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Jesus loves children and he cares

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for them and he calls us

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to do the same.

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Throughout the Bible, there are many

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passages which show us how God

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cares for children.

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Many of us know the story

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where Jesus says, let the little

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children come to me and do

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not hinder them for that to

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them belongs the kingdom of heaven.

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God tells us that children are

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a heritage and a blessing.

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They are made in his image

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and they play an important role

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in his kingdom.

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In Psalm eight, we read through

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the praise of infants and children,

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you have established a stronghold against

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the enemy to silence the foe

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and the Avenger.

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The relationship God has with children

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and with all of us is

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so close that we are only

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a prayer away from him.

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This sentiment makes us take a

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step back and stand in awe

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of how God loves and cares

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for his children.

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Child development is important because children

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are often mistreated, especially when there's

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hard situations.

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They are the most adversely affected

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because they require adults or other

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people to take care of them.

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Numbers like one in every two

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hundred children are displaced in the

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world and so many of those

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children are also at risk of

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not reaching their full potential.

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Effective child development is done through

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four main categories.

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These categories would be access to

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the essentials such as food, water,

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and housing.

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A child should not have to

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worry that they will not have

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enough nutritious food to eat or

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will not have a place to

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live.

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Second, a child should have the

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ability to express their opinion.

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Every child should have freedom to

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express

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their thoughts and their opinions and

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not fear being reprimanded for it.

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The third one is access to

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develop through education.

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And finally, a child should have

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protection.

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A child should not have to

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worry about being exploited for work

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or for sex.

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So at CRWF, we invest in

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high quality partners who will take

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the time to work with the

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children, to give them a stable

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home, to give them nutritious food,

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and to give them the love

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and the care that they need

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so that they can reach their

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full potential in development.

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Most of this is done through

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rescue centers.

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So one of the projects that

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CRWF supports is New Hope in

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Timor.

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The New Hope home was started

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by Pastor Deethan and his wife

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Femi and CRWF worked with the

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Board of Mission Aid Smitho who

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started this project with them.

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and there they have an orphanage

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or a home for children who

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are displaced.

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So our partners work really hard

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to ensure that the children reach

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their full potential.

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They receive schooling and they work

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to rebuild the skills that God

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has given them that would otherwise

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be neglected.

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CRWF supports three rescue centres through

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a partner

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called the African Inland Child and

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Community

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Agency for Development, otherwise known as

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ACAD.

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These centers are set up to

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help children who are in dangerous

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situations or who are on the

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streets or who have been abused.

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They take them in and they

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provide them with education as well

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as access to information on various

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subjects such as hygiene or HIV

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AIDS.

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In twenty nineteen, CRWF began a

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new project in the child development

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sphere.

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It is the Education Bursary Fund.

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This fund has been set up

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to help children continue in their

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education.

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It has begun with students that

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were part of the rescue centers

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in Kenya.

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Recently we were able to assist

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the first eleven students with their

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secondary school education and the goal

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is each year to add a

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few more students.

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The second center is the MUFU

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Rescue Center, and it is in

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Embu County, which is at the

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base of Mount Kenya.

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CRWF began supporting MUFU in nineteen

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eighty three.

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And since the beginning, MUFU has

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rescued approximately fifteen hundred

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children.

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The third centre is Tumaini Rescue

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Centre, and it is on the

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outskirts of Katali.

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At this home, they grow maize,

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beans, and they have cows as

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well, which they use the milk

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for the home as well as

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sell it to provide for the

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home as well.

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Currently, they also have approximately thirty

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children that they have rescued.

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In September of twenty twenty one,

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MUFU Centre rescued a girl named

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Mary.

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Mary was fourteen years old at

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the time of her rescue.

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From the age of eight, Mary

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had been sexually abused by her

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father.

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And it wasn't until she reached

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the age of twelve that she

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got up the courage to go

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to her mother and tell her

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what was happening.

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Unfortunately, her mother turned against her

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as she felt she had betrayed

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her father.

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Her paternal grandparents also became very

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bitter towards her as they also

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felt she had betrayed her father.

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It was at this time that

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the MUFU Centre stepped in and

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they rescued Mary.

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After much counselling and care from

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the Centre, Mary could once again

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return to her studies.

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When she arrived at the centre

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she was in grade seven and

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by March of twenty twenty two

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she was able to sit for

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her exam and she passed with

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very good marks and received a

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full scholarship to secondary school.

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Mary is a huge inspiration to

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not only the staff but a

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lot of the children who are

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staying at the MUFU Centre.

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Through the Rescue Centers and New

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Hope and the other projects that

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CRWF has been involved in, we

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have been able to stand in

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awe of the work that God

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has done around the world.

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He has used us as a

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small tool, as a help and

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encouragement to our brothers and sisters

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around the world.