Our President, Trace Thurlby, recently landed in Beirut and has shared a field update:
The damage exceeded the casualties. When driving the streets of Beirut last night, I could not believe that more people weren’t killed in last week’s explosion. […]
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This explosion happened at the port of Lebanon in Beirut. Hundreds died and thousands are wounded. What you might not glean from reporting is that the country’s main grain storage silos, storing 85% of the country’s grain, were destroyed.
Lebanon as a […]
One request, two states and the Church network worked together to help reunify one six-year-old girl with her father.
Request #46532 came in from California for a bed, bedding and a dresser for six-year-old Tiana who had been in foster […]
Six out of twelve. That’s how many of the countries we serve in are on the list of countries with anticipated global food shortages due to COVID-19*.
Pre-pandemic, there were already 820 million chronically food-insecure people around the world. By year-end, 265 […]
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has disrupted lives across the nation. As we try to recover even a semblance of pre-virus normalcy, there’s one group of people who are easy to overlook in the midst of the chaos — the […]
One agency’s first CarePortal request had two churches clamoring for the opportunity to respond. CarePortal in Montgomery County, Ohio recently started enrolling additional requesting agencies outside of Children Services to be able to provide a wider net of care […]
Hyderabad, India is one of the most densely populated cities on earth, yet, the principles of agriculture still apply. Our lead church partner in GO India, Bethel Gospel Church, has been practicing urban farming using their balcony and rooftop […]
Our partners in Tyre, Lebanon have found innovative ways to continue to care for vulnerable children and families, despite the current state of the world making it challenging. Their community is struggling with curfews and grocery runs – just […]
For years, mathematicians, engineers and even philosophers have discussed and debated the idea that a butterfly flapping its wings in the United States can create a hurricane in China. Given enough time, the theory goes, seemingly small events can […]
Sometimes all it takes is the promise of a bed to keep families together. Below is a beautiful, goosebump raising testimonial from Renae Denbow, Greater Cincinnati Ambassador for CarePortal, of how this very promise kept a single dad and […]