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A Family for DorcusAug26
By: Compassion Canada
Thursday August 26, 2010
An orphan finds a new home through the Highly Vulnerable Children’s Fund When she was 9 years old, Dorcus found herself alone in an empty home with no food and no family in a dangerous slum of Kigali, Rwanda. Her father had worked as a tailor, and her mother as a housewife. Dorcus was the firstborn and ... read more
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A Life Without RejectionAug26
By: Compassion Canada
Thursday August 26, 2010
Israeli was born with a cleft palate, but like any other child of peasant farmers in a small village in Tanzania, he didn’t get treatment. He just learned to live with it. He was the sixth out of eight children, and his parents worked hard in the fields to feed all their children. The ten ... read more
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Child Development Centre InfrastructureJun21
By: Compassion Canada
Monday June 21, 2010
Before the implementation of this building project, the registered children were uncomfortable in a crowded environment, which negatively affected their ability to learn. The lack of toilet facilities caused children to use the bushes to relieve themselves. Construction work included a new six-unit classroom building, an office space for child development workers and toilet facilities. Girls ... read more
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