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ACOHF Participates in World Mission Sunday

Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, celebrates World Mission Sunday on October 7, 2018. This annual event recognizes both local and global mission activities of the church and provides opportunities for members of the congregation and visitors to engage with mission leaders to learn more about the diverse outreach programs supported by the church.

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2018 Leadership Workshop Motivates ACOHF Scholarship Students

A Youth Leadership Academy was held at Thiiri Center in Meru, Kenya. from April 6-8 with a total of 40 students, 20 ACOHF scholarship students from Rubate Secondary School and 20 students from Bishop Lawi Imathiu Secondary School in Meru. The girls and boys from Rubate are currently in Form 3 and Form 4, equivalent to high school juniors and seniors.

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Return to Mathare

I am returning to the Good Samaritan Children`s Home for orphaned and abandoned children in Mathare, a densely populated informal settlement just outside the city center of Nairobi, Kenya. It has been almost two years since I had been there. On my last visit as we turned off the busy main highway going down into the slums, the road was a rocky path, muddy and rutted, with everyone walking in t Read More