R. A. Dickey, the Mets pitcher, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization that rescues and cares for women and girls in Mumbai who are at risk of being abused and exploited. Read RA Dickey’s complete article for Bats and The New York Times here. From left, Kevin Slowey, Rockies pitcher; Dave Continue Reading →
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A Dangerous Challenge
R. A. Dickey, the Mets pitcher, is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro this month to raise awareness for the Bombay Teen Challenge, an organization that rescues and cares for women and girlsin Mumbai who are at risk of being abused and exploited. Read RA Dickey’s complete article for Bats and The New York Times here. R.A. Dickey with the Continue Reading →
16,000km for Wellspring International
Theodore Brun is an ex-lawyer who left his job in Hong Kong last year to cycle across Eurasia back to his home in England. He graduated from the RZIM OCCA program in 2009 and is making this journey to raise support for Wellspring International. It seems like another lifetime – a universe away – to Continue Reading →
Lawyer Quits Job to Ride Bike Across Asia
“In October 2010, I set out on the journey of a lifetime – to cross the Eurasian landmass alone by bike. This was to be a journey of over 17,000 km, that took a year and a week to complete. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our Continue Reading →
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 →
Crossing Eurasia by Bike
In his own words, Theo Brun is “a very accomplished dreamer.” Many of us share his talent but this is a curious observation from a man with a law degree under his belt, and a successful career as a lawyer for a Biotech company in Hong Kong, China. At any rate, Theo’s life was soon to take 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 →
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 →