Pastor Josiah reports that God remembered Kenya

Pastor Josiah from Nairobi Kenya recently sent word that the drought in Kenya that left many people and animals dying from thirst is now over. The long awaited rains came this week!!

Bucks for blankets

Pastor Davidson reports that he needs funds for blankets in the Mt Elgon area.
There is a family of newly orphaned children. Their mother recently died of
starvation and the children are now under the care of elderly grandparents.
A gift of any size will help supply blankets for these children. Any extra will go
to buy food for this family.

Malaria menace

Malaria is such a menace to the people we care for in Kenya and Sudan. Pastor John's wife and child were afflicted this past week. Pastor Davidson's wife was recently very ill with malaria.
Most of the time the adults survive, but not the case of children under age 5. In Africa a child
under 5 years of age dies every 30 seconds. (stats from WHO) Please pray for God to intervene
for the ones who are ill and for the malaria problem in general. The people can receive injections, but it is not free. An African pastor asked me, "How can something so small like a mosquito take such a big man down?" Only God can bring the solution to this violent attacker.

School Fees

Our greatest challenge for the Sudanese children living in Kenya is the school fees.
Some of the students are in grade school, but several are high school students doing
very well in their studies. In Kenya, students attend school by the quarter; 3 months
on and 1 month off. The fees are due Sept 1st, Jan 1st and May 1st. The average
cost per month is $700 USD. That is only $7.77 USD per child per month. The challenge
comes when you mulitply that by 90 children. Please help in any way you can. Some of
the high school students are reviewing for quarter exams and as it stands right now...
they are at home waiting for God to make the way.

Kenya is really suffering!

Check out this news article concerning the plight of the people in Africa.
Kenya is really suffering right now. Go to this site and read

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090825/ap on re at/af kenya climate change

Pastor Thomas was having his church services under a tent set up and taken down every week.
When the rainy seasons come, the church cannot meet. Too muddy and wet.
Nearby a new timber structure is being built. For $40.00 per month, the congregation (including many children) can meet in a room with no rainouts. The church is growing out of the twelve benches we bought for them initially. About 12 more are needed. Each bench is about $20 to make. If you would like to help with this project, just go to the giving page. Thanks for caring about the children of Africa.

New updates

Pastor John made another trip to Sudan thinking that something terrrible happened.
Much to his surprise, the commissioner of his district presented him with a vehicle.
It is a small Suzuki, but a very good car. It uses small amounts of fuel but needs shocks
and tires. Some funds have come in for the car, but more is needed.

Pastor John returned from Sudan

Pastor John recently went to Sudan to help with the problems of the NGO's being ousted from Sudan. The NGO's supply the food to most of the people of Southern Sudan. John reported that it was very dangerous there. He could not bring any more children with him from the Maar village. After he was home about a week the malaria set in. We were able to send some funds for him to get treatment at the hospital in Kitale. The Sudanese children living in Kenya under Pastor John's care were out of school this month, but will return next week. We will need school fees for them. It is quite pricey to send 90 children to school. The total cost is about $733 for the next month. If you want to help, send your funds to the PO Box 5113, Quincy, IL. 62301

All gifts are tax deductible!!! And we are thankful!!

Sudan Village

Pastor John took this video on one of
his trips this past year. This clearly
shows you why we bring the children
from Sudan to Kenya. We endeavor to
provide food, shelter, medical needs,
and education.

Prayer Requests

The Sudanese children are at home from school this month, but May 1st the schools reconvene and all school fees are due. Pray we can meet that need. Education is so important for them.

The rainy season is in full swing. Pray against diseases associated with the rains such as malaria, typhoid and cholera. Our children now have clean water which eliminates typhoid and cholera as long as they drink water at home. Malaria is a threat always. New mosquito nets are needed.

Pastor John is on his way back from Sudan. He says it is dangerous...so pray he returns safely.

The president of Sudan has ordered NGO's out of the country, so pray for the village in Sudan that they can survive this time.

Pastor John's wife now has malaria. Pray for her swift recovery.

Pray for the malaria problem. When the rainy seasons comes, so do mosquitoes. Ask God to intervene in a miraculous way.

Pray for the children, that we would have sponsors who will help buy books, uniforms, etc. so the children would be able to attend school.

Pray that the children who came from living in mud huts in Sudan would make a smooth transition into living in housing in Kenya.

Good News!

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Welcome!

We, Children Are People, join together our hearts, resources and prayers for the purpose of relieving suffering of children in the poorest areas of the world.

We support Sudanese children and Kenyan children who are under the care of pastors and other Christian caregivers. We have also been able to reach out to Haitian children who suffer in the poorest country in the world.

It is amazing how God can use a small organization like ours to make such an impact. Thank you for giving into this work to sustain the lives of young people who felt forgotten and were left to starvation and disease. Jesus said if we give a cup of water to one of these we have given it unto him. (my paraphrase of Matthew 10:42)

Dixie Koch
President

Water is Life

"Water is Life" is a quote from Pastor John Garang. He is the pastor overseeing the care of our Sudanese refugee children. The children came from Maar Sudan, a village in southern Sudan where Pastor John, a lost boy of Sudan, grew up. John is just returning from that village this week with reports that many children are dying. Pastor John brings children to Kenya to live and go to school.

God gave John land, a church and now as of January 2009....a water well on the property! They can drink, bathe and wash without fear of illness or lack. The well is deep (about 280 ft) and the water has tested excellent in clarity and purity. The water is life for them and can be sold cheap enough for the people in the surrounding area to buy it. Many were using river water to wash and drink!

Thank you Lord for providing the water and the health it brings.

Christmas Celebration

Thank you to everyone who helped this past December. From gifts to garage/bake sale & other fundraising ideas, funds were gathered to feed about 350 children a Christmas meal. Here is a picture of Pastor Davidson's Gospel Celebration in Chwele. Many came hungry for physical and spiritual food.