Category Archives: Christmas Backpack Program

Thanks so much to all of you who gave to provide backpacks school supplies for the children of POI. The looks on their faces says it all. They are so grateful for your generous heart! Pray for a great school … Continue reading →

With your help, we collected 375 backpacks to give to children involved with POI in Honduras. Watch this 90-second update from David Hamilton in Honduras to learn how your gift is changing lives:

Thanks to all of you who have participated in the Christmas Backpack Program! We do not have an exact count yet because we are waiting for the Bellevue Foundation to send us the records, but our closest estimate is that … Continue reading →

Sunday, the POI churches gathered together at Guacerique Church (the mother church) to celebrate Christmas. They served dinner and had a worship service in which the other churches participated and the orphanage kids sang. More than 450 people attended the … Continue reading →

Meet six children in the POI program in Villa Nueva. Angel, David, Meyvin, Angie, Nubia and Katherine are in the first and second grade and attend church and tutoring together. They have been chosen for the program by POI staff … Continue reading →

The people who suffer from hunger total 925 million worldwide. More than 3 billion people, almost half the world’s population, live on less than $2.50 a day. While these staggering statistics may grab our attention momentarily, they rarely move us … Continue reading →

When a family makes less than $3 a day, the decision to send a child to school becomes much more than just, “Should they get an education or not?” Instead of sending the student to school, they could send them … Continue reading →

A couple living in “The Villages,” a retirement community near Orlando, Fl, has taken the challenge and become “Backpack Advocates. They have encouraged their entire neighborhood to get involved with the Christmas Backpack Program this year. They call themselves the … Continue reading →

Angie plays on the dirt path leading up to her house in Ayestas. The muddy ground is littered with trash, shards of glass and sharp rocks. Where are her shoes? Oscar walks down the mountain to school in Feb. 21. … Continue reading →