Mercy's Reach: Get Involved

There are 3 ways you can get involved with helping provide care for these precious children.

The first opportunity is to sponsor a child for monthly support that will help pay for his/her housing, clothing and food. The monthly cost is $60 per child.

The second opportunity is to help provide the funds necessary to pay for the children’s schooling. It costs $150 to send a child to school on a yearly basis. You can choose to help provide these children with an education if you feel led to give in this way. Education is vital to help these children succeed and become self-sufficient as they become adults.

Thirdly, you can pray for these children and the missionaries who help care for them. Sometimes we forget the power of prayer and the fact that God has called us to come before Him with everything in prayer. (Philippians 4:6) Please take time to pray for these children on a regular basis. Pray for their spiritual and physical needs and pray for the people who are caring for them on a daily basis.

When you choose to partner with Mercy's Reach, your commitment is for 1 full year. We will follow up yearly to ask for re-commitments. Upon commitment you will receive a letter explaining how to make your donations and also a picture of your child with their story attached. You will also have the opportunity to write them as often as you'd like and hear back from them on occasion.

Would you please pray about and consider joining us in this ministry and sponsoring a child monthly or providing the funds for their schooling on a yearly basis? Your donations will be tax deductible; you simply need to contact us to participate. Whether or not you are not led to give financially would you please commit to pray for these children, as well as this ministry?

If you are interested in becoming a part of this ministry, please e-mail us at mercysreach@gmail.com. Please include your contact info and we will send you some information on getting started.

Thank you!

In Christ,

Luke and Callie Walker

What Is Mercy's Reach?

The Lord has laid it on our hearts to partner with missionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa in caring for children who have found themselves on the streets, without anyone to care for them. James 1:27 says that "Undefiled and pure religion in the sight of God our Father is to look after orphans and widows in their distress." There are multiple other passages in Scripture that tell about the love God has for the disenfranchised and less fortunate. It is clear that God's heart is full of love and compassion for these children and as Christians, our hearts should mirror the Lord's.

Mercy's Reach is a ministry that has been established to provide a way for others to partner in caring for children in need, specifically the street kids of Elikia Center in Kinshasa, Congo. This ministry will function as a child sponsorship program and help provide food, clothing, shelter, education and basic care for these children.

To find out more about how you can help click on the "Get Involved" tab above to learn more.

Some Stats You Should Know

*There are approximately 25,000 street kids in the capital city of Kinshasa alone. That number doesn't include the thousands more in cities across the rest of DRC.

*Children living on the streets of cities like Kinshasa often find themselves being beaten, sexually abused, starving and turning to drugs to ease the pain and numb their minds.

*Eleven million children under 5 die each year in developing countries and more than 60 percent of those deaths can be attributed to hunger and malnutrition.

*Every 6 seconds a child dies of hunger and related causes…that means in 1 day all of the children in a city the size of Twin Falls, Idaho would be gone. In one month Idaho would be childless.

*Approximately 1 billion people do not have enough to eat…that’s more than 3 times the population of the US

*More than 1 billion people live and die in desperate poverty, attempting to survive on less than $1 per day.

*Each year, 14,505,00 children grow up as orphans and age out of the system by age 16.

*Each day 38,493 orphans age out, with no family and no place to call home.

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