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Throughout the world the 25 Project empowers vulnerable children with the hope of the Gospel, loving community, and the tools they need to grow and thrive.
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Finding Hope in Christ: Hawa & Lamerana
A Special Visit This year, we added our first ten girls into the Waterloo girls' sponsorship program in Sierra Leone. I recently had the pleasure of visiting eight of those girls’ families to inform them that they now had sponsors. That meant having the funds to start school! I will never…
Discovering Unity in Christ: Miguel & Wilton
“We sponsor two boys in the Dominican Republic, Wilton from Villa Laura (a Dominican village) and Miguel from Batey Lechería (a Haitian village). Though both boys are similar in age, they don’t seem to have much else in common. Different circles of friends, different interests and talents, and different cultures that tell…
Melissa Community Outreach
The 25 Project seeks to help children around the world. In addition to the 25 Project's work overseas, the desire has always been to serve children in our local community. The Melissa Community Outreach (MCO) provides that opportunity. Recently the 25 Project and MCO joined forces to bring…
Cultivating Faith in Persecution: Pooja
Pooja grew up in a remote Hindu village in South Asia. Her father worked as a day laborer to provide for his family of six. Yet, he struggled to provide for even their most basic needs. Pooja's family fell into even greater crisis when her mother became possessed by an…
Displaying the Compassion of Christ: Abass
Nearly seven years ago, Abass was one of the first children admitted to the 25 Project sponsorship program in Waterloo, Sierra Leone. At the time, Abass was living on the streets. He was looking for food and shelter along with scores of other children facing the same fate. Abass…
Finding Fulfillment in Christ: Elizabeth Herrera
The 25 Project partners with believers around the world to carry out effective, local ministry to orphaned and vulnerable youth. Elizabeth Herrera has been a ministry partner with the 25 Project for 4 years, serving children from two impoverished villages in the Dominican Republic. Elizabeth’s sacrificial and servant leadership has won…
South Africa Partnership
The 25 Project is thrilled to announce a new ministry partnership with Teresita and Quintin Ndibongo and the Intlantsi Christian School in Fort White, South Africa! God continues to expand the reach and ministry of the 25 Project, and we couldn’t be more excited. Lawrence and Louise Cronin, mutual…
God’s Future Kingdom in South Asia
I encourage you to find where the Lord wants you to tell of His Great Love. You were made for this very purpose... I have now been to South Asia twice with the 25 Project, and these expeditions have changed my life. God has shown me so much about who…
Abu Koroma: A Life Renewed
Abu is a double orphan. He lost his mother when he was very young. When his father died in 2013, Abu was left homeless. He moved in with his uncle, but his uncle did not care for even his most basic needs. Abu decided to move to the streets of Waterloo to care for…
Ringing the Bell
Meet Dre A Story by Shara Johnson This summer, Angie and I drove seven of our Illumin8 kids (from McKinney Housing Authority) to Golden, Missouri for Kids Across America Kamp. This is a Kanakuk camp geared towards kids living in inner-city environments. I had no clue what we…