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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Hope for Life Ministries' Pakistan ~ Orphans and Kiln Workers





Hope for Life Ministries is, christian ministry and our visitors are from all walks of life. It,s found on 01 January 2010. We are primarily help the orphans and slaved children. we have two Sunday school and two Home school in different villages. 
 

Hope for Life is a village based ministry working in these village there peoples have no education about Jesus. Hope for Life helping these children they have no approach to get education give them their basic need for education. Hope for Life also help the needy peoples and widows. 

We are help the children with stationary, clothes school bags uniform and book and bibles. We provide the children home school there they get better education and grow up in the faith of Jesus. Hope for Life Ministry support 89 children in different villages and working in brick kiln. There are schools are open and teaching students. 

There are many female students enrolling which takes courage of the families because traditionally in Pakistan any from education has been reserved for males.The school is also enrolling some of the young boys that had been work in brick kiln. We are thanks the families of those boys for providing then this valuable opportunity. 

More families are seeing what their neighbors children learn and gain from school and became encouraged to let their children participate in the school and its activities.We are currently have 58 children living with us ranging in age from four to thirteen year old all of them we are provide them good food , education, social status and every right an ordinary child has. It is the mercy of God and the co-operation of faithful sponsors that have enabled the children enjoy all of these benefits.

See Gallery of Generosity here
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Naeem and his wife support these children with donations, which sadly are not coming in steadily at this time. For those who did not know, as we did not, the Kiln Workers are pretty much enslaved. Here is an article that describes their plight: 


In addition, Naeem's job at a laboratory has laid him and many others off. Now Naeem is also under treatment for cancer that developed recently. He needs additional help for his chemo and medical needs. If you can help, please do. Here is the Donations Page, plus you may contact Naeem for other methods as Paypal and Payoneer. His twitter account is @naeem_masih

Thank you.

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Loko - Thailand

As 10 amazing entrepreneurs repaid their micro loans through Kiva.org to us today, we were able to help Loko fromThailand with his Organic Poultry Farm. This loan is very important as helps vulnerable hill tribe communities in northern Thailand. 227 people have helped fund Loko's loan, but more are still needed. He is at 86% of his loan request.

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Here is his story:

Loko is 53 years old and has started an organic chicken farm in his native northern Thailand. He is a member of the Akha tribe in Chiang Rai, Thailand, which is one of the several different ethnic groups who make their homes across the mountain ranges of Southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.

For his entire life, he has grown vegetables on family land in the mountains near his home. However, because prices for his goods fluctuate, his income is very unpredictable and is rarely enough to support his family. Therefore, he decided to work with Hilltribe Organics to start raising organic eggs. This would be his 2nd loan with Kiva. He is a responsible caretaker of hens.

He wants to purchase 700 egg-laying organic hens and organic feed for them to raise on his farmland. Selling the eggs will provide a continuous monthly income for his family and will allow them to clear family's debt. 

You may help Loko here
Or choose from so many other great people here: https://www.kiva.org/

Thank you!

Enterprising Entrepreneurs



How fun to open email this morning and find that these outstanding small business women dan men are successfully building their businesses and repaying Kiva.org micro loans! Congratulations and continued success to each of them!


Ana Victoria in Colombia
Thank you for helping Ana Victoria to buy cooking utensils so she can prepare the food more easily and better.
        Elizabeth in Colombia



  Hoa in Vietnam
  Dung in Vietnam



                 Manal in Palestine

     Dipa in India
     Tam in Vietnam




      Kakala in Tonga




     Abadahemuka Cb Sub Grp A Group in Rwanda



     Abishyizehamwe Cb Group in Rwanda



These fantastic people are such an mazing inspiration to us and to so many world-wide! Their energy, creativity and determination are contagious! Thank you to them and to Kiva for making dreams come true!




Today we celebrate our appreciation as part on this journey with this network for good.


Here are some other awesome entrepreneurs that have made our participation so rewarding. If you would like to help, too, please visit Kiva.org today. Thank you!

Recent loans 





Monday, August 12, 2019

One man. One disease. One vision....

One man. One disease. One vision. One grassroots effort. One thing missing........you!

This final wish will also bring the first Lupus group to Alaska. 

When you hear there are no other treatment options because the only one left would cause rare cancers, may not work, and will kill you faster, you do one of two things: you fight with everything in you or you roll over and give up. Louis chose to fight. For 2 years since treatment was stopped, and a grave diagnosis given, he has fought with everything in him. Louis has Lupus, an autoimmune disease that sees normal body functions as diseases and attacks them. The Lupus has caused Stage IV/V Kidney disease, chronic kidney failures, seizures, organic brain disease, blood vessel dysautonomia, autoimmune hepatitis, Addison's disease, and much more.

In 2014, a doctor informed me I was to stay home with him or he wouldn't survive; so, for five years, I've put my life on hold to care for him around the clock.

Everything in his bucket list, except the last part, has been crossed off. His last wish is more urgent now as he is worried about my future due to kidney failures becoming even more frequent.

The last thing on his list is a bed and breakfast/lodge in Alaska. Most would shudder at the thought of leaving their wife with a business in Alaska. However, with my motel management and social media management experience, plus my tough personality, this is perfect for when he's alive and gone.

I have personally taken a 45 unit hotel known for drugs and prostitutes and transformed it. The owners loved to travel and not tend to their business, so everything was on me. I cleaned up the entire property; rooms, property, people, and crime. From there, I raised rates and stayed at maximum occupancy every night.

We've designed a package of perks on Indiegogo to allow us the opportunity to fund this venture, and I'm open to other offers. 

Many believe that big projects like this are impossible, but Lou being alive today was seen as impossible. We don't know how long before Lupus takes him, but we know we don't have time to waste. So, let's make history! The Indiegogo link is https://bit.ly/2JWCIs1, go get your perks!

Also, if you get your friends and colleagues to back us for a total of $1000, it's a one week vip package for one person for free. Everything you need except for transport there and back is covered in the vip. I send a thank you email to each backer, asking if a friend referred them. You get a free week in Alaska, a dying man gets his wish.

Thank you for your time and consideration! I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Heather Obadal
@C1nn3rs





*Carolyn's Note: We have know Hether and Lou for nearly a decade, and they are such hard working, incredibly kind and generous people. When we first met them, the were mobilizing an unbelievable array of charitable organizations and donors to help homeless veterans, out of work Truckers and their families, Disabled Children Holiday Gifts for those in need, and more than I can remember. We helped as much as we could, as did untold many more! Heather and Lou made the quality of life so much brighter for so, so, so many. 

Now health issues have plagued them both, but they are amazingly fighting all challenges with such creativity and grace. Heather is giving cooking lessons to neighbors, helping many with social media work, selling an array of products online and Lou recently rushed into a burning building to help save fellow townspeople.

At this time, they need a little help. So if you can assist, please do so by the invitation only link Heather has provided above.

Thank you,
Carolyn