I met 6-year-old Moris Saningo on my recent trip to Ewuaso Kedong Baraka Kindergarten in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. Thanks to Cross Catholic Outreach and our generous supporters, Moris and more than 100 other students from poor Maasai families are receiving nutritious daily meals and an excellent Catholic education.
Great news from the field! Reencontro, one of our ministry partners in Mozambique, recently sent us the story of 10-year-old Lidia Parruque. Orphaned by AIDS, Lidia found blessed refuge through Reencontro’s programs.
A Maasai woman cooling off in Ewuaso Kedong, Kenya, where Cross Catholic Outreach has been working with Fr. John Fortune of Yesu Empiris E Nkai Parish to provide water for this semi-nomadic community affected by the Horn of Africa drought.
Drought. Famine. Ethnic violence. Political unrest. The news coming out of Kenya is often discouraging, but then you see a child’s smile and it fills you with hope that things can be different.
Veronica Kageshi only had two years with her parents before they passed away and left her as an orphan. Her grandmother lovingly took her in, but it’s been a constant struggle to survive because she has no source of income. They live in a dilapidated house made of corrugated tin and food is often scarce.
Yesterday morning, Cross Catholic staff listened as International Projects Officer Tara McKinney shared photos and stories from her recent trip to Malawi.