For the past 3 days there have been mass looting, rioting and burning of buildings in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal. …
Archives for July 2021
Dear Team: Something I Can Never Unsee
There are some things that once you see, you can never again…not see. The more dramatic or horrific, the more indelible the impression it makes on you. Last week gave me one of those things that I just can’t stop seeing. …
Our Partners Respond to the Crisis in India with Your Support
As the lockdowns in India lifted slightly over the last two weeks, ITMI partners, Paul and Molly, have
Schools Close in Zambia
As of mid-July, all schools remain closed. Find out what that means for our partners at Excellence Christian Academy and Spring of Love.
She Lived Her Whole Life in Juba, South Sudan. Now She’s Going to India.
ITMI’s Vicky Waraka doesn’t have any biological children of her own. But in South Sudan, there are so many children in need of homes, that she has taken in children in need.
Update from Gary Howell: Your Prayer and Support Have Meant So Much!
On Tuesday, May 25, the doctors of ITMI’s Gary Howell confirmed that he did indeed have a cancerous tumor. …
Donors Stand Between Orphans and Winter
Praise the Lord, this month a donor added $1000USD to the $5000 USD that we shared had already been given last month! …
Newsbites: Schools Close in Zambia, Gary Says, “Thank You!” and Casa Dorca Firewood Update
These articles were originally published in the August 2021 edition of ITMI Monthly.
Hungry Six-Year-Old Sells Scavenged Cell Phone Cases, Hoping to Eat Breakfast
His red checked uniform shirt with blue stripes caught the eye of ITMI’s Taru Kumar as she walked one of the narrow alleys of the slum in Bangalore. It was the shirt all her students wear to attend her school, Deepam primary school.
The six-year-old and his even smaller brother stood behind a low metal pedestal where six very old and rather battered-looking cellular phone cases were laid out.
Meet Bread of Life’s Bigboy, Siphiwe and Faith Ndebele of Ndeble’s Grannies
I am Faith Tehillah Ndebele. I am Zimbabwean. I grew up there, and I came to Poland to study…