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HAPPENINGS
THAILAND: A widow is finding sustainable income after you provided the equipment and supplies she needed to grow vegetables on her own farm.
MEXICO: Thanks to your support, displaced families in Mexican shelters are learning safe hygiene habits through our WASH program.
INDIA: Nirma smiles today because her jaw issue was repaired through our Life-Changing Surgeries program—and friends like you.
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COSTA RICA: Because of you, children in Palmera, Costa Rica, will soon have access to water through a rainwater harvesting system installed at their school.
VIRGINIA: Thanks to your help, Operation Blessing is providing food for hungry Americans through Kingdom Investing Outreach Center in Virginia.
UGANDA: You help give mothers training on how to start their own businesses so they can support their children.
Riquelme’s son proudly displays this symbolic key to his new home.
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Riquelme used to wake up with no idea how he’d provide for his six young kids that day. He would do anything— work anywhere—to put food on the table, but sometimes it just wasn’t enough. He desperately needed support from caring people like you.
“One day I left at 6:00 a.m. to look for any job to bring food for my kids, and I came back at 6:00 p.m. with nothing.” Despair was a constant companion for this single father, but he didn’t quit. He couldn’t. No one would provide for his children if he wasn’t there, because their mother had abandoned them.
Unfortunately, getting food was only one of this family’s problems. Riquelme