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Issue No. 16- May 2015

Run for a Kenyan Races Raised Over $21,000!

March 21st, close to 100 folks from the Tree of Lives community participated in the Shamrock Marathon 8k and one-mile races in Virginia Beach to support the Joy Children’s Village in Kenya. Each of these wonderful friends recruited sponsors for their race and together raised $21,293.75. And we still have donations coming in! Although we haven’t yet met our goal of $25,000, we celebrate all that God has done to help us help the children and grow the Tree of Lives community!

If you would like to help us reach our goal, there is still time to make a donation here: http://www.treeoflives.org/Sponsor-A-Run-For-A-Kenyan-Runner.

S t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e A f r i c a n F a m i l y A s To g e t h e r We F i g h t A i d s & P o v e r t y

Mother’s Day at Joy Children’s VillageMother’s Day was celebrated in grand style at Joy Village. The moms were honored with a yummy cake, banners, and lots of giggles and hugs from their children.

It was a bittersweet day for Mom Peninah who lost her own mother just a few days earlier. “Each of my children has lost a mother. Now I know how they feel.”

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S t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e A f r i c a n F a m i l y A s To g e t h e r We F i g h t A i d s & P o v e r t y

Tr e e o f L i v e s P r o v i d e s A i d t o R e f u g e e sTr i b a l V i o l e n c e i n Tu r k a n a D i s p l a c e s M a n y Two ethnic groups, the Turkana and the Pokot, have been responsible for communal violence in the far north of Kenya. For years, the two groups have been fighting over the usual kinds of things — water resources, land, cattle rustling, and so forth.

But two years ago, a find of 600 million to one billion barrels of oil was discovered in Turkana’s land, right next to the Pokot land. This oil has the potential to bring wealth to both tribes, but the Turkana are claiming it for their own, and the Pokot are threatening to kill the Turkana and take over the oil wells. As a result, the two tribes have been locked in a cycle of retaliatory violence, with whole villages burned to the ground.

This tribal violence has caused many families and children to seek refuge in mission compounds. Recently Tree of Lives initiated a feeding program in that area and was able to assist in this humanitarian project.

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Seven children from the Loyengalani area of Kenya just began a long journey to their new home, the Joy Children's Village. These children have endured major hardships in this remote and desolate area of Kenya. Over the past several months the legal aspects of their transfer have been completed. Pray for safe travel through this dangerous region - lift their names up to the Lord, one by one.

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