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Convoy of Hope
www.convoyofhope.org | Convoy of Hope International feeds the hungry and provides pure drinking water to people in the United States and around the world through children’s nutrition initiatives, citywide outreaches, and disaster response. In the last 15 years, Convoy of Hope has been active in 45 states and 107 countries, providing $160 million worth of food and supplies to over 5.8 million people.
Palm Vista is partnering with Convoy of Hope by providing financial support for its nutrition and hunger initiatives, offering volunteer assistance at its community outreaches in the greater Phoenix area and sending short-term mission teams to help with feeding programs for school children in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and orphans in Kenya.
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Gogo Grandmothers
www.gogograndmothers.com | There are 18 million orphans across sub-Saharan Africa whose 20- to 40-year-old parents have died of HIV/AIDS. Caring for these children are their Gogos (grandmothers). More than 80% are in poor, rural villages. In their old age, these Gogos expected to be cared for by their now dead children. Instead, they have two or three, and often more, orphaned children to feed, clothe, educate and love. Gogo Grandmothers provides for the orphans of HIV/AIDS by assisting the grandmothers who care for them.
Palm Vista is partnering with Gogo Grandmothers in supporting Gogos in the African village of Luzi. Members of the Palm Vista Gogo group gather monthly to pray and carry out fundraising projects that provide what the poor Gogos in Africa need to raise their orphaned grandchildren. In Luzi, the Gogos who receive assistance gather monthly to hear God’s word, receive encouragement, pray, sing and dance and learn better hygiene, nutrition and childcare practices.
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