Greetings!This has been a difficult year, and yet there are so many reasons to be grateful. We are especially thankful for you! Your courage and enthusiastic support during a dark time lifted up everyone in our orbit: the children and families we serve, the CRC and Mercy staff members, and all the people united together to care for "the least of these," as Jesus asked us to do. We hope you enjoy this newsletter, and we wish you all a blessed and joyful Thanksgiving!
2nd Annual Rising Tides Conference Fifty people from eight countries engaged in a robust conversation about the best way to care for extremely vulnerable children. We were grateful that three pastors from HCW partner churches joined the discussion about transforming the global ministry of care for orphaned and abandoned children. If you missed it, Vimeo links to the Zoom recordings for the sessions are available for viewing on our website.
When Mercy Hospital's operating suite opened two years ago, Project Cure, through a generous donor, provided a large donation of medical equipment to outfit the new suite. Unfortunately, a surgical table, a very expensive and essential piece of...
CRC parents learn small business and budgeting skills in ...
A group of 18 CRC parents attended a class in the Great Hall to learn how to manage or start a small business, as part of the CRC's microfinance initiative.
CRC cares for four homeless children while preparing...
Four children were brought into the Child Reintegration Centre's Interim Care Home with the assistance of Street Child, which identifies homeless children on the streets of Bo. The CRC will care for the children in the ICH while their families...
Emergency c-sections save the lives of mothers and...
One of Mercy Hospital's primary objectives is to radically improve maternal and infant survival, and the ability to perform emergency surgery is a key provision in achieving the goal.
Join the global giving movement with a personal Facebook fundraiser for Helping Children Worldwide! Go to www.facebook.com/fundraisers, choose HCW as your nonprofit, and share with all your friends. It's that easy! Use your own photo or contact us and we'll send you images to use. Thank you for using your network to change the world!
The Combined Federal Campaign is open! It's easy to direct your workplace giving to support Helping Children Worldwide's mission. Go to cfcgiving.opm.gov/offerings and search for Helping Children Worldwide, or enter our CFC number: 44370.
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Would you be an advocate for vulnerable children and families?
Join a committed network of people who want to change the future for vulnerable children and families by advocating for the Child Reintegration Centre and Mercy Hospital as 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 contact Mohamed "Nabs" Nabieu at
It's not too late to share the joy of the season with vulnerable children and youth in Sierra Leone. All the children and youth enrolled in a CRC program are invited to a festive lunch and Nativity play. Everyone gets a small gift to take home and share with their families. Donate by clicking on the button below.
