Projects

Intense poverty means that children and their families make the best of what they have. Clothing and shoes are not priority purchases: food and water are. Few families have the luxury of several pairs of shoes or multiple sets of clothing. Many children have no shoes at all. Yet they live in communities that are filled with trash and broken glass. Your gift towards the Safety for Childrens program provides shoes and clean clothing for children who have nothing.

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I.N. Network is committed to freeing every young woman and child from Trokosi slavery. We begin by building relationships with the priests and community leaders. We help them see the damage they are doing in the lives of the young girls and, indeed, the entire village. When the fetish priests understand how the Trokosi system negatively effects the village, change can begin. When all the children in the village are able to go to school, they learn that slavery is not okay. A new generation of children can grow up in freedom with the skills to stop the Trokosi practice from happening in the future.

We have also partnered with the government of Ghana to end the practice of Trokosi by making it illegal. But even though the law is in place, many rural communities continue to subject young girls to this life-threatening practice, so I.N. Network's negotiations will continue until every last person is released. 

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Most importantly, teaching in secular schools gives Christian leaders opportunities to invite the young people to activities outside the school. Follow-up events, much like church youth programs in the United States, introduce students to the gospel and help them to form relationships with trusted youth workers who model Christ for them. Students are affirmed by spending time playing games alongside youth workers, and teens are given the opportunity to respond to the salvation message. This program is transforming many young lives in a country where spiritual apathy and atheism is so prevalent.

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Every Saturday, I.N. Network runs a free children's program open to any child who wants to attend. Each child receives a nutritious meal - the only healthy food many of the children receive. They also find a safe place where they can experience the loving care of I.N. Network volunteers and learn about the God who cherishes them.

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Travel is a dangerous and time-consuming task with no paved roads and hazardous weather conditions. Many church planters walk to reach their church communities. Some use public transportation which, at best, is unreliable. Still others may catch rides with trucks that are passing through. I.N. Network USA is committed to assisting these dedicated church planters with motorbikes, which give them the freedom to travel unhindered by rough terrain or the delays of public transportation.

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Fanny understands first-hand the challenges of living as a woman in Colombia. Raising five grandchildren on her own, Fanny was devastated when she received a diagnosis of cancer and arthritis. But God had other plans! Fanny was healed of both diseases, and went on to begin a sewing workshop ministry with I.N. Network. Here, women are rescued from a life of extreme poverty and empowered to provide for their families in safety and dignity. Each gift given to the sewing project in Colombia helps more women rise above circumstances of poverty and provide for their families in a way that honors God.

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We work together with our partners in Kibera to be able to provide a full school kit so that children can attend school. Your gift of $50 provides everything a child needs to go to school: a desk, books, paper, pencils, a book bag, and shoes. With access to education a child is empowered to get out of the cycle of extreme poverty.

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The Lydia Program in Nepal invites women with the desire to learn and through education, empowers them with the resources they need to return to their home communities to teach others. This five-month program includes teaching on topics like health care, nutrition, child delivery, childcare, adult literacy, sewing, and knitting. But more than that, each woman enrolled in Lydia Vocational Training receives solid biblical education, introducing them to the good news of salvation and beginning the process of discipleship.

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I.N. Network Romania's Ark Ministry reaches out to abused and abandoned women. Prayer, counseling, and other support services help Romanian women restore their broken lives. In addition to services for women, we reach out to children through the Playgroups ministry. When we help mothers care for their children, it changes the way they see their world.

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I.N. Network Romania runs the Wings Leadership Training program to invest in the lives of young people, encouraging them to become bold servants of Christ. The discipleship program focuses on leadership development. Wings strengthens the church in Romania and increases the spread of the gospel throughout the country.

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I.N. Network responds with grace to people who have experienced rejection their entire lives. Our partners in Slovakia developed the Cinobana ministry to respond to the Roma community with love. Through our ministry, children, teens, and adults have a safe place to gather with Christian leaders who understand the challenges and rejection they face. This is one of the few places the Roma people encounter the good news of Jesus Christ.

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Using the Christian calendar and making use of summer vacations, I.N. Network invites children to camps and celebrations at Christmas and Easter. These Christian celebrations are discouraged in Turkey, but the celebrations affirm the children in their faith. Serving in Turkey is a privilege that is not without its dangers. There are so few Christians, we need to encourage and support them in their work by providing a place for their children to feel "normal."

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The Uganda Animal project started at the Buikwe school in 2006 with a starting gift from special donors in Michigan. Animal Project gifts are long-term gifts that grow and multiply as the animals do. Will you help with a gift that will grow and multiply in the small fishing village of Kiyindi?

Families in the rural areas of Uganda live in poverty that is hard for those with "enough" to imagine. Meals are uncertain and many children only get the meals they are served at school because there is simply nothing to eat at home.

There are no jobs available and there is no money to move where there are jobs.

The land is dry, bereft, and crops don't grow.

AIDS is killing off both parents and children. Malaria is both a constant threat and a daily reality.

Families are stuck.

The Animal Project is a way to further impact sponsored children and their families in a sustainable way.

Here's how it works: a family undergoes a six-week training program and they prepare to be owners by planting grass and building a small shelter. The animal is inoculated and dewormed to make sure it will stay healthy.

When the family receives the animal, for example a cow, they use the milk to feed the family and the manure to improve their crops. If there is more milk than the family can use, they sell it for income to provide for their other needs. The first of the animal offspring is given back to the Animal Project to help another family. Further offspring belongs to the family to share or sell.

The Animal Project at Buikwe was so successful at providing hope to families that International Needs is expanding the project to help families at the Kiyindi school with a first sustainable step out of poverty.

There families are willing to work hard, and the Animal Project is a way that International Needs can provide them with a hand up rather than a hand-out.

We need your help to reach Kiyindi families with the hope that a cow, pig, or children can bring. Will you help us?

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Immunizations truly save lives. When you give $30 you can immunize a child against diphtheria, measles, polio, tetanus, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. Each child who is immunized is able fight back when disease attacks. We know how important immunizations are for our children – let’s work together to provide the same basic care for children in Uganda.

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Our team in Zambia begins with discipleship, training and empowering young men and women to be leaders in their communities. But it doesn't stop there. We also work hard to spread the truth about how HIV is spread so that people will not unknowingly put themselves and their children at risk. Simple educational training materials can affect an entire village!

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Most severely hit are the children and families who were already living in poverty.

The next several weeks are critical for these families who have been stuck in their homes for many days.

This is an opportunity for those of us who have been watching these events unfold over the last 20 days to step in and make an impact by helping these people get some groceries.

Please, will you help these children and families with a gift of $50 - $100? We need to respond as quickly as possible to this critical situation!

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The devastation struck a health clinic and part of the town hospital collapsed in Ercis. Those injured are being treated in the hospital's garden.

Two makeshift tent hospitals have been erected and rescuers and survivors are battling near-freezing temperatures, burning lumber from collapsed buildings to keep warm.

I.N. Network Turkey director, Behnan Konutgan, reports that the new Protestant church in Van was miraculously unharmed. This congregation of 150 is reaching out to the many survivors who need help, church members and non members alike. People are in need of blankets, drinking water, food, and clothing. I.N. Network is working alongside the pastor and congregation to get basic supplies to people in this area.

Behnan asks us to pray with him, "We need to pray that God will heal the wounded, comfort those who have lost family members, and give wisdom to the rescue teams."

I.N. Network needs your help to provide blankets, water, food, and clothing to the people affected by this terrible disaster. Please help if you can - you can give a gift immediately by clicking "I Want to Give."

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Bibles are especially precious in Ghana. Teachers have to bring their own personal Bibles to school so the children can learn to interact with God's word. Sometimes this means lending their personal copy out for weeks at a time.

Teachers know how important it is for children to use a Bible and they are eager to have a copy in each classroom that will always be available for the children to use.

We need your help to provide a Bible for each classroom so children have access to an age-appropriate version as they learn to read and write.

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A sponsor recently asked an I.N. Network staff member, "What does the child I sponsor really want? Candy? Stickers?"

"Those are nice things," replied the staff member. "But she wants things that are more basic. Things like underwear."

It's hard to imagine sending your own child to school without underwear or shoes. Or welcoming them home and telling them there is nothing to eat for supper. Or even bedding them down on a mud floor for a night of sleep without so much as a warm blanket. These are realities in Ghana. These parents love their children, but they simply don't have these basic things to give.

Whether you are a sponsor or not, you can bless a child with a gift too basic to mention.

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I.N. Network Uganda schools are situated in rural areas because that is where poverty is severe and schools are especially needed.

The Ugandan government requires employers to provide housing for their employees. I.N. Network Uganda currently rents facilities to house their teachers, but the goal is to build good housing that will allow them to attract and maintain well-qualified teachers.

We need to raise $20,000 to build housing for a single teacher and $27,500 to build housing for a couple. This is a terrific project for a church or community group in the United States to work on together. Can you or your church help?

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The I.N. Network schools in Uganda work hard to give the children in their care the best education possible. Teachers, parents, and students alike know that having enough text books for all the children is a basic but vital part of that education.

Each child needs four text books, which will be used in the schools for another five years. $50 per child will provide the needed text books and help maintain the high standards of the I.N. Network schools.

Whether you are a sponsor or not, you can give children better educational opportunities by providing text books.

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A sponsor recently asked an I.N. Network staff member, "What does the child I sponsor really want? Candy? Stickers?"

"Those are nice things," replied the staff member. "But she wants things that are more basic."

"Like what?"

"Things like underwear," the staff member said quietly.

It's hard to imagine sending your own child to school without underwear.

Or welcoming them home and telling them there is nothing to eat for supper. Or even bedding them down on a mud floor for a night of sleep without so much as a warm blanket.

These are realities in the countries where we serve. These parents love their children, but they simply don't have these basic things to give.

Whether you are a child sponsor or not, you can bless a child with a gift too basic to mention. You can provide the one thing that is too basic to mention, but that helps a child live with confidence and dignity.

We are so thankful for your help in providing these small things that are too basic to mention.

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But there IS a ray of hope! Each summer there is an opportunity for these children to attend camp, where singing worship songs, praying to God, and reading the Bible is NORMAL.

The camp program we're working to support has a week for elementary school, middle school, and high school campers.

Can you help make this experience possible for hundreds of kids? Donate online!

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