Greetings! We are excited to welcome 2021 with all the possibilities it holds! Please join us February 10 for our first event of the year, 2021 HCW Vision Night, to hear about our plans for the coming year and how you can get involved. From all of us at Helping Children Worldwide, may God bless you now and throughout the coming year!

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here." 2 Corinthians 5:17
2021 HCW VISION NIGHT
Join us Wednesday, February 10 at 6:30 PM ET for Helping Children Worldwide's 2021 Vision Night!  We want to thank YOU for your support with a fun night of fellowship and Trivia, share how HCW and our Partners were affected in 2020, and our vision for the coming year, "Champions of Change." Enjoy a time of fellowship and learn how you can engage in:
  • Global Advocacy
  • Medical Missions
  • Family Empowerment
  • Mission Deployment
The event will include a rousing game of Trivia and raffle prizes. Please RSVP below. Questions? Contact Heather for more information.
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS IN SIERRA LEONE
CRC holds joyful Christmas party for all the kids
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, the Child Reintegration Centre held a wonderful, joy-filled Christmas party for all the children and youth enrolled in a CRC program. The kids ate a delicious lunch, sang Christmas songs, held a Nativity pageant, danced, socialized, and received a special take-home gift which included a solar lantern. Enjoy the video below and read more about the party.
Brave two year old guides her pregnant mother to Mercy...

Fatmata is a very brave little two year old who helps her blind parents navigate the streets of Bo. When her pregnant mother went into labor, Fatmata guided her to Mercy Hospital to give birth.

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CRC students recognized for exceptional academic success

Fifty-four Child Reintegration Centre students were awarded special honors for doing extremely well in their academic work for the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Emergency surgery rescues baby in transverse lie

A transverse fetal position is rare, occurring in approximately one out of 300 deliveries. For women without access to a hospital delivery, a baby in the transverse position (lying sideways, instead of head down) is likely to be stillborn.

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ICYMI: Read HCW's latest magazine
We hope you enjoy reading these stories in our latest magazine:
  • CRC alumnus Abdulai Sumaila's powerful story
  • Allen and Patty Morell's memoir of life at the CRC during Ebola
  • UMaine's Attachment Theory workshop that is strengthening vulnerable families in Sierra Leone
If you would like us to mail you a copy of the magazine, please email us and provide your mailing address (US addresses only, please.)
MORE WAYS TO SUPPORT HCW'S MISSION
Support HCW by making us your designated AmazonSmile charity. You shop, Amazon donates! Click here to make HCW your AmazonSmile charity.
Is God calling you to be an advocate for vulnerable children and families in Sierra Leone?
Join a committed network of people who want to change the future for vulnerable children and families by becoming a partner church representative. We are always welcoming new partner churches and organizations to join our shared mission - maybe God is calling you! To find out how you or your church can get more involved, please call Mohamed "Nabs" Nabieu at 703-793-9521, ext 104 or email
Learn how the Child Reintegration Centre is helping families become stable and self-sufficient:
Take courage!
But you, God, see
the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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