A Letter From Our Founder
As we begin 2024
I look back. It’s been quite a challenging year, both in Congo and at our 2 Ishara Houses. In May this year a massive mudslide virtually covered 2 small nearby villages and 4,000 people perished. Many children were left orphaned and because of this tragedy we took in some of the neediest of these children.
We now have a total of 62 children and to be honest, we are struggling a bit to take care of them all.
Violence in eastern Congo has also worsened in the past few months.
Hundreds of desperate refugees fleeing this have landed on the outskirts of Minova where our main Ishara House is. Many of them knock on our door asking for assistance. And now a huge cholera outbreak has spread to our children with 4 of them extremely sick in the hospital last week.
Luckily they have recovered and are home now.
With the upcoming Congolese Presidential elections looming, we stay focused and hopeful more than ever that peace and prosperity will come to Congo.
Our efforts to help are not in vain, especially when we see joy on the faces of our children :)Your donations truly make an enormous difference in their lives.
In gratitude, Clare Campbell
Here I share with you all a beautiful video of our children celebrating the New Year, adorable and resplendent in their new outfits and VERY enthusiastically singing a song of gratitude before enjoying a special feast.
Incredible thanks to Herman Chirihambali and his dear wife (in front in the video) Marie Claire Buhoro who facilitated this and so much more on a daily ongoing basis. Miracle workers, truly.
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Spring 2021
A Time For Growing
So much is growing at Ishara House. The children themselves are growing, but so have their numbers as new orphans find refuge. The building itself is being expanded, and for the first time, there’s a real car for transportation. Most exciting of all, gardens are being planted as our youngsters take an active role in learning to grow their own food. Enjoy more stories and photos in our Spring Newsletter.
Winter 2021
This newsletter is for you, our dear supporters. It has been a good year for our orphanages and we're excited to share the details with you…