“The generosity and faith you see on the part of people in distress is amazing,” Ridout said. “I was in a camp where a man was running from danger in…
Read More Political, ethnic complexities slow progress for mineral-rich Congo
Published April 6th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
Published March 27th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
St. Louis undoubtedly will be one of the centers of that enthusiasm with the Missouri Tigers having advanced to the West Region finals Thursday night. For the Episcopalians for Global…
Read More ’March Gladness’: Episcopal charity uses Final Four to raise money towards UN goals
Published March 23rd, 2009 by Peter Elliott
Wondering and worrying how and when it will end is an exercise anyone can take part in, and they can get plenty of assistance just by turning on the news.…
Read More Food banks across the country fight to keep up with skyrocketing demand
Published March 23rd, 2009 by wpengine
“We always try to do the best with the resources we have,” Diane Paige-Blondet said. Paige-Blondet is the executive director of My Sister’s Place, a shelter in Hartford. When asked…
Read More Despite top ranking, Connecticut still wrestles with increasing number of homeless
Published March 23rd, 2009 by Peter Elliott
It’s a world familiar to Christian aid organizations where the challenges at times can be as vast as the population of approximately 1.2 billion people. HIV/AIDS “The success of the…
Read More ’Slumdog’ only scratches surface of India’s challenges
Published March 19th, 2009 by wpengine
The Colorado Springs-based Christian aid organization raised $3.1 million on March 11, naming it Global Food Crisis Awareness Day. More than 27,000 listeners to Christian radio stations across the nation…
Published March 12th, 2009 by wpengine
The administration proposes capping the tax rate for itemized deductions at $28,000 for families that make $250,000 or more. The budget suggests the additional tax revenues would be applied to…
Read More Proposed tax changes raise concern for charitable organizations
Published March 11th, 2009 by wpengine
On March 1, 2008, Caffey’s life was shattered when his wife and two sons were murdered in his Emory, Texas home. Caffey himself was shot repeatedly and narrowly survived by…
Read More Man who lost wife, 2 sons finds support, skepticism in chat room
Published March 10th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
One in 50 American children is homeless according to the Massachusetts-based National Center on Family Homelessness. The authors of the study emphasize at the outset that the numbers come primarily…
Published March 9th, 2009 by Peter Elliott
Based on the results nearly a year later, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. Sears launched the “One Body of Christ Experiment (all Christians of Facebook)” group…
Read More Social Experiment: Christian Group Gains Large Following on Facebook
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