Posted by christine, February 5, 2010
Our deep thanks to all of you who donated to our World Food Day campaign in October to help provide food to the community of Kitui, Kenya, that we serve through Mocha Club. We have been sponsoring a group of orphans there for the past few years. Kitui is a community that was largely affected by drought, with no documentation of rain since May of 2006.
Good News!
The harvest has come to Kitui! They finally got rain this past rainy season and were able to grow new crops. Because of your help through World Food Day, we were able to help sustain life until these new crops arrived! Check out these incredible photos and celebrate with us!
From our African Leadership National Director in Kenya, Benson Mutisya: “YES! God is faithful to his people. This time He has remembered the Kitui people. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US DURING THOSE THREE VERY DIFFICULT YEARS. GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.”
The Harvest…
The little girl, Abby, is the granddaughter of Benson Mutisya, our African Leadership National Director in Kenya. Abby is four and half years has never seen corn crops before. Here she is saying, "Our God finally supplied our needs!"
Susan Mutisya, Benson's wife, shows some of the newly harvested crops
The harvest has come!
This corn plant didn't seem to care which way the corn was produced as long as it produced some anyway!
The Famine Relief Before the Harvest…
Truck loaded with provisions
African Leadership National Director in Kenya, Benson Mutisya, hands out provisions to the Kitui people
Thank you!
Posted by christine,
Life remains basic for many southern Sudanese
The number of people needing food aid in south Sudan has quadrupled in a year to more than four million, the UN’s World Food Programme says.
The WFP wants to ensure the people have enough food to last until their next harvest in October.
Southern Sudan’s agriculture minister Samson Kwaje blamed the surge on internal conflict and drought.
The region is recovering from a two-decade civil war and remains one of the least developed parts of the world.
Although the civil war with the north ended in 2005, some 2,500 people died in conflicts between rival communities in Southern Sudan last year – far more than in Darfur, the UN says…continue reading…
Posted by marisa, February 4, 2010
Campus Rep Sean Waldron (University of Colorado – Colorado Springs) set up a table at his University’s Activities Fair this week to get people excited about Mocha Club. Here are a few pictures from the day…
Posted by christine,
Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, waved his cane to a crowd last month in Yambio, in southern Sudan (Tim McKulka/United Mission to Sudan, via European Pressphoto Agency)
By MARLISE SIMONS
Published: February 3, 2010
The president of Sudan, who is already facing an international arrest warrant, came under new legal scrutiny on Wednesday when appeals judges at The Hague reopened the possibility that he may be charged with genocide.
The Sudanese leader, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, became the first sitting president to face an arrest order by the International Criminal Court in March, when pre-trial judges said he should be tried for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Sudan’s region of Darfur. But the judges rejected the prosecutor’s request to charge Mr. Bashirwith genocide, arguing that the evidence presented was insufficient.The court’s appeals chamber, in a short session on Wednesday, directed the judges to reconsider the prosecution evidence and to decide anew whether Mr. Bashir’s actions could amount to genocide. They found that the judges had used far higher standards of proof than were needed for an arrest warrant, and that the dismissal of the prosecutor’s genocide charges therefore amounted to an “error or law.” …continue reading…
Posted by christine, January 28, 2010
photo courtesy of AndyMerrick.com
We wanted to share some great photos from the MochaClubLIVE Online Event we had on January 26th to raise money for clean water wells in Africa. The event was a success, and we’re so thankful for everyone who participated! (Stay tuned…we’re working on a way to make the event available again for those of you who weren’t able to attend.)
In the meantime, check out these photos from the talented concert photographer Andy Merrick!
