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| January | February 2008 Newsletter » Make a Donation Today |
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| An Exciting Year of Growth The number of organizations participating and the number of Peace Paks that were sent to Uganda as gifts for the child mothers and their children continues to showcase our giving hearts and creativity. Read more |
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| Notes from Conrad Mandsager | ||
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| It's Personal Now… All too often, we view tragic and horrific incidents in Africa and other places around the globe with casual observance and a shrug of the shoulder. After all, those places are thousands of miles away and we don't know those involved except by their pictures and the accounts we see and read in the news. Somehow it is relatively easy to push them away and find ways to dismiss them from our minds. Then we can go on with the business of our lives with nary a second thought… Read more |
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| Her baby was near death when Sunday Patricia arrived at the medical clinic ChildVoice International (CVI) opened in northern Uganda last summer. While only 16 years old, Patricia had already endured an unimaginable sequence of events in her young life. But now a veil of hopelessness covered not only her life, but also that of her young son. Read more |  |
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| In February, CVI launched a new project called Voices Rising, which focuses on reaching out to college and high school age students to join the fight against poverty and suffering of children affected by violence. Voices Rising is a project that helps student chapters around the nation and the world to raise funds and awareness about this important cause. Learn more and register your school | ||||
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| Upcoming Events Voices-Rising Challenge Now through June 15th Team trip to Uganda June 14th - 29th Purpose: Medical/Dental Fundraising Bike Rides Pennsylvania (date pending) RAGBRAI in Iowa (July 19-26) New Hampshire (date pending) |
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| NEPAL: Challenges of reintegrating former child soldiers. Read more First two years in a child's life key to adult development. Read more Returning rebel woman faces rejection. Read more AFGHANISTAN: Child soldiers operating on several fronts. Read more CHAD: Army forcibly recruiting youths, right group says. Read more |
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| At the ChildVoice Center in Lukodi, Uganda, we have just welcomed another group of child mothers and their children. For each new girl and her children, we want to provide them with a "Welcome Pack" when they arrive. Your gift of $200, $100, $65 or $20 will provide them their new home furnishings and supplies. Please consider sponsoring part or all a "Welcome Pack" this month. Your gift will make such a difference in these children's lives. Make a Donation Today Thank You |
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