USA (MNN) ― More than 13 million children in America live in poverty, daily suffering from poor living conditions.
CityTeam Ministries' Child Sponsorship program provides help to children and their families in crisis situations. Families are barely able to pay the rent, often hungry and uncertain where their next meal will come from. Children suffer the cruel effects of poverty more than anyone else as their social and physical development can be damaged in these crucial first years of life.
When someone steps forward and begins to sponsor a child through the CTM program, worlds can change. A Child Sponsor, through team members, tells children and their parents the story of God's love and provides them with a support system they can count on. Families receive necessary food, clothing, recovery programs, medical assistance and other essential care.
Biblical discipleship, encouragement and counseling are part of the outreach. Teams also work to provide homework assistance, tutoring and computer education, drug prevention and abstinence trainings (provided in San Jose only).
As people act as the hands and feet of Christ through the mentoring programs, they create opportunities for both outreach and lasting change. Click here if you want to get involved.
