the project and saw all of the materials needed to complete theschool were safely stored in the local church. All that was needed was water; it had not rained inover two months. While there, I felt led to gather the teachers and children to ask God to bringrain to Vion. Not wanting to create a wrong impression of God’s favour, I chose a very young, shylittle girl to lead our prayer. She began slowlyand nervously, and then with tears streamingdown her face she cried out to God in Creole, asking God to bring rain to Vion.

Just a few days after returning home toCanada, I received an email saying that Godhad answered the prayers of the little girl, ithad rained in Vion! The email went on tosay that the school building would soon becompleted and it would be open for thechildren to start attending classes within the week.

This story does not end there. This year, funding has been provided for the construction of a 25,000 gallon cistern that will provide enough safe drinking water, gathered during the rainyseason, to last through an extended dry season. As well, more than 100 children have been registered at the Vion School and God willing, they will soon be sponsored. The children in Vionnow receive what should be the right of all children – that is healthcare, safe drinking water, nutritious meals and an education.

God bless,Rod Forrest, Executive Director

FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ROD FORREST

Water IS Life!

130902

How do you begin the restoration of a society that has just come out of a 23 yearlong struggle to survive a devastating civilwar? Not just famine or disease, not justpoverty and civil unrest, but a situation sohorrific it would take volumes to recount thedevastation. While the over-two-decade longinsurgency of the Lord’s Resistance Army inNorthern Uganda is well documented inprint and in film, what is not discussed is theway of life and the emergence of a resilientpeople in the wake of such horror.

Almost immediately after the end of theinsurgency, organizations poured into the re-gion to help these once terrorized people begin recovery. Comingalongside Faith Alive Ministries, ChildCare INTERNATIONALwas determined to reach out to the next generation, the children ofthose affected by the war. Without a different perspective, thesechildren and youth would be subject to the same worldview as theirparents. There was little help available during the civil war to givethem a chance at a better future and new way of thinking.

In 1997, Clayton Odhiambo and his family had to run for theirlives to flee an ambush by LRA rebels. Over 600km from theirhome, Clayton and his family found safety. However, many people in their extended family had been abducted and killed. Others disappeared and were never seen again.

Clayton knew it was by God’s grace that he and his family weresafe. The impact of this devastating time created a deep burden inClayton’s heart. While serving God in two local churches and an orphanage, the Lord planted a burning desire & vision for Clayton

to reach out and share the saving truth of God’s word withhis people. After a cease-fire in 2007, Clayton and his wife

Monica moved to Gulu in Northern Uganda.Along with other missionaries,they worked to develop aChristian primary school. The Faith Alive Founda-tion was registered in2009 and the next year,with courage that couldonly come from God,

Clayton and Monicamoved even

farther north, back to their home district ofKitgum, Uganda where they started FaithAlive Church.

Clayton and Monica found the situationin Kitgum very sad. Many people were livingin indescribable, miserable conditions in internally displaced people’s campsand they lacked the word ofGod. The children were themost affected by this conflict, with many leftorphaned, neglectedand infected with HIV-AIDS. Knowing

they had to do something, Clayton and Monica began Faith Academy in 2011.

Due to the great need for more classrooms,land has been acquired and a temporary bamboostructure has been built. This bamboo structure holdsfour classrooms and has a canvas tarp on one half of the roof.Whenever the rains come, the whole place gets very wet, makingit very difficult for the teachers to teach & for the students to learn.

Faith Alive is key to the growth and health of the community

in Kitgum, Uganda. Not only are the children excelling inschool, but others in the community, youth and adults areengaging in various activities such as games, sports, musicand bible study — turning away from idleness, gamblingand alcoholism. Children attending the Faith Alive Academy are excelling in their studies and are growing

spiritually and socially. The surrounding community andthe district at large are noticing the difference these

Christ-loving, self-disciplined students and teachersare making in their community.

Partnering with Faith Alive, our plan is tobuild sturdy, dependable classrooms for thesechildren. Please help us raise the funds to ensurethat Christ will be reflected through education

at Faith Academy for generations tocome. Help us to make sure that

children in Kitgum, Uganda willgrow up knowing Christ!

RESTORING HO PE — ONE CHILD AT A TIME...

CCI is pleased to announce that Clement Wee has joined our CCI team as Sponsorship Development Manager.

Clement provides leadership to a dedicated team of individuals who are committed to transforming the lives of children through Child Sponsorship. You can reach

Clement at [email protected] or call him toll free at 1-866-856-1656

CCI WELCOMES OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBER

children are

excellingin their studies & are

growingspiritually & socially

childcareinternational.caToll free 1-866-856-1656 (604) 575-7902 facebook.com/ChildCareInternational [email protected]

To write to your child, email your letter to [email protected] 204 - 5460 152nd Street, Surrey BC V3S 5J9

FOLLOW US!www.pinterest.com/childcareintl