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20 Years of Hope: Leona

Leona grew up in a very poor family, living on the edge of a large city dump site where her family would work each day searching for recyclables to sell. She first entered our “Catch Up Class,” a primary school designed to get impoverished children who had missed schooling into the education system at a […]

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Hope for Children at the Landfill: Annalise

This week, we are raising funds to provide hope and education to 78 impoverished children living at a rural landfill site in Cambodia. During the COVID pandemic in Cambodia, Annalise’s family lost employment and had no income at all. They made the move to the local dump site to try to earn enough money to […]

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Hope for Children at the Landfill: Riley

This week, we are working to provide hope and education to 78 impoverished children living at a rural landfill in Cambodia. Twelve-year-old Riley is one of the many precious children whom we found living at a landfill site near our programs in western Cambodia. Years ago, Riley’s parents had left her in the care of […]

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20 Years of Hope: Ian

Little Ian came into our care under difficult circumstances. He was born in Uganda in the spring of 2015, and sadly, his mother left when he was just four months old. Ian continued living with his father in a rented home, but around the time of his first birthday, Ian’s father disappeared from his life. […]

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20 Years of Hope: Peter

In the spring of 2021, LWB’s India staff learned of Baby Peter who had been born seven months earlier. His parents were prepared for a heart defect that had been detected by ultrasound before Peter’s birth, but after his arrival, it was discovered that Peter had additional medical issues. Since his heart defect turned out […]

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20 Years of Hope: Yong

A little over ten years ago, the director of an orphanage in rural China reached out to LWB for assistance. A boy in their care was suffering from a fast-growing facial tumor that was affecting his ability to swallow, chew, and breathe. His name was Yong. Yong underwent a battery of tests, and much to […]

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Empower Me Teen: Melody

The Empower Me Teen Program is a lifeline for girls in the poorest regions of Guatemala. Country-wide, records show that only 60 percent of girls will finish primary school, 20 percent will complete secondary school, and only 10 percent will go on to study at a university. Numbers are even more dire for rural, indigenous […]

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20 Years of Hope: Albert and Allan

Albert and Allan were born in May of 2008 in a small village in Uganda. In a tragic twist of fate, the boys’ father died before they were born, and they lost their mother just hours after birth. With no relatives to be found on either side of the family, the very kind birth attendant […]

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Empowering Girls in Guatemala

Every day, girls around the world are faced with challenges that hinder their empowerment and growth. Sometimes, these challenges are deeply rooted in gender discrimination. While society may tell girls that they are less capable than boys or men, programs for empowering girls provide the resources for them to overcome barriers and realize their full […]

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Empower Me Teen: Kathryn

This week, we are working to raise funds to allow 120 vulnerable girls in Guatemala to participate in our Empower Me teen program. Due to poverty and limited resources, many teenage Guatemalan girls are sadly unable to complete their educations. Girls like Kathryn can face a lifetime of unemployment, with no safe environment in which […]

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