Early this month, LIA was invited to participate in Feed the Famine. A group of dynamic and inspiring women in Phoenix put together this multi-faceted event aimed at raising awareness about the crisis in East Africa, and to raise funds for organizations that are doing something about it.
Fortunately, LIA was selected as one of the beneficiaries of the event! On a warm Saturday in Arizona, we headed out to join the Feed the Famine volunteers in their efforts.
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Florence Muindi, founding president of LIA, will address the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit VII in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 12-13, 2011.
Dr. Muindi will be discussing the role of the church in transformative approaches that address and prevent the orphan crisis.
Today there are 48 million orphans in Africa – ten times the total population of Kentucky.
For over twenty years, Dr. Muindi has worked in communities throughout Africa where the orphan crisis rages.
LIA has piloted key approaches that have curtailed the number of orphans in multiple communities.
“We have seen the orphans and widows within the community cared for and loved in a way that is sustainable,” Dr. Muindi writes. “We have seen the church rise up and stand against the injustices of poverty that effect the most vulnerable in a community. This is a powerful work that requires our utmost attention and sacrifice. It’s time.”
The Christian Alliance for Orphans connects more than eighty respected Christian organizations to work to ignite and equip Christians to care for orphans. More than 1,500 grassroots advocates for adoption and orphan care will gather at the 2011 Summit.
To learn more about the summit, visit www.christian-alliance-for-orphans.org
We are very excited to announce the first documentary tour screening of ‘This Is My Normal’!
“This is My Normal” is a sobering documentary exploring two primary questions: “What is poverty?” and “What is normal for the world’s poor?’, through the stories and imagery from the slums in Nairobi, Kenya. In particular, the film focuses on the people of the Mathare Valley – a section of the Mathare slums often referred to as the ‘Forgotten Valley’. While the living conditions, unemployment, and health concerns are an embodiment of the (global) poverty issues, it is the “mindset” that is the gravest of concerns. “This is My Normal” tackles this issue alongside the abundance of “quick fix” solutions often presented by NGOs and sporadic visits from the West.
EVENT DETAILS:
When : April 7th, 2011 // 7pm
Where: Arcada Theatre
Cost: $15 (Buy Tickets)
Running Time: 45 minutes
**Following the film there will be a question and answer portion of the evening in which both Director of Partnership and Resources of LIA, Justin Narducci, as well as Director and Producer of the film Justin Ahrens will be present.
We hope to see you there!
Interested in helping us promote the screening? Check out these great tools below to encourage your friends and family to join us for this important and informational event!
Download your very own 8.5 x 11 PDF posters here: http://r29.us/ev7DvW
To help us promote the screening via Facebook, check out the event page here.
Don’t live in the Chicago area? Be on the lookout for other dates coming soon!
Photo By: Allyson Cheney // www.blinkphotoblog.com
ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA) - Life in Abundance (LIA) believes that every child should have an opportunity to rise to their God given potential in life. Unfortunately, many of the 60,000 to 100,000 children living on the streets of Addis Ababa miss that chance.
This is precisely why LIA launched the Merkato Integrated Street Children Prevention and Rehabilitation Project in 2007. The three-year program, recently completed, serving 150 at-risk children ages three to seven and thirty-seven former street children ages fourteen to eighteen in the Merkato District of Addis Ababa.
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The Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya is one of the largest in Africa. LIA has ongoing initiatives in Kibera among a cadre of church partners. Recently, community health evangelists completed training and began a micro-enterprise program focused on public health training and goods.
We celebrate their beginning with the images that follow.
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