Hungry and destitute, the needy children are many. It's hard to imagine how these precious children can live in such poverty until you've seen it in person. These real children, dying from hunger and disease, struggle with needs as basic as food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and education. 

Like every human being, they need an opportunity to feel loved and cared for. Children live in garbage dumps and walk barefoot as they forage for food among the rubbish in city dumps. They look for something to eat or that might be of some value.  Other children live in small impoverish communities and do not even have the opportunity to forage for food, but to simply go hungry.

Their stories vary, but their faces are the same. They are the faces of precious children with no hope of escaping the fate that awaits them. They are unable to rise above their circumstances, trapped by a lack of education or skill. They only know one life, and without a helping hand, these children are destined to repeat the cycle of poverty in which they are being raised.

At Blessing the Children International, we know how important a single person can be. After all, it took one trip to a third world country for Keith Strawn to know in his heart what needed to be done. Imagine if Keith had decided not to take a stand against hunger that day. Now imagine what might happen if you decide not to take a stand against hunger today.

By sponsoring a child, you know the joy of making a difference for a boy or girl living in poverty. Your own life will also been changed: You understand the needs of the world in a personal way, and you know what's possible when people share their blessings. Thousands of children are waiting for someone to reach out to them with help and hope.

Visiting an orphanage or working in a hospital in a third world country will change your life. You will gain new perspectives that will permeate your everyday thinking. As you touch the lives of some of the most impoverished people in the world, and give of yourself to those who could never repay you, you will experience one of the best feelings in life...and be building treasure in heaven. Perhaps you are the right person for a mission trip?

Their lives can be changed. We can make a difference.