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WHAT IS THE CHILDREN'S CHAMPION AWARD?
The Children's Champion award exists to recognize those who have used their positions of influence to ensure that children receive hope against the odds. |
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THE COMPASSION INSTITUTE
Summer is travel-time for Compassion Institute trainers. This August we will conduct trainings at the CHF Chicago offices and in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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CHF AND THE NATIVE PHILIPPINOS
The native people in The Philippines are called Aetas. As a hunting and gathering people, they move from place to place. This makes it difficult to give aid to them with any consistency. |
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MERCY NETWORK UGANDA
The eyes of the world are on Africa.
The continent is broiling with poverty, hunger, AIDS, and tyranny. Lawmakers, global aid workers, and celebrities worldwide are desperately seeking solutions that might help end the devastating cycle of poverty. |
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MERCY NETWORK PERU
Our Mercy Network in Peru launched just one year ago. 10 churches were trained and shortly after began distributing Food Paks to the homes of the needy in the villages and slums in and surrounding Lima. As we monitor their progress, we are encouraged by the effect this strategy is having on the families served.
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EARTHQUAKE IN PERU
CHF Mercy Network Mobilizes in Peru
to Alleviate Quake Suffering |
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LATIN AMERICA UPDATE
Aura lives with her 7 children and her parents in a 3 room shack in Guatemala City's famed Zone 3 garbage dump. The front door opens into a room carpeted with junk salvaged from the dump. One room has a bed and a crib that she and her children share. Her parents share a bunk in the other room. Each day, Aura leaves her 2 month old baby with her youngest sons while she scours the dump for items that might take a price in the market.
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MERCY NETWORK LOS ANGELES
"I want to share with you that when I was delivering a Food Pak to one family last Friday, another woman came up and introduced herself to me. She asked if she could have some food too. She went on to explain that she and her two children had recently fled their home in another city following an incident of domestic violence with her husband. |
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CHICAGOLAND LAUNCH
The launching of CHF-Midwest.
this year recalls a verse from the prophet Zechariah: "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin..." (Zech. 4:10).
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MAKING 4˘ FEED A CHILD
Just before the holidays, I had the opportunity to lead a team to Peru where I was reminded again of the incredible impact poverty has on children and families. Peru is not unique in this regard. Most anywhere you go in this world, it seems, you will find large pockets of children suffering from the effects of hunger and poverty. |
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LATIN AMERICA NEWS
One in every 4 people in Latin America survives on less than $2 per day!* That is clearly not enough money to live on, especially when you consider you may have spent that much on a cup of coffee today. It is these children that we strive to reach through our Latin America programs.
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STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
This year, a panel of graduate students from UCLA will be conducting a study to audit our statistics and reporting. They will follow our products through our Southern California Mercy Network distributions to the homes of needy families. |
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MENTORING THE MISSION
This is a common phrase we hear from ministry leaders after they complete CHF's Compassion Ministry Essentials Training. They don't seem to expect the in-depth, visionary training they receive when they first begin the process of joining CHF's Mercy Network. Though, once they have completed it, they are amazed at the growth and ministry-steering vision they achieve. |
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SHARING A SMALLER PIECE OF PIE
Guatemala City is much like any large city. It has a business district, industrial areas, suburbs and poor areas. Then, there are places that are so poor and crime ridden, you would never dare to enter. |
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AIDING REFUGEES
Darfur In Chicago
The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan is well known. With estimates of 400,000 people killed and 2.5 Million displaced, the situation has been tagged as one of the worst in history. |
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WALK WITH THE EGYPTIANS
Recently, CHF found a unique opportunity to help a large ministry serve the poor children in Egypt. We were invited to Cairo to visit the compassion programs of Kasr El Dobara. |
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LOS ANGELES MERCY NETWORK
Our L.A. Mercy Network sees home delivery of food as the prevailing strategy in helping the needy. |
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MIDWEST MERCY NETWORK
Our Midwest Distribution Center near Chicago reports a fruitful Food Pak program there. |
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CHANGE OF PLANS CHANGES LIVES
Earlier this year we shared our plans to send 5 truckloads of nutritious rice casserole to a ministry partner in Cairo, Egypt. |
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NEW NAME, EXPANDED VISION
An amazing thing has happened to Children's Hunger Fund Chicago.
When we first began developing a platform for ministry there, our vision was to establish a Mercy Network that would serve the needs of children throughout Chicago's inner-city areas. |
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TOY WRAP RADIO SPECIAL
Radio station KKLA (99.5 FM in Southern California) visited us at our Toy Wrap on December 1st, 2007. Click "more" to listen. |
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ARTICLE CITES CHF'S GOOD WORK
An article in World Magazine by the leader of Wall Watchers, an independent ministry watchdog organization, cites Children's Hunger Fund as an example of a charity that not only addresses the physical needs of poor children, but seeks to meet their spiritual needs as well. |
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JOY IN THE JUNGLE ~ A Mercy Network Serves The Talamanca Natives
Deep in the tropical rain forests of Costa Rica live the Bribri (BREE-bree), the original people of the Talamanca region. This indigenous tribe has lived in the mountainous jungles along the Caribbean coast for centuries and much of their ancient culture and traditions still survive. |
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A NEW WAY TO CARRY HOPE
When the weather in tropical Africa prevented the use of our traditional Food Pak®, CHF developed a more resilient and environmentally-friendly package for home food delivery. |
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A FRESH PLACE TO REST
CHF was able to provide fresh beds, mattresses and bedding for a group of orphanages in Ukraine. |
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AN UNUSUAL GROCERY STORE
How one church works to give dignity while providing for the needy. |
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MERCY IN MICHIGAN
New opportunities are opening to serve a large community of needy families throughout Michigan. |
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GAiN ~ Global Aid Network
CHF provides thousands of toys each year to GAiN to support their distributions to needy children throughout the world.
http://www.gainusa.org/ |
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Samaritan's Purse ~ International Relief
CHF gives millions of toys each year to support Samaritan's Purse distributions of their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in countries all over the globe.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org |
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Here's Life Inner City
CHF distributes Food Paks into the homes of needy children and families in America's urban areas through Here's Life Inner City.
http://www.hlic.org/ |
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Living Waters
Evangelism...witnessing...fulfilling the Great Commission...What does it all mean? Living Waters, the ministry of Ray Comfort, has been equipping Christians across the world for more than 30 years -- teaching them to witness the way Jesus did. Do you want to learn how to witness more effectively and biblically? Get equipped for evangelism today!
http://www.livingwaters.com |
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Russian Ministries
CHF supports groups like Russian Ministries because of their intimate relationships with the people they serve. CHF helped Russian Ministries begin a Christian counseling center in Beslan Russia after the terrible school massacre in September 2004
http://russian-ministries.org/ |
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Africa Renewal Ministries
CHF is proud to support the work of Africa Renewal Ministries. Through the Mercy Network, we are serving families in their homes and providing much needed medicine, vitamins and regular food. Thus, CHF is able to affect powerful change in the lives of Ugandan children. To hear Pastor Peter Kasirivu speaking at Cornerstone Community Church, please click here.
http://www.africarenewal.org/ |
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Mariners Church
Mariners Church in Irvine has been a key supporter of CHF by helping to launch our Baby Pak program to serve the infant victims of the Asian Tsunami of December 2004.
http://www.marinerschurch.org/ |
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Mwangaza
Mwangaza is the Swahili word for "shining light", and this choir of Ugandan children shine brightly! As a ministry of Africa Renewal Ministries, these children are direct recipients of CHF's distribution in Uganda and they are a joy to hear, see and love.
http://mwangazachoir.org/ |
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Armenian Gospel Mission
CHF supports Armenian Gospel Mission with Food Paks, clothing, toys and regular food distributions to the suffering children of Armenia.
http://armeniangospelmission.org/ |
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Cornerstone Community Church
Cornerstone Community Church has been a strong supporter of CHF. By focusing their giving on some of our specific programs including our work in Uganda and our Tsunami Relief efforts. Cornerstone is also a regular supporter of CHF's local food distributions. To hear CHF President, Dave Phillips speak at Cornerstone, click here.
http://www.cornerstonesimi.com/ |
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The Church At Rocky Peak
Rocky Peak has been a part of CHF since the beginning. By supporting CHF financially and through our Food Pak and volunteering programs, Rocky Peak has helped reach millions of children across America and around the world.
http://rockypeak.org/ |
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Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church
Greater Community has been a faithful partner with CHF for many years. Pastor Dudley Chatman demonstrates the heart of a pastor for all the poor in his community. GCMBC distributes CHF Food Paks to the homes of the needy on a monthly basis. To hear a greeting from Pastor Chatman, click here.
http://gcmbchurch.org/about.htm |
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Urban Ministries, Inc.
UMI publishes Christian African American materials for churches accross the USA. It is tremendously difficult to obtain culturally relevant teaching materials. They have donated much needed Sunday School curriculum for our programs in Africa.
http://urbanministries.com/ |
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