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Myanmar, July 2008
Two months after Cyclone Nargis hit the coast of Myanmar, millions of people still need help. The latest reports estimate 140,000 dead and 2.4 million people seriously affected. Some say that the victims will still need serious help on into April 2009.
(Click Here to view the conditions in Myanmar.) 
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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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SERVING EL SALVADOR'S POOR
In the small country of El Salvador, 68% of the population lives in poverty. This sad situation provokes the exodus of approximately 720,000 people each year. |
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WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD
A new Mercy Network church is launching in a unique area for compassion ministry: Hollywood. |
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CONFRONTING THE CRUNCH IN CAMBODIA
Have you been feeling the crunch of rising prices at the gas pump and the grocery store? If you answered "yes", most people around the world agree. The rising cost of items like gasoline, cooking oil, and food are having global effects. |
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GETTING INTO GUATEMALA
In Guatemala, over 22% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition*. Over half of the population lives at or below the national poverty line**. That means that every other person we encounter in Guatemala is in need of some sort of help to meet his or her basic needs. |
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MICHIGAN MINISTRY MOUNTS
God is doing amazing things at CHF Midwest. We have been developing a relationship with Urban Family Ministries (UFM) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nearly 12% of the population lives in poverty and our desire is to help them through the compassion of local churches. |
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ONE FOOD PAK BUILDS FIVE RELATIONSHIPS
As we climbed crumbling rock pathways among seemingly endless rows of aluminum and cardboard lean-to shacks, we were astounded by what we saw. Mile after mile of shanty homes were stacked one upon another. A spirit of hopelessness consumed us everywhere we looked. However, we knew the opportunity to see the hand of God at work lay ahead of us, and with that came hope. |
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What is CHF's Privacy Policy?
CHF is very protective of our supporters’ privacy. Please read our Privacy Policy to see how we protect the information you give us.
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How Is CHF Funded?
CHF is mostly funded by individuals who care about the needs of children. Also, corporations, churches and foundations provide us with some of the funds we use to achieve our mission.
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Does CHF help children all over the world?
Yes. We have sent products to trusted ministries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in over 70 countries worldwide. However, we also focus much of our energy and support on specific countries where we have particularly strong relationships with local leadership. We call those locally led groups of ministries “Mercy Networks. We have Mercy Networks in Los Angeles and Chicago as well as in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Perú, Ghana and Uganda.
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How many people work for CHF?
Great question. We have 40 employees, but many of the people who work with us to serve needy children are volunteers. Besides the volunteers who operate within each Mercy Network, thousands of volunteers work with us each year in Chicago and LA to help package and prepare the food and other aid we send to needy children.
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How old is CHF?
CHF was founded in 1991 by our President, Dave Phillips.
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How many children die each day from hunger?
What a sad question with a very sad answer. Most statistics show that nearly 6 Million children will die this year from hunger related causes. Although that number is incredibly intimidating, we know that though we can’t help them all, each one that we do help is given hope for a new tomorrow free from hunger and suffering.
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Does CHF only provide food?
No. Through our corporate relationships we have access to all kinds of useful products for needy children. We distribute food, clothing, toys, medicine, vitamins, blankets, shoes, hygiene items, school supplies and many other products that will help to ease their suffering.
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What does CHF feed suffering children?
Much of the aid we distribute comes from corporations who are donating products they don’t need anymore. Therefore, what we feed children varies. We work hard to procure products that are nutritious and good for children in each situation. Recently we have had access to a very healthy rice casserole meal that is culturally acceptable in most countries and high in nutritional value.
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