Latest Prayers by Global Care

We pray for our partners in Guatemala and their work with street-connected children. Pray for: - Wisdom for the team at our partners SKD Guatemala. - Good relationships within the team, with local churches, networks and connections. - Safety and improved lives for marginalised, high-risk, street-connected children and families. - More volunteer mentors and more UK sponsors. - Protection from gang violence and influence.

We pray for our partners in Cambodia and the children of the graveyard preschool. Please pray for: - Our partners Bethel Mission Organisation, giving thanks for their commitment to marginalised children. - Effective learning for children attending the preschool. - Families struggling with insecure work, inadequate housing and poor sanitation. - Good integration into local schools for preschool children. - Wisdom in developing this work.

We pray for our partners in Ethiopia, and the project delivering wells for women farmers. Pray for wisdom and blessing for: - our Ethiopian partners, led by Mamo, giving thanks for their vision and commitment. - women and families served by the new completed wells, for them to make the most of this wonderful opportunity. - the as-yet uncompleted wells, for smooth logistics in construction, and in dealing with authorities, land ownership and other issues. - pray for excellent harvests!

We pray for our Harvest Appeal, supporting our work with vulnerable children in four countries. Please pray for: - a positive response to the appeal - our partners in Bangladesh, Syria, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe and the children they support - give thanks for this opportunity to invest in several projects simultaneously -pray for protection for our partners, particularly in Syria, throughout continued conflict and high levels of instability.

This week we pray for our partners in Ethiopia and their progress in providing wells for women farmers. Four wells have been dug, four are underway and land has been identified for the remaining five wells. Please pray for: wisdom and energy for director Mamo and co-ordinator Solomon, for success in simultaneously managing all the different aspects of this project, with so many wells at such different stages the women and their families who will benefit, for good relationships in well collectives and for improved harvests.

Youth Skills Day (15th July) highlighted skills training for young people as key in building peaceful and prosperous communities. We give thanks for our partners worldwide and all their work helping children and young people access education and training. Pray for: more resources for those facing extra hurdles to accessing training (disability, gender, ethnicity etc), more apprenticeship opportunities for those who need them, give thanks for the Skills Training Centre in Soroti, Uganda, and pray for wisdom as we consider future development of the programme.

This week our CEO John White is visiting the Houtberg Childcare Centre, a shelter for abused and abandoned children in Zimbabwe. Please pray for: safe travelling, especially on the long drives between Harare and Chipinge (13th & 17th), wisdom in conversations about improving support for young people making the transition from the Centre to independent adulthood, give thanks for the successful partnership between Global Care and Houtberg over 25 years.

This week we pray for CEO John White, who is visiting our project in Zambia, arriving in Lusaka on Sunday 6th. Please pray for: safe journeys, especially on long drives between Solwezi and Kabompo (7th & 11th), positive meetings with a new member of staff, and with our partners’ board. good opportunities to carry out training and for this to be well received wisdom in discussions about expanding M8 school give thanks for our partners the New Life Action Foundation Trust.

This week we pray for our work at the Hope Centre in Syria. Pray for: wisdom for director Afaf and her team at the Hope Centre, encouragement for the 90+ children supported through Global Care at the Hope Centre, relief and healing from the many traumas experienced by most of the students at the centre an end to conflict, a stable peace and economic growth to reduce widespread poverty healing for broken relationships; almost all the children are living in very dysfunctional settings.

This week, we pray for Sri Lanka’s work with women who are at risk of domestic violence and human trafficking. Please pray: for families impacted by a growing drug abuse problem in the community. for our team, as they challenge the cultural norms around domestic abuse. for children caught up in abusive households or drug-affected households. for our partners as they work hard to break the poverty cycle invulnerable households.

Our partners in Zimbabwe continue to give a home to children who are orphaned, abandoned or abused. We thank God for their commitment to vulnerable children. Please pray: that staff at Houtberg Childcare Centre would be able to help children recover from the trauma they have experienced. for the children living there, as they engage in education and develop skills for the future. for good crop yields, to feed the children and provide essential income for the Centre.