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Family is the Joy of Life
By Dawn Carnill, Director of Christmas Outreach In the following story, Dawn Carnill gives you a front-row seat to the journey of a young Filipino enduring cancer and how he radiates hope despite his circumstances. It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! Time...
Nutrition Fruition
A nutrition project months in the making came to fruition on Nov. 17 in San Clemente, CA. ER staff members have been working with two like-minded organizations on a big project - providing nutritious meals for vulnerable people in Malawi. ER's Russ Cline shares: "Last...
ER Achieves GoldSeal Status with GuideStar
We're pleased to announce Extreme Response International has reached GuideStar's GoldSeal of Transparency in 2019. This achievement helps demonstrate our desire for accuracy and accountability in all that we do. Whether you are making your first gift to Extreme...
Family Evicted from the Sidewalk
While ER helps hundreds of vulnerable women annually, we focus our blogs on just a few so readers can follow their journeys. The following story updates Gina's journey, which we introduced in fall 2017. By Anne Benavidez, ER Asia (Oct. 19, 2018) Gina Tublag was one...
Celebrating the Bishops
When Mike and Carol Bishop left for language school in 1984, they had no idea what their lives would look like once they landed in Ecuador. They just knew they wanted to help people. Fast forward to today and they are now enjoying 34 years of memories collected while...
Quito Conference Inspires Teachers
Extreme 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...
Find Your Life-Changing Experience With ER
By 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...
Aiysha Overcomes a Broken Family
By Alyssa Carrel, ER Staff Writer Life is often tragedy. We struggle and fight to claw our way out of the sadness that wants nothing more than to pull us back down. Tragedy can be intoxicating, telling us we were never anything special and now that we’ve suffered, we...
Nutrition is Helping Kids Fight Cancer
Imagine learning that your child has cancer and needs treatment at a hospital in a distant city, but you have no resources because you are poor. Out of love for your child, you travel from your home anyway and hope for the best. Many families in the Philippines face...
Brunsch Bunch on Epic Journey in Haiti
By 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...
Directors Inspire, Challenge Extreme Response
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications 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...
Trafficking Awareness: Healing the Scars
While completing her time helping trafficking victims at a home for girls in the Dominican Republic, Jessica wrote this heart-felt blog that demonstrates the impact such abuse has on women. Through It All By Jessica Sanders, ER Orphans & Vulnerable Children...
JT’s Breakthrough: 100 Books Read
By 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...
Elegant Fashions Helping Trafficked Girls
Many people are angry at the injustice of human trafficking. Katie Martinez is doing something awesome in response. By Tim Fausch, ER Communications As a farm girl in Iowa, Katie Martinez didn't set out to help human trafficking victims. Inspired to pursue fashion by...
Filipino Family Rallies Around Pig Business
The Algang Nanay piggery project run by ER partner Batang Matinik continues to produce inspiring stories of changed lives in Quezon City, Philippines. Originally launched to help women generate income by raising pigs (see below), Algang Nanay (Mother’s Care) has...
From Diaper Duty to Company President
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications "'The secret to living is giving'. That concept has really impacted my heart." - David Brackett While in his early twenties, David Brackett traveled thousands of miles to change the diapers of infants and work in the Quito Dump...
Tell Us How You Want Your ER Information…
So many ways to communicate...so little time. We're trying to connect with you using your favorite platform, whatever that is. Help us understand! We want our communications to be fun and engaging, but on which platforms? We have inspiring life-change stories...
ER Volunteer Invents ‘The Shoe That Grows’
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications After graduating from college, Kenton Lee thought he might become a missionary. He wanted to help people, especially kids, and set out on a journey to discover his life course. Having grown up in the small town of Nampa, Idaho, Kenton,...
Listening Ears Lead to Joy for Jandry
By Robbie Murdoch, Quito Dump Program From the beginning, we struggled with Jandry in our Quito After-School Program. If he did something to get into trouble, he would often compound the problem with rather explosive behavior. He used to shout over any teacher who...
ER Volunteer Scores Awesome Grant
Mikayla Bridges is going to have an exciting summer in South Africa thanks largely to a grant from Clemson University. The Clemson student was awarded a $3,000 Educational Enrichment Travel Grant in order to serve at ER's Dream Centre located near CapeTown. The grant...
Malnourished Mel Overcomes the Odds
By John and Gela Basiwa, Manila Children's Home When Mel* was rescued from the streets at age nine, he was underweight and had severe health issues. Having spent years on the street with his family, he was diagnosed with primary complex disease, a precursor to...
Caro: Growing Up in the Dump Community
Written By Dawn Carnill Caro was born just days after our daycare center opened in the Quito garbage dump. Her mother had been working there since she was a child herself– gleaning things she could use and mining for recyclables to sell. Caro’s two older sisters spent...
Helping School Kids Blossom In Ecuador
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications Filled with joy, the young boy ran out of the classroom, down the stairs and found his father in the school courtyard. He held the bag up high like a boy showing off a trophy or a new video game. During the next hour, he clutched the...
Xulon Project Responds To Extreme Needs in Nepal
Pokhara, Nepal - Xulon Project equips individuals and groups to show love to their community and see lives transformed with purpose and hope for the future. This includes hosting youth camps and providing relief for earthquake victims. Impact Snapshot: "After the 2015...
Fanning the Flame
By Dawn Carnill Mrs. Zione Maloni is a widowed mother of eight from a small village in Malawi. She’s also a beneficiary of the Kindle Orphan Outreach Kolezani program. Kolezani means “kindle a fire” and comes from the idea of fanning a small spark into a brightly...
