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Caring for Orphans in Salima, Malawi |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 14:01 |
 Salima, Malawi is an area of extreme poverty and an area that has keenly felt the effects of the AIDS epidemic in Africa - hundreds of children in Salima alone have lost one or both of their parents, and find themselves orphaned and in desperate conditions at a very young age.
It's to these children that the Neighbour Mission Salima (NM Salima) orphan care program ministers by placing them with caregiver families (their relatives or close... |
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A Close Up View |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 02:40 |
 By Hanna LuongIn early August, while preparing for my impending trek to Malawi with Word & Deed, John Otten was explaining the difference between optical and digital zoom to me. As I attempted to absorb what he was saying about pixels, cropping and magnification I was struck by how much zooming in and out I was about to do. Yes, with my camera, but in other ways too.Zoom 35,000 feet out. Early on Thursday, August 4, Bernie & Ina Pennings and I flew out of Pearson International Airport in... |
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Update: Nicaragua Agricultural Projects |
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 14:11 |
 Word & Deed's Bernie Pennings and John Otten, together with supporter John Langendoen, recently returned from a project visit to Nicaragua. Word & Deed's involvement began in the wake of Hurricane Felix which devastated Nicaragua in 2007. Homes were destroyed and the main livelihood of most Nicaraguans – fishing – was no longer available as a primary source of sustainability due to drastic changes in the ecosystem.
The visitors were encouraged by their meeting with Word &... |
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Now Hiring: Administrative Support |
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Friday, 06 January 2012 16:46 |
Word & Deed Ministries is inviting applications for the full-time position of administrative assistant. This position includes both administrative and project support roles and has been made available due to the expansion of Word & Deed and the marriage and relocation plans of our current administrative assistant.
This role requires a cheerful, versatile, self-motivated, team player with excellent writing, communication, computer (especially Microsoft Office) and... |
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Update: Health Brigades |
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 13:10 |
 Thousands of families in Colombia have literally no access to public, let alone private, health care services. Among other things, this means no basic medical care or advice for young mothers, no dental visits for young children and no care for those with visual or auditory impairments.
Each year, the Health Brigades project in Colombia provides mobile health stations for communities that live in extreme poverty with no access to public health services. In 2011 so far, over 3000 people... |
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