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Hurricane Irma Relief
“A storm like this is not one big disaster, but a thousand small private tragedies affecting one person or one family at a time.” This is the stark reality of a storm the size of Hurricane Irma, as expressed by one of CCI’s partners in Northwestern Haiti. Though it was expected to be much worse, the […]
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Understanding Haiti
June 27, 2017 – Haiti is the poorest of the poor. Hit by a severe drought in 2014 after two years of extremely poor harvests, the Northwest communities of Haiti are considered to be among the poorest, most at risk parts of Haiti. Considering that the World Food Program estimates that ¾ of Haiti’s population […]
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When Helping Hurts
It is human nature to want to help those in need. We see help in the forms of sponsorship, donations, outreach trips and so on. However, it is important to understand that despite good intentions, not all forms of charity fit the needs for specific areas and situations around the world today. An action that […]
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Meeting our Sponsored Child: a Mom’s Dream Come True
Our story began in 2005 when my son Justin was watching television and there was an advertisement showing a little girl going through a heap of garbage. It was her job to sift through the debris to find treasures of food or items that could be used by her family or be sold. The little […]
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