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At first, Carmen thought of the Saturday church services at the Church of the Nazarene in El Llanito, Venezuela, as an activity for her children. A single mother without a permanent job, she was overwhelmed with looking for work and finding odd jobs to scrape by. With her children out of the house,

A group of 25 pastors from Puerto Rico's Eastern District recently attended a workshop to become certified in "First Aid for Mental Health." The eight-hour workshop is designed to prepare people who do not have training in psychology or other related studies to detect mental health problems and

Mondragon runs Many Nations Church and Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center at 5100 Gaywood Dr. The first time Pastor Javier Mondragon read about the broken windows theory was in 2006, in a book by Malcolm Gladwell. The first time he experienced it was as a gang member at age 12, growing

Sumprecia (left) and Lucy (right) are president and vice president of the Nazarene Girls for Justice Club. In Sumprecia Yaro’s rural village in northeastern Ghana, educating girls is typically frowned upon. “Right from childhood, the girls are made to believe that higher education makes it difficult

Susan Mwenda hopes that her participation in the savings and credit association will enable her to expand her small business so she can send her children to school. In Lusaka, Zambia, a group stands in a dusty lot, saying their goodbyes against the backdrop of the setting sun. Each week, the same

Benaia Freire Furtado had already been through a lot when she was first sponsored as a child in Brazil. Her father had recently died, preceded by a close friend only six months before. She had also moved with her mother and brother to a new city, where they didn’t have friends or family. She was

The Church of the Nazarene continues helping families affected by an armed conflict that recently ended in Marawi City, Philippines. The five-month crisis displaced hundreds of thousands of people in addition to destroying many buildings and homes and killing dozens of civilians. The West Mindanao

Nazmul*, 60, was one of 10,000 people who received assistance from Bangladesh Nazarene Mission (BNM), the compassionate ministries arm of the Church of the Nazarene in Bangladesh, following historic flooding in late August and early September that affected more than 40 million people. At least 1,500

In the days following the utter devastation Hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico, Nazarene churches there have mobilized to respond — in partnership with other Nazarene churches around the world. Last week, a planeload of humanitarian aid supplies from left from Lenexa, Kansas, headed to Puerto

For children who have been displaced by conflict, the list of lost things can be long: home, consistent education, friends, stability, and sometimes even family members. Add to that other factors such as hunger, sickness, and isolation, and it’s clear that children caught in conflict are truly