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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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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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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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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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WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD
A new Mercy Network church is launching in a unique area for compassion ministry: Hollywood. |
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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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MERCY IN MICHIGAN
New opportunities are opening to serve a large community of needy families throughout Michigan. |
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AN UNUSUAL GROCERY STORE
How one church works to give dignity while providing for the needy. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MIDWEST MERCY NETWORK
Our Midwest Distribution Center near Chicago reports a fruitful Food Pak program there. |
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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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EARTHQUAKE IN PERU
CHF Mercy Network Mobilizes in Peru
to Alleviate Quake Suffering |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MOTHER LOVE x 10
In our culture, the birth of a 10th child might be met with the amazement and joy of family and friends. In Ghana however, the 10th-born child is considered a curse on his family and village, and according to custom must be killed. |
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COSTA RICAN MERCY NETWORK LEADERS VISIT CHF
Initially, CHF staff set out to encourage the Costa Rican ministry leaders with this visit, but through the heart-warming testimonies of Pastor Carlos and his team we all left encouraged knowing that God is transforming lives in Costa Rica. |
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MERCY STRATEGY
CHF's original Mercy Network in Los Angeles is continually working to improve the systems and strategies used to help children and families in their times of need. |
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WHEN THE EARTH SHAKES, SO DOES A CHILD'S HOPE
In 2007, a terrible earthquake rocked Peru forcing thousands of families out of their homes and into the streets. Through CHF's Mercy Network we were able to begin serving the needs of the victims right away. |
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CAPABLE COSTA RICA
"They really know what they're doing!" These were the words of CHF's Director of Logistics when he reported the status of our first shipment to the brand new Mercy Network in Costa Rica. "This has been the easiest first shipment to a Mercy Network ever!" |
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DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE
Jacob is an old man. He and his wife are past retirement age and could quit working to relax and enjoy their "golden years", but Jacob won't do that. Jacob wants to give 27 orphans the chance to live life the way God intended them to live it. |
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FOOD PAKS ON THE FRONTLINES
If you have been involved with CHF for any length of time, you know about Food Paks. Food Paks are the relationship-building tools that local churches use to meet the needs of the poor. |
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HAVE WHEELS WILL TRAVEL
Peru - An exciting development is getting ready to roll through our Mercy Network in Peru. CHF's Jungle Ride will begin providing "Tuk Tuks" to the Mercy Network pastors and volunteers in June. |
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"THIS PRECIOUS BOX"
As I walked past the soiled curtain that serves as a door, my first impulse was to turn and get out fast. I was told that I would see things in Guatemala that would make me cringe. |
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THE CHURCH AT WORK
CHF comes alongside local churches and equips them with resources to help them meet the needs in their communities. But those resources aren't always products to share with the poor. Often, churches need ways to get their congregations involved in serving the needs of churches beyond their communities and throughout the world.
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THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS JOY
Children's Hunger Fund supplies local ministries with resources to help them connect with the poor and bring joy into their lives. The food and toys they give out are used to build relationships with needy families. |
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COMPASSION INSTITUTE
In July, CHF's Compassion Institute traveled to Guatemala City to train leaders in Compassion Ministry Essentials and Food Pak Strategies. |
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JUNGLE RIDE
CHF's Jungle Ride program gives pastors and leaders in remote villages the means to visit more families, deliver more Food Paks, and offer hope to more children by giving them the mobility to do so. You can help CHF by simply buying a bike. |
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| VOLUNTEER
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Volunteers of all ages come to our warehouse every Wednesday and Saturday to package and prepare the food, toys, and other products that will be distributed to the needy families we serve.
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