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IT Tender Preps 220 Kids For School
(July 6, 2018) We love it when ER partners stretch funds to meet more needs than expected. IT Tender (ITT), which serves the families living in squatter communities and settlements in metro Manila, negotiated hard to turn school funds designed to meet the needs of 164...
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 Attracts Volunteers
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....
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...
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. 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 newsletter. It's a great example of...
School Packs Help 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...
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...