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Articles written by Shelaine Strom

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Shelaine Strom

Is Loneliness Poverty?

Recently I spent five days by my father’s bedside in a major hospital. He had three roommates, each patient separated by a sallow yellow curtain. It’s difficult not to learn a great deal about your neighbours with such walls.

Economic Empowerment

When an Ending is a New Beginning

I came to this new community with no capital, no land, no cows,” said Poch.

Economic Empowerment

Pushing Back

After Khursida’s husband left her and their 28-day-old daughter in 2011, Khursida was forced to move back to her childhood home. Over the next decade, she struggled to earn income with limited skills and opportunities for women in her community of Ratnapalong, Bangladesh.

Canadian Interest

The Beauty of Brokenness

Good mental health is critical to the fight to end poverty - both here, and abroad! Elaine learned the hard way, but God was faithful to lift her up.

Community-Led Development

I Saw it in His Smile

Child Sponsorship has been a successful catalyst for community transformation for over 80 years. It has a unique way of bonding sponsor and child that nurtures loyalty in the supporter to stick with the family through thick and thin.