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Hope shines a light in the darkness. It’s infectious, even healing. But what is there to be hopeful for? Let’s look at the year ahead with 20 reasons to have hope in 2020 — and how to pray them into reality.
Change Makers

20 reasons to have hope in 2020

Hope shines a light in the darkness. It’s infectious, even healing. But what is there to be hopeful for? Let’s look at the year ahead with 20 reasons to have hope in 2020 — and how to pray them into reality.

  • Christian Faith
  • ZambiaIndiaIraqJordanKenyaLebanonRwandaSyriaUgandaAfricaAsiaEastern EuropeLatin America/CaribbeanMiddle EastUnited States
With her baby on her back and toddler by her side, a Kenyan mother walks in a dry riverbed in Kenya to dig for water at least twice a day, a distance of about 8 kilometers (4 miles). 6K is the average distance women and children in the developing world walk for water. Women and children in the developing world walk 200 million hours a day for water.
From the Field

Walk for water: Your 6K vs. theirs

6K is the average distance round trip women and children in the developing world walk for water — water that is often contaminated with life-threatening diseases. How far is 6K? Compare a 6K here in the U.S. to a walk for water in Africa.

844 million people around the world don't have access to clean water; that's more than 1 of every 10 people around the world. Join us in prayer for children and families who are thirsty and lack this most basic necessity.
Prayers

Matthew 25: Pray for the thirsty

844 million people around the world don’t have access to clean water; that’s more than 1 of every 10 people around the world. Join us in prayer for children and families who are thirsty and lack this most basic necessity.

In Mozambique, Belita, 14, narrowly escaped child marriage. One out of girls in dveloping countries marry before age 18.
From the Field

Untying the knot: 10 worst places for child marriage

650 million women alive today were child brides, and millions of girls are at risk of marriage each year. For many, child marriage means a life of hardship, ill health, and low educational achievement. Find out the 10 worst countries in the world for child marriage and how to help prevent it.

  • Child Protection
  • MozambiqueBangladeshCentral African RepublicChadGuineaIndiaMaliNigerSouth Sudan
End FGM: A school in Kenya is helping protect young girls from FGM and child marriage. This cause is a passion for blogger Breegan Jane, who recently met at-risk girls: “some of the bravest I’ve ever encountered.” See how Breegan is fundraising to protect, educate, and empower more girls — and how you can too!
Voices

Let’s end FGM: How to fundraise for your passion on Facebook

A school in Kenya is helping protect young girls from FGM and child marriage. This cause is a passion for blogger Breegan Jane, who recently met at-risk girls and calls them “some of the bravest I’ve ever encountered.” See how Breegan is fundraising to protect, educate, and empower more girls — and how you can too!

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