In November 2016 the staff of the Ten Thousand Homes campus in White River, South Africa felt challenged to practice a week of intentional generosity by doing random acts of kindness. They practiced kindness with themselves, each other, and complete strangers. Their journey led them to the local police station where they delivered a case […]
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“We didn’t know what we would eat tonight. We are grateful.” These were the words a mother spoke as a food parcel was set at her door. While making deliveries, we saw and heard firsthand the struggles that families are facing right now. Many have lost their sources of income during the country-wide lockdown, which
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With our feeding programs closed, it’s spurred everyone on to think about how we can respond in this moment to meet the needs of the local community. It has started with identifying the most vulnerable who need basic food supplies. Antony, in Nairobi, Kenya, takes us on a video tour of what they are handing
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I haven’t been inside a building since March 16th. These were the words uttered by one Texas teen recently. Shelter-in-place orders and lockdowns have dramatically changed our way of doing life. Some kids have moved to online learning while others don’t have schools that can provide that service. Introvert kids may love being able to
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On March 14th, the Ten Thousand Homes campus in White River, South Africa, held its 5th Day of Royalty event. It’s such a fun time where all the kids in the feeding program there are bused onto the campus for a day where they can just be kids to laugh and play! Stations are set
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The past couple of weeks we’ve posted stories of the impact of building a home. From the recipient to the builder to the donor to the entire community, everyone is impacted in some way. Jane’s house build brought together people from all over…from builders like Steve Bishop to children who pushed wheelbarrows to donors living
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In April 2018, we handed the keys of Jane’s new house over to her. You can read the full story here. Read this moving interview from Keith Crosby, the one who spearheaded the fundraising efforts to make Jane’s dreams possible. How did you hear about the opportunity to build a house for someone? Jeremy (one
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When we built Jane’s home in April of 2018, people came from all over to help with the construction. One family from Switzerland spent several months with us and were on the ground during the time of the house build. At the time of construction, Laura, age 8, Irina, age 7, and Elio, age 5
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