Harvest of Hope

by Strom, Kay Marshall

• ISBN13: 9780830834426
• ISBN10: 0830834427
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-08
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

When you give money to a charity, what happens to it? Does the money actually reach a personwho is in need? Several years ago Kay Marshall Strom discovered a new avenue for giving that especially intrigued her: gift catalogs. The catalogs, put out by various organizations, offer opportunities to provide specific material, educational and medical provisions for people all over the world, such as a year of school for a Chinese pastor's child, tuberculosis medicine for a patient in North Korea or animals for a family in Cambodia. But Kay wanted to find out for herself if the families actually receive the gifts purchased. So, working with Partners International, she set out on an eye-opening expedition around the world. What she found was financial integrity, fulfilled promises and radically changed lives. Through these pages you can travel with her on her journey. See the delight of families; enter the stories of hope in the midst of struggle. Kay's first-person accounts reveal that the money given through gift catalogs to purchase goats or village wells really is making a difference in Cambodia and Morocco and Senegal, because the gift your gift actually reaches the people who need it most. Kay offers here an invitation to discover the power and joy of giving that changes lives yours, and the lives of people all over the world. Market/Audience General readers Gift buyers Missionaries Features and Benefits Surveys the world with firsthand stories gathered by the author Shows how one small gift can make a difference for a whole village Applies to different ministries and various types of gifts

Table of Contents

A new kind of banking	p. 25
Animal banks : Cambodia	p. 25
Rice seedlings for a family : Cambodia	p. 34
Suffer the little children	p. 38
Education for a child : Sudan	p. 38
Sponsor a child : China	p. 43
Care for a street child : Senegal	p. 50
Water of life	p. 55
Well for a village : Cambodia	p. 55
Clean water for a family : North Africa	p. 60
Enterprising women	p. 67
Women's small business start-up and training : North Africa	p. 67
Sewing machine for a woman : Senegal	p. 73
Women's small business start-up : India	p. 78
Is there a doctor in the house?	p. 84
Medical clinic : China	p. 84
Prenatal follow-up and care : Senegal	p. 89
Medicine for a poor family and gifts-in-kind medicines : Africa	p. 94
Hope in the time of AIDS	p. 98
Care for HIV/AIDS-affected mother and child : India	p. 98
A place of refuge	p. 109
Relief assistance for a refugee family : Sudan	p. 109
A blessing disguised	p. 119
Therapy for a disabled child : North Africa	p. 119
So that all may hear	p. 133
Training for a church planter : India	p. 133
When disaster strikes	p. 153
Disaster aid : Indonesia	p. 153
Children's program : Indonesia	p. 166
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