Urgent: Now Just 37 Kids Need School Supplies
September 18, 2019Thanks to your generosity, our fall School Packs Drive at 56% of goal! So far donors have gifted 48 of the 85 School Packs needed to provide customized school supplies, backpacks and uniforms for the vulnerable kids who attend ER programs in Ecuador, South Africa and the Philippines. Some of the first recipients are the […]
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Meet The Overcomers
June 27, 2019By 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 generous gifts, we’re well short of our goals for funding our […]
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Victor Overcomes Chaos, Aces Exams
June 27, 2019By Alyssa Carrel, ER Staff Writer 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. During the chaos of […]
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Dream Centre Expansion Helps Kids Thrive
May 24, 2019(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 kids enrolled in our […]
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A Rebel with a Future
May 1, 2019Emily 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 After-School Support Program as an eight-year-old in 2013. We’ve watched […]
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Quito Conference Inspires Teachers
July 23, 2018Extreme Response is committed to providing educational support to children and adults who come from the struggling communities where we serve. In Quito, Ecuador ER staff identified a critical need to strengthen the teaching skills of our partners who engage with high-risk kids. We launched our first Teaching Conference to meet this need. By Robyn […]
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Find Your Life-Changing Experience With ER
July 18, 2018By Tim Fausch, ER Communications So you’ve heard about short-term volunteering overseas and you’re intrigued. But, you wonder, where in the world should you go and how can you make a real impact? Fortunately for you, we have the solution to your dilemma – connect with Extreme Response in the Philippines, Ecuador or South Africa. Our […]
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Brunsch Bunch on Epic Journey in Haiti
February 20, 2018By Tim Fausch, ER Communications It sounded like fun. A friend was assembling a team of volunteers to “go somewhere in Haiti to help” following the devastating earthquake that rocked the country in 2010? Would he join the team? Brad Brunsch not only accepted that invitation, but went on nine more trips to Haiti over […]
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Directors Inspire, Challenge Extreme Response
January 31, 2018By Tim Fausch, ER Communications (Jan 31, 2018) Last month, Extreme Response updated our board profiles. In doing so, we realized how important our board has become to ER’s continued growth and impact. We are blessed with creative, talented, compassionate and dedicated board members. The board keeps ER leadership accountable, offers strategic input and challenges […]
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JT’s Breakthrough: 100 Books Read
November 15, 2017By Amy Townsend, South Africa Dream Centre Amy and Ron Townsend oversee ER Africa’s South Africa Dream Center (DC). Here, Amy shares this heartfelt update about JT, a young student who attends our after-school program. At the beginning of this school year, he was going into grade 2 and didn’t recognize the alphabet. He couldn’t write […]
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