Hear Our Stories
Our volunteer missioners dedicate themselves to responding to the needs of their community. Working hard to integrate themselves into their mission, they are able to live their lives in communion with the marginalized and experience their life alongside them. This new aspect, gained through accompaniment, frees the volunteer to see clearly what the community needs and then allows them to respond in the best way possible to those needs.
Using their unique and individual skills, each missioner leaves a distinct mark on the places they serve. Allowing the mission to continue and live, long after the volunteer returns home.
Below are stories about the "legacy" and living mission left behind by a few of our former volunteers.
Using their unique and individual skills, each missioner leaves a distinct mark on the places they serve. Allowing the mission to continue and live, long after the volunteer returns home.
Below are stories about the "legacy" and living mission left behind by a few of our former volunteers.
The Banana Fund
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When the Banana Fund was started, never did we expect it to grow as much as it has. Its' original purpose was only to raise necessary funds to supplement the diets of children with bananas at a primary school and orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda. When we were moved to El Obeid, Sudan – and because of the success of the initial fundraising campaign made possible by generous donations from friends and family – the Banana Fund’s purpose expanded to help finance a number of worthy projects in both locations.
It is a direct result of the love shown by the host communities to us and a similar love by the donors to the people of Rwanda and Sudan. By the end of our service, donations from all over the US helped the Banana Fund reach a total of nearly $15,000. Benefiting Rwanda and Sudan equally... (read more about the Banana Fund here...) |