Carrien Blue
- Blue Family
- Charis Team
- Community Development and Education
- Community Engagement
- Conferences and Training
- core values
- COVID19 Response
- Emergency Relief
- Executive Team
- Family Education
- Family Education Team
- Family Enterprise
- family enterprise team
- Family Support
- family support center
- Family Support Team
- FAQ
- Featured
- First1000days
- General
- Higher Ground Soccer Program
- Keep Families Together
- Migrant Families
- Office Staff
- Organic Teaching Farm
- Resources
- The Charis Project Founders
- Volunteers
I can’t imagine giving up one of my children because I can’t afford to feed them
"Before you started coming to our village, most of the babies born here were skinny, and cried all the time. The babies born since you started caring for these women are so different, they are fat, they don't cry as much, their mothers seem happier taking care of them and they know what to do when they are sick or fussy because you visit and help them learn."
Household violence is common... Often I hear that it's nothing we can change.
But that doesn't mean we stop trying.
"I don't want to go back," she said, "But what other choice do I have? I have 4 children, they need me to take care of them."
They are willing to live in something that we wouldn’t even classify as a building in order to get paid on time and not have to run from the police...
We are working with these families to find long-term solutions.
THE PART WHERE WE TELL YOU HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED, HOW RIDICULOUSLY LITTLE IT TAKES TO DO SO MUCH GOOD, AND COMPARE IT TO HOW MUCH WESTERNERS CONSUME SO THAT THE CONTRAST MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY REASONABLE THING TO ASK.
The little boy's grandfather stood up and announced, "I will keep my grandson. Even if it means I can't go to work...
The children see that they are rich. Their existence is no longer marked by the empty cup extended, full of need. They now see the full cup extended, to give to those who have need.
She was just starting to show when the wife came to the place they both worked and confronted the man they both thought they were with. In the end, this baby's father returned to his wife and abandoned the girl he had taken advantage of.
These women have never been taught about their bodies. They didn't know how their cycles work. They didn't know how pregnancy happens. Several of the mamas in my class are teenagers. They might not be pregnant right now if someone had given them basic sex education.
Many mothers can't afford even basic nutrition for themselves and their growing babies.
For $10/week, you can supplement the diet of a pregnant women, and her family, and help these little babies to be born healthy and strong.
Less than a year ago Chawsu was deciding whether or not to send her small children away... we helped her start a small business instead