According to an international survey and study organization, “Diseases due to poor drinking-water access, unimproved sanitation, and poor hygiene practices cause 4.0 percent of all deaths and 5.7 percent of all disability or ill health in the world.”
Would you be surprised to learn that in 2017 Uganda hosted more refugees than any other country in Africa?
Cambodia is a country that has been wracked by wars instigated by both outside countries and internal unrest. As cities and economies attempt to recover, unscrupulous outside businesses often come in to exploit the people for cheap labor.
Many children in Southeast Asia have lost their parents to the conflicts that have repeatedly swept the region, diseases like HIV and factory accidents.
The United States has about 2.3 million people in correctional facilities. That’s more, per capita, than any other nation on earth.
In a Northern village of Cambodia, not far from the Thai border, the World Challenge poverty solutions team was at work to change people’s perception of the gospel.
In this training, the team emphasized that God’s word offers life-changing solutions to real-life situations and challenges.
“Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge...” (Proverbs 1:5-7a ESV).
Hinduism has approximately 33 million gods, and nearly every aspect of nature or people’s life has a god or goddess associated with it.
