ER's Anne Benavidez shares the inspirational story of Madi, whose life has been positively disrupted through ER's Golden Hands life skills program in Metro Manila. Supporters like you make this possible. Madilyn "Madi" Urbano, 41, is a widow and a mother of two kids,...
If you are a fan of Extreme Response, mission trips and outreach to vulnerable people, you need to get to know our staff around the world. One of those people is Johanna Hildago in Quito, Ecuador. Johanna is celebrating five years with ER and was recently appointed as...
Steve and Anne Haag epitomize the concept of using your passions to help others through life skills training. Could God use a pole climber (fiber optics) and a greenhouse worker with prior addiction issues? That's a resounding "yes". Today they are ER staff running...
As a young girl, Mirasol dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. To achieve this dream, she needed skills training. When she was 19, those dreams were dashed when she became pregnant and also lacked the finances to pay for training. She found contentment as a...
Savings Group Allows Elena to Help Her Family By Maryann Dagdag, Unity Savings Group Adviser, Pathway For Hope Staff When the Philippines was hit by coronavirus, millions of Filipinos lost their jobs. This included Elena’s husband and their children. Pandemic policies...
Barber Overcomes COVID Hurdles Through Pay-It-Forward Program Yman was stuck. The 23-year-old was studying and working at a barber shop during COVID and it wasn't going well. He couldn't use public transportation to get to work or school. In fact, the barber shop was...
Fast Stat: Nearly 100+ women and girls have learned livelihood skills by passing the Golden Hands Sewing Training Course and are now able to help their families generate income. Michie arrived at ER’s sewing and pattern-making class fraught with fear. She was shy and...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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