As our office will be closed from COB Wednesday 24 December and reopen on 12 January, we leave you with this Christmas message from our CEO Helen Forde.
Through its partnership with the Jesuit-run Karuna Battambang Organisation (KBO) in Cambodia, children like 12-year-old Kanika are stepping out of the shadows and discovering their God-given potential.
“The military burnt down all the houses in my village. The people moved back into the village and built the houses again, and again the military came and burnt it all down. This happened three times.”
After being found in a rubbish bin, Bunchy was delivered to the Light of Mercy Home, where he was loved back to life by the Sisters, staff and other children.
The ‘Lok Manch’ project has trained over 6,000 people to become Community Leaders, equipping them to identify local needs and engage with government to improve access to essential schemes and entitlements.