EVERY PURCHASE YOU MAKE HAS AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD. PURCHASES BASED ON FAIR TRADE CREATE DEMAND FOR A FAIRER WORLD BY SHOWING YOU VALUE NOT JUST THE PRODUCT, BUT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT!
Never refuse any who ask for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.
Here are some links to our favorite sites....
GLOBAL MISSION PARTNERSHIPS Interested in joining or leading a mission trip? You can do it, and GLOBAL MISSION PARTNERSHIPS can help get you started!
AID TO ARTISANS
Aid to Artisans (ATA), an international nonprofit organization, is a recognized leader of economic development for the craft industry. By linking artisans to new markets and buyers to culturally meaningful and innovative products, ATA provides needed economic opportunities to artisans while preserving the beauty of global handmade crafts.
AID TO ARTISANS IS THE GROUP THAT HELPED US GET JOSEPH AND THE FATRINE SOAPSTONE GROUP BACK TO WORK AFTER THE POST ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA!!
GIFTS OF LIFE CHARITIES
Bringing Hope to a village in Kisii, Kenya. Building a small medical clinic~ Educating women and orphans to help break the poverty cycle.
SAVE DARFUR
For updated info on the genocide in the Sudan.. Darfur.... you can find all the info you need, what's happening, what you can do to help, etc. The best place to get the current news.
SIGNS AND WONDERS TODAY~M.O.J.-72 PHOTOGRAPHY
THIS IS THE SITE OF MY LOCAL FRIEND.. WHO IS WORKING FOR GOD, HERE IN THE MOUNT WASHINGTON VALLEY, CONWAY, NH. SHE TAKES THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTURES, MOSTLY FROM HER HOME. TAKE A PEEK AT THE AMAZING BEAUTY SHE CAPTURES!
ANITA IN AFRICA
THIS IS MY DEAR FRIEND ANITA~PHENOMENAL WOMAN~MISSIONARY~MINISTER, WORKING FOR GOD IN AFRICA........
"The summer of 2006 I traveled across Africa reaching Ghana, Rwanda and Zambia. My eyes were opened to the extreme poverty, hunger, sickness, devastation and hopelessness of a nation. At the same time I witnessed the endless beauty of a continent called Africa, her land, her oceans, her plant and wildlife, and most importantly the beauty of her people. Their smiles shined brighter than the sun through all their despair and gave hope to my heart that there must be some way I can help to make a difference in their lives."
While I was in Rwanda I traveled high into the mountains with a mission’s organization. We reached villages where few outsiders had ever been. While I was there I had met a boy that changed my life forever. I don’t know his name and will probably not have another chance to find out. But I will never forget him and his story for the rest of my life... TO READ MORE GO TO HER SITE!
IMMACULEE
THIS IS THE WOMAN THAT WROTE THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE... IMMACULEE ILIBAGIZA. HER BOOK, LEFT TO TELL, DISCOVERING GOD AMIDST THE RWANDAN HOLOCUAST,... IS WHAT STARTED ME ON THE PATH I AM ON. SHE HAS SINCE WRITTEN A COUPLE OTHER PHENOMENAL, SPIRITUAL BOOKS. LOOKING FOR A CHANGE? PICK UP HER BOOKS.
About Immaculée~
Immaculée Ilibagiza is a living example of faith put into action. Immaculée's life was transformed dramatically during the 1994 Rwandan genocide where she and seven other women spent 91 days huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor's house. Immaculée entered the bathroom a vibrant, 115-pound university student with a loving family - she emerged weighing just 65 pounds to find her entire family had been brutally murdered (with the exception of one brother who had been studying out of the country).
THE PERFECT SCHOOL PROJECT
THIS IS ONE OF MY "BESTEST" LOCAL FRIENDS~MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. KATIE WENT TO CLIMB MOUNT KILIMANJARO IN TANZANIA, AND IT CHANGED HER LIFE! WHEN SHE MET FILBERT.. AND SAW THE NEED FOR THIS SCHOOL, SHE HAS MADE IT HER MISSION TO HELP!
The Perfect School Project was created to support the efforts of local people trying to raise their communities through higher education in rural Tanzania. The project organizes fundraising initiatives such as races, benefits at local eateries, and slide shows to raise money for specific structural or educational projects. We also work to promote cultural awareness in the United States through school presentations and outreach initiatives. If you have any questions or would like to know more about the Perfect School Project just send an e mail to perfectschoolproject@gmail.com
