by: Sarah I had a moment not too long ago where I stopped in my tracks, quite literally. I was out to dinner with friends and the television set hanging in the corner of the restaurant caught my eye. A news ticker scrolled at the bottom of the screen and listed statistics released by the Continue Reading →
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Human Trafficking in Cambodia: Wellspring Visits New Song Centre
by: Sarah A small piece of green cloth was barely visible beneath the soil. As rain flooded the land during the monsoon season each year, dirt was swept aside, revealing items that had been buried over 30 years. Clothing and bone fragments stood out from the dark earth from which they now appeared. Nearly 2.5 million Continue Reading →
To Rehabilitate and Restore: Wellspring Visits New Song Centre
by: Sarah Cambodia is nestled in Southeast Asia, neighbored by Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Today Cambodia has a population of 14.8 million, the majority of whom are female. Fifty percent of the overall population is under 22 years old. The Vietnam War seeped into Cambodia resulting in what would become decades of civil war. In Continue Reading →
Giving Hope for the Future: Valley Light Home Opens Its Doors
“I know I won’t be able to take care of her much longer”, began the grateful grandmother, visibly moved, “but now I know that her new home will provide everything she needs.” Her granddaughter, Edith, stood next to her along with 5 other children representing the very first residents at the Valley Light Home just Continue Reading →
8 Million Female Deaths in a Decade
Activists say India’s continuing preference for male children is leading to the loss of 800,000 girls a year, reports the BBC’s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. Until her son was born, Kulwant’s daily life consisted of beatings and abuse from her husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Once, she says, they even attempted to set her on fire. Continue Reading →
Zamar Academy’s Christmas Feast
In December 2010, Wellspring International hosted a “Christmas Feast” for Zamar Academy. 300 people shared in the banquet’s festivities, including the children, their families, and the Wellspring staff. In a spirit of academic encouragement, Wellspring provided each child with a Christmas gift of a stationary kit bag, containing a set of school-supplies—a box of pencils, eraser, Continue Reading →
Good Deals 2010
The U.K. Social Investment Conference, Good Deals 2010, represents a versatile and highly innovative platform seeking to further the collaborative efforts between investors and investees for the sake of “socially responsible investing.” Broadly speaking, this is an investment strategy seeking to maximize financial returns while simultaneously promoting practices and issues such as human rights, consumer protection, Continue Reading →
Bombay Teen Challenge
Naomi Zacharias recently returned from Mumbai, India, where the Bombay Teen Challenge celebrated its 20th Anniversary. BTC is an organization that “rescues and cares for sex slaves in the brothels of Mumbai, cares for the children of sex slaves, juveniles roaming the streets, addicts and runaways.” The event focused on calling a global end to sexual slavery. Among Continue Reading →
Moving From Suffering to Smiles: Wellspring visits Agni Raksha
It is estimated that over 2 million burn injuries occur every year in India; the exact figure is likely to be higher considering the poverty, illiteracy, and poor standards of safety at home and in the work place. Of these 2 million injuries, more than 50% of them end in the death of the victim. Continue Reading →
Earthquake in Haiti
Our sorrow and prayers go out to the people in Haiti in the recent tragedy caused by the most devastating earthquake there in 200 years. After initial research and the opportunity to speak with well respected colleagues in humanitarian aid, recommend two organizations to support for critical and urgent relief efforts. Partners In Health http://www.pih.org/home.html Continue Reading →