CWI Packs Its 2,000,000th Meal!

CWI Packs Its 2,000,000th Meal!

by | Dec 9, 2023 | Food

This year’s Food Packing Event marked the 2,000,000th meal packed by volunteers at CWI’s annual event. What began in 2010 as a response to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January of that year, has turned into a yearly event that has welcomed thousands of volunteers who have given of their time and energy to pack meals that get sent around the world to feed hungry children and families. This year’s event, which took place on December 8 & 9, was hosted by Faith Christian School in Williams Bay. We are grateful to the staff and students of the school for the use of their facility. We are also extremely thankful for the partnership we have with Kids Around the World out of Rockford, Illinois, and their OneMeal program, which supplies all the equipment and meal ingredients and has the connections for shipping the meals to where they are most needed. Over the years, the over 2,000,000 meals from CWI’s annual event have gone to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Rwanda.

Construction Update

Construction Update

by | Nov 13, 2022 | Yves

In 2020, CWI committed to building a home for a dear friend and Haitian pastor with whom the organization has had a longterm relationship. Yves Prophete is the Executive Director of Global Vision Citadelle Ministries in Haiti, an organization that supports 70 rural Haitian churches, educates over 7,000 children in 24 Christian schools throughout the country, and maintains All God’s Children Orphanage in Mirebalais, which provides a home for over 130 children. Throughout the years, CWI has financed the building of different structures for the orphanage, including a dorm for older boys and a cafeteria. In addition, CWI built the Amos building, a school just outside the orphanage walls.

Throughout the years, CWI has had many stays at the orphanage, while conducting medical missions. Other trips have been to love on thechildren from the orphanage. Throughout these visits, many have gotten to know Pastor Yves and witnessed his love and dedication to the people of rural Haiti. While it’s always been his dream for he and his wife, Samathe, to have a home together, it seems that the needs of others always rose to the top of the priority list.

Arial view toward beginning of construction

Construction began in late 2020, and despite rising costs, border closings due to COVID, the assassination of the Haitian president on July 7, and a major earthquake that hit the country in August, the building has continued to take shape. While this will be a family home for Yves and Samathe and their two sons when they come to visit, it will also serve as a place for ministry teams to stay when they come to serve the people of Haiti. We look forward to the day that the keys can be turned over to Yves and Samathe. Being able to provide a home for people who have given so much is truly a blessing.

To contribute to the costs of this project, please visit our donation page.

2022 Food Packaging Event

2022 Food Packaging Event

by | Oct 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

Over the years, Children’s World Impact has packaged over 1.7 million meals that have been distributed to hungry people all over the world. It has long been a tradition, in partnership with Kids Around the World out of Rockford, Illinois and their One Meal program, to host an event early in December. We have found that many families and groups enjoy making this part of their holiday giving. Once again this year, our event will be hosted by Lakeland Community Church in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We are grateful for their amazing facility, which is ideal for this event. 

If you’ve never taken part in a food packing event, it’s something that will leave a lasting impact on you. At tables of 8, packers combine red lentils, white rice, a dehydrated vegetable blend, and PhyoBlend-a combination of 24 essential vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Once the bags are sealed, they are packed in boxes, which Kids Around the World takes and distributes to different organizations around the world, with whom they have long lasting relationships. 

You can sign up to volunteer here. Please consider donating to this project. Our goal is to pack 80,000 meals. We won’t be able to do it without financial contributions from our generous donors.

New Impact in Uganda

New Impact in Uganda

by | Jun 10, 2022 | Uganda

Victoria is a pastor’s wife who was recently widowed. She is now raising 3 children alone, and doing her best to care for many orphans who have been under her care for quite some time. We are so excited to have Victoria lead a team of 7 in Uganda, Africa, in establishing a poultry production facility that will benefit not only her and her dependent children, but her entire community. In the photo, she is overlooking the land that will be used for this endeavor. We are in the beginning stages of getting all the details worked out to start this latest project. The land has been chosen, the leadership team established, plans drawn up for housing the chickens, and many other facets of this enterprise have been worked out. We are in the final stages of working up a master plan and are so excited about the impact this facility will make in this area of Uganda.

 

Loans to Widows Change Lives

Loans to Widows Change Lives

by | Dec 23, 2021 | Loans

Our goal with our widows’ project in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Africa has always been to empower women to support themselves and their dependent children. In addition to shea butter processing, bread baking, potable water sales, and dry season gardening, women now have the opportunity to receive a small loan that can assist them with an entrepreneurial endeavor of their choosing. In 2019, CWI made an initial investment into this loan program, and we are now seeing the positive outcomes. 

In groups of between 6-10, women qualify for a loan and commit to the payment of the loans, plus interest, for the whole group. Once approved, women go through some basic training of what it means to have a loan and how to go about paying it back. If one women defaults, the others are responsible for paying back the principal and interest. This is made possible with a commitment and connection with a local bank, who gives these women loans at a lower rate than they would receive as an individual. It is a win-win. The bank has new account holders, women that would normally never have the ability to have a bank account, and the women receive loans at reduced rates. The interest money goes into an account, which can then be used to issue more loans to more women.

So far dozens and dozens of women have qualified, received, and paid off their loans. Loan amounts range from $40-$80. The women have taken the money and used it to create businesses where they purchase and sell products for a profit at market, grow and sell crops, and other small business type activities. We have been so excited to see how the initial investment has helped to change lives, and look forward to continuing to receive reports of the success stories of these new business owners.