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Meet The Overcomers
We'd like to introduce you to three people who are working to escape generational poverty and oppression. We call them “The Overcomers”. They have the spirit, drive and perseverance to overcome huge obstacles – but they need love and support to get there. You’ll see...
ER Canada Rolls 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 their countries in order to survive. These desperate refugees are scattering throughout South America. Thousands of hurting and hungry people are streaming through Quito, Ecuador,...
Camps Inspire Manila Kids
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 Manila kids who asked me something in Tagalog (Filipino language). A co-worker...
Leadership Development Inspires
Nepal Summit Inspires Leaders Question: When a young organization is helping vulnerable people in remote parts of the world, how do you make sure the work is sustainable? This is a real-life leadership development challenge faced by ER partner Xulon Project of...
Trauma Training Benefits the Vulnerable
By Walt Walkowski, ER Global Impact Coordinator Sadly, abandonment, abuse, hunger, thirst, shelter, deaths, typhoons, fires, flooding, earthquakes and disease are prominent traumas faced by the vulnerable people of the Philippines. Because ER and our partners operate...
Short-Term Team Impacts Community
Four years ago, a short-term team 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...
IT Tender Preps Kids for Life
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...
Living Hope Thrives in South Africa
By John Thomas, Executive Director, Living Hope Trust (April 16, 2019) The Harvest Training Initiative program offered by Living Hope trains students in agriculture, business and missions. It is the combination of these three subjects which enables students to be...
School Helps 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 Men's Program at the Quito Dump 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...
Seven Reasons to Join a Christmas Team
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 solution: Join an Extreme Response Christmas...
Nutrition Fruition
A nutrition project months in the making came to fruition on 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...
Livelihood Skills Help Homeless Family
While ER helps hundreds of vulnerable women annually by providing livelihood skills, we focus our newsfeed on just a few so readers can learn their stories. The following story updates Gina's journey, which we introduced in fall 2017. By Anne Benavidez, ER Asia (Oct....
Find Your Life-Changing Volunteering Experience
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...
Seed Of Love Fights For Cancer Families
https://youtu.be/eO6GaaMyNjk (April 15, 2018) We love getting updates from ER partner Seed Of Love. Junie Antinero, his staff and volunteers go the extra mile to make kids with cancer feel special, despite their challenging circumstances Seed Of Love provides an...
Directors Inspire, Challenge Extreme Response
ER is blessed with a creative, talented, compassionate and dedicated board of directors. The board keeps ER leadership accountable, offers strategic input and challenges us to think bigger. The ER Board meets twice annually in person, plus engages via committees,...
Raising Human Trafficking Awareness
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 first contact with a...
Elegant Fashions Fights Human Trafficking
Many people are angry at the injustice of human trafficking. By launching Elegant Fashions, 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....
Batang Matinik Promotes Piggeries
ER partner Batang Matinik runs the Algang Nanay piggery project to produce inspiring outcomes 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 helped turn one...
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 by serving as an ER volunteer. Having grown up in the small...
Finding the Right Path to Success
Path Project is a long-time ER partner headquartered in Snellville, GA. The organization operates after-school programs in several mobile home parks in Georgia and Tennessee. Co-founder Melinda Hollandsworth shared the story of Sophia in Path Project's most recent...
Buen Pastor Helps School Kids Blossom
By Tim Fausch, ER Communications It was not just another day at the Buen Pastor Inglesia elementary school. A young boy ran out of the classroom filled with joy, headed down the stairs and found his father in the school courtyard. He held the bag up high like a boy...
Kindle Orphan Outreach Fans the Flames
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...
African Hope Trust Fills Kids’ Need for Love
Alyssa Carrel recently returned from a brief stint as a volunteer with ER partner African Hope Trust. Here she details its work with vulnerable children and its plans to build a new safe house. My time at African Hope Trust (AHT) was brief, but oh how refreshing. I...
