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Together, Let’s Build Pathways to Hope
“Based upon the success with our current kids, we feel led to open three new Dream Centers in the next 24 months.” — Jerry Carnill Have you ever experienced life-giving hope? If you are like me, you have spent nights wrestling with despair. Something happened or...
School Supplies, Uniforms Boost Quito Kids
Imagine being "that kid" who shows up hungry for school every day and barely keeps up with your classmates. When your school says you have to buy your own uniform and supplies to stay enrolled, you learn a harsh reality...your family cannot afford these items. So you...
Food Shipment Arrives in Haiti!
If you've been following the unrest in Haiti, you know that shortages of food, water and fuel are creating frightening conditions throughout the country. ER's two partners in Haiti, Lemuel Ministries and House Of Hope (HOH), continue to bravely minister to their...
Volunteers Experience Life Impact in Ecuador
Every short-term team has a unique experience based on the country, culture and timing of its trip. This bit of serendipity is one of the reasons why joining a team is so rewarding. Team members think they are traveling with a specific agenda to help others, but often...
Serve in South Africa, Ecuador, Philippines
Are you interested in serving overseas? Do you love children? Do you seek a life-changing, cross-cultural experience? If yes, then check out ER's Mobilization Program! We operate programs for vulnerable kids and women in Ecuador, South Africa and the Philippines....
Meet The Overcomers
By Jerry Carnill, President & CEO (June 28, 2019 Update) Thank you to all the donors who have given to the Overcomers campaign thus far. We greatly appreciate your support. Please know the women and kids enrolled in our programs appreciate it as well. Despite some...
ER Canada Bikers Roll for Vulnerable People
Extreme Response Canada's third annual bike ride attracted some passionate cyclists who participated in the June 22 event. Cycling 2 Change Lives is a bike ride designed specifically to raise funds for people living in extreme, often life-threatening conditions around...
Venezuelan, Colombian Refugees Overcome
Like you, we have deep compassion for the people of Venezuela and Colombia who have left the country in order to survive. These desperate refugees are scattering throughout South America. Thousands of hurting and hungry people are streaming through Quito, Ecuador,...
Am I Beautiful?
By Walt Walkowski, ER Global Impact Coordinator Last month while in Manila to help Ravenna Baptist Church sponsor a youth sports camp, I was approached by one of the girls who asked me something in Tagalog (Filipino language). A co-worker interpreted. The girl asked,...
Overcomers: Girls Learn Life Skills
Last month 11 at-risk girls learned basic sewing at the second Golden Hands Sewing Camp near Manila. The camp provides the girls with life and job skills to help propel them forward. All the girls had to learn to cut patterns and sew, and then make a reversible bag....
Dream Centre Expansion Helps Kids Thrive
(May 24, 2019) Do you have compassion for children who are at risk of dropping out of school? If so, then we have great news! ER is expanding our Dream Centre near Cape Town, South Africa. Thanks to generous donors, we were able to add a new campus to serve the older...
Nepal Summit Inspires Leaders
Question: When a young organization is helping vulnerable people in distant, sometimes remote parts of the world, how do you make sure the work is sustainable? This is a real-life challenge faced by ER partner Xulon Project of Pokhara, Nepal and others in the region....
Manila Trauma Training Benefits the Vulnerable
By Walt Walkowski, ER Global Impact Coordinator (May 23, 2019) How do you help a child learn when that child is dealing with the trauma of being abandoned by his parents? How do you help a woman with livelihood training when she is struggling with homelessness? Sadly,...
Homebuilders Reunite with Quito Family
Four years ago, volunteers from Bridge Church, Easton, PA, traveled to Quito, Ecuador to help build a home for a family who gleans its existence from the trash at the Quito Dump. After many hours of work, the home was completed and one family of recyclers had a new...
ER Heroes Focused Lives on Helping Others
Celebrating ‘Aunty’ Pam By Amy Townsend, Co-Director, South Africa Dream Centre (July 19, 2019) ER’s Amy Townsend shares a heart-felt tribute to Pam Keightley, AKA “Aunty Pam” to thousands of children she poured into at God’s Little Lighthouse (GLL). Pam died in her...
A Rebel with a Future
Emily chose to stay. She chose to re-engage. She chose to accept the opportunities before her. She chose a future and she is thriving! By Robyn Wallace, Quito Dump Program (April 30, 2019) "Emily" made some big decisions recently. Emily first attended the Quito School...
Victor Overcomes Chaos, Aces Exams
By Alyssa Carrel At the end of the first term of the school year, Victor* was failing math. He has continually struggled in school. When Victor was in first grade, his mother lost her leg in a train accident. Victor’s grandparents have been raising him and his sister....
What’s Cooking in Manila?
By John Coffey, IT Tender Team Leader (April 26, 2019) School is out for the summer in Manila, but the children are still hungry to learn. During the months of April and May, the learning continues at IT Tender with our summer projects and events. The temperature...
It’s Harvest Time in South Africa
Following is an excerpt from ER partner Living Hope's latest eNewsletter. Here, John Thomas shares how teaching farming is helping vulnerable people learn a trade, gain confidence, build relationships and become sustainable. By John Thomas, Executive Director, Living...
Gone Green: ER Shifts to Paperless Receipts
Starting in January, Extreme Response has shifted to electronic receipts. This is great news on multiple fronts. First, we'll save at least $10,000 in costs of paper, printing, stuffing and mailing. Second, this shift frees up valuable staff time to pour into...
MCH Kids Embark on Right of Passage
Remember your teen years? If you're like most people, you worked really hard to figure out who you were and where you were headed - all while filled with teenage angst and confusion. Now add to that mix that you live in a children's home because of abandonment, abuse,...
Overcoming Evil in South Africa
By Alyssa Carrell There is an atmosphere of evil when you enter Beaufort West, South Africa. This city of 45,000 is plagued by human trafficking. According to Justice International: *600,000 women and children are sex trafficked every year in Africa. *80% of their...
How One School is Helping Rebirth A Community
After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck coastal Ecuador in April 2016, Mariana López experienced a momentary loss of hope. The beloved Faith & Hope School building that was providing vital help to the kids in Pedernales was in ruins. The thought struck her that...
First Living Room Furniture Delivered!
Story update: Fast forward less than one year, and the guys in the Quito Dump Community Men's program are producing some stellar furniture. Check out this set below. Notice the recycled pallet wood. How awesome is this? ER's Pete Emery shares: "We delivered our first...
It’s Time to Join a Christmas Team
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications (Feb. 4, 2018) So you've survived winter and are looking for something exciting to do this year. You've thought about planning a vacation, but the idea of another beach trip leaves you empty. Fortunately for you, we've got the perfect...
