Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


Happy New Year!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that 2025 is off to an amazing start! Each new year brings new challenges and opportunities, and at Child Impact, we are more determined than ever to bring hope and healing to God’s suffering children around the world. We want to share with you the exciting news that our sponsorship program has just reached the milestone of supporting 5,000 children in Adventist Mission Schools! Thank you to everyone who sponsors a child through their monthly donations or gives to our Unsponsored Child Fund.

Here’s a sneak peek at what we have planned for 2025 by God’s grace and with your support:

Thailand
In Mae Sot, we will begin construction on a 12-classroom school building at Sunshine Orchard and add another 200 students to our sponsorship program. In Chiang Mai, we will open an afterschool learning center serving vulnerable children from a slum community along the canal.

Philippines
We will begin construction on the new Child Impact Rescue Campus on the island of Palawan, serving girls at risk of child marriage. In Manila, we are laying plans for a new community center serving children at risk of sexual exploitation.

India
The new boy’s dormitory at the Child Impact Deaf School should be completed this summer along with new classrooms for the children!

Mexico
We will start a new project for girls who have become pregnant through violence and exploitation, offering them a safe place to live, mental health counselling, vocational skill training, and nutritional support throughout their pregnancies.

Brazil
We will launch our second project in Brazil aimed at fighting human trafficking in the Amazon. The government has offered to give us free land on which to construct a safe haven for children who have been abused.

Colombia
We will meet with government and police officials in January to purchase land on which to build a rescue campus in the jungle. We also plan to rescue 30 additional girls and bring them to the new Child Impact dormitory at Vida Sana, just outside of Bogotá. Additionally, we plan to construct a housing block for missionaries and new staff to work with the increased number of rescued children in Guaviare.

Tanzania
Construction is being completed in January on new boys’ and girls’ dormitories on the campus of Twing Memorial Secondary School.

Zambia
The new Child Impact airplane will begin operating this summer and will serve children living on the Kafue River islands! We will also complete the second girls’ rescue dormitory and bring an additional 100 girls into our sponsorship program by this fall.

New Countries
We are planning to start new Operation Child Rescue projects in Peru and Laos in 2025. I can’t wait to share more details on these projects with you soon!

Let’s do all we can in 2025 to spread the good news of Jesus Christ, and His soon return, with children around the world! If you would like more information about ways you can support these projects, please contact us at the link below or call our office at 423-910-0667. Thank you for bringing hope to a child.

To God be the glory,

Jason Churchwell
VP of Field Operations

Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


I am so thankful to be able to share with you the results from a part of our fundraising campaign over Christmas that included freeing families from slavery in Pakistan. Four families were freed this week and have begun 2025 by living in freedom! Every time I see photos of a family loading their meager belongings onto a truck and heading to a new home, I get so excited! Their smiles are contagious, and you can see the joy they now have for this opportunity to start a new life. Many shared that they inherited debts which have been passed down for generations. One family with five girls, all of them appearing to be very young, shared that their three oldest daughters were also being forced to work to pay off their loan. Being a father to girls myself, my heart breaks when I imagine what it must feel like for these fathers to be in such a helpless position and not be able to provide for their families.

But thanks to each of you who donated to Operation Child Rescue or through our Gift Catalog campaign to free a family in Pakistan, these fathers will now be able to provide a safe place and an education for their children. Our partners on the ground work with each family by providing for all of their living expenses for the first six months in their new homes. They help tutor their children and give Bible studies to the families, as many of them are Christians who have been persecuted for refusing to give up their faith. They ensure each family can find a new job to support themselves, making sure they never go back to a life of slavery again.

With your support, Child Impact has now freed over 100 individuals who were living in slavery in Pakistan. Thank you for your generosity and kindness towards these precious families!

To God be the glory,

Jason Churchwell
VP of Field Operations

P.S. If you would like to be a part of our movement "to proclaim that captives will be released" (Luke 4:18, NLT) and help us free more families from slavery in Pakistan, click the button below to join us!

Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


In 2024, Child Impact was blessed to reach the goal of sponsoring 5,000 students. This was a significant accomplishment, one that would not have been possible without the generosity of our many donors and sponsors—thank you! This achievement was also made possible by our dedicated staff, both at the Child Impact office in Tennessee and across Africa and Asia, where we currently sponsor students. In total, over 32 staff members contribute to making the Sponsorship Program possible—not to mention all the teachers and school administrators!

In the Philippines, some teachers live in extremely remote areas, with certain locations requiring over eight hours of hiking to reach. Nicky and her husband live in a house situated next to the one-room school building. Their home is bordered by a creek and offers a stunning view of the mountains, with the ocean visible in the distance. While the setting is beautiful, the amenities are far from ideal. We learned that the school bathroom construction had been delayed and was still unfinished. In the meantime, Teacher Nicky allows all 30+ students to use the bathroom in her own home. Beyond that, since the students only have one uniform shirt each, she has them change into another shirt and then washes every uniform shirt in the creek behind her house so the students can have clean shirts to wear the following week.

As a Child Impact team recently visited the small literacy schools on various mountains, we noticed that the walls were often bare, with little to no teaching aids or posters. We always spoke with the teachers about the students and their families, the classes they were teaching, and any needs they had. To our surprise, the teachers rarely shared any requests or needs. After spending more time with them, we would ask again about their needs, and once more, they would assure us that the schools had sufficient resources. However, after several hours of conversation, they would finally begin to mention teaching aids, books, or other items that could be helpful in their classrooms.

We are extremely thankful for the dedication of our field partners. We invite you to join us in praying for them as they minister to the many students in their respective countries. If you would like to help support these teachers and their classrooms, consider giving through our Gift Catalog for items such as school uniforms, computers, field trips, or school supplies. Thank you for your generosity!

Christina Donesky
Sponsorship Manager—Asia Division

Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


“Daddy, you’re not changing my school, are you?” Bruno asked.

“I am,” His dad responded.

“No, Daddy, please don’t change my school,” Bruno begged his dad.

As we re-enrolled Bruno at the Seventh-day Adventist academy that Child Impact Brazil sponsors him for, his dad, Carlos, told me about this dialog they had as he was planning on placing Bruno back in public school. You might be wondering why someone would want to remove his son from a private school when he’s got everything paid for. I wondered that, too, when Bruno’s mom, Elisabete, told me at the end of last year that they did not wish to re-enroll him. It took some effort to get a real reason out of her, but eventually she confessed that she was really scared by a document she had received from the school. It had her name on it, and it showed a very large tuition amount.

Portuguese is not her first language, and as she showed the document to some relatives, they began to tell her and her husband that she was unwise to trust us, that we could leave Bruno’s bill unpaid and that would leave her in a large amount of debt. She started crying as she continued explaining that these relatives have never once helped with her needs for her children, yet they are regularly drinking with her husband, who’s an alcoholic.

Though Elisabete wanted Bruno to continue to be sponsored, she was caving under the pressure, particularly that of her husband. I talked to her, prayed with her, and asked her to send her husband to talk to me by the following week. And…he never came. I was certain that they had given up on the sponsorship until just last week when Carlos finally came to the office. He looked distrusting and kept his head down. He explained to me his concerns. I told him the same thing I had already explained to his wife, that we would pay the entire year of tuition upfront, so there were no debts for them to worry about. He perked up in a way that I wasn’t expecting when I said that and asked if we could call the school immediately to see if there was still availability for Bruno’s grade. By God’s grace, there was. I had the great joy of bringing both of Bruno’s parents to the school for his re-enrollment.

God had an additional little blessing for Bruno. When we initially called, the slots available were not for Bruno’s class; he was going to be changed to a different class. Because I went on a trip last week, we had to wait to take care of this. During that time, a child from his class moved schools, and now Bruno will be able to continue at the school with his same classmates. What a blessing it is to see God providing for Bruno, even in the smallest details!

A huge thank you to our supporters who have stepped in to sponsor and bring hope to children like Bruno! Because of you, the lives of many children are being transformed.

Nicole Bertelli
Child Impact Brazil—Country Manager

P.S. If you're not a sponsor, you're invited to become a part of this life-changing program and make a difference for children like Bruno, supporting their education and giving them hope for a brighter future beyond the cycles of generational poverty. Click the link below!

Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


Child Impact International’s new country office in Chiang Mai, Thailand, recently opened an after-school program for children living in the slums. This program offers tutoring as well as classes for English, music, and art for the most vulnerable children in the city. Our team in Thailand also works to provide one-on-one help where needed for these vulnerable children and their families, such as assisting enrolling children in school who have never been before or providing food support when a family doesn’t have enough to feed their children. Our Child Impact Thailand Country Manager, Nana Oangkanayotkiree, shared this inspiring story about the beginnings of the new after-school program.

I have recently been gathering information about children to start Child Impact Thailand’s new after-school project. I had the opportunity to visit the community and meet with parents to have them fill out registration forms for their children. As our team walked around, we met children one by one, and many of them started following me, curious and eager to learn about our program. A few children even volunteered to walk with us, helping in any way they could. They carried folders, held pens, and enthusiastically shared details about our project with their friends and even their friends' parents. Their willingness to get involved was both heartwarming and inspiring.

One boy approached me and said he wanted to register. I smiled and told him, "Of course, but let me meet your parents and ask for their permission first." He explained that his parents weren’t home and wouldn’t return until late at night. Hearing this, I assured him we could come back another day or that he and his parents could visit our center to complete the form. I continued walking to the houses we had planned to visit that day. Not long after, the same boy returned, bringing his brother along to fill out the registration form. At that moment, I was thrilled and overjoyed to see how eager the children were to join our program (and it wasn’t just that young boy)! Later, other children, who couldn’t wait for me to visit their homes, called their parents and came directly to me to complete the forms.

A few days later, when I returned to the community, something truly touched my heart. As soon as I entered, several children ran up to me, saying they had been waiting in front of the center for two hours but couldn’t find me. Surprised, I asked when this had happened, and they told me it was on Saturday morning. I explained that the center is closed on Saturdays. They told me they had gone there because they were excited to fill out the registration form. Their dedication and enthusiasm left me speechless.

Starting this project has brought a mix of emotions that are difficult to put into words. However, seeing the children’s excitement and eagerness to participate has given me a renewed sense of purpose. It drives away my fears and fatigue, replacing them with determination and joy. It inspires me to work even harder to make this program a reality.

Nana Oangkanayotkiree
Child Impact Thailand—Country Manager

P.S. If you would like to support this initiative and others like it that are reaching the most vulnerable children and protecting against trafficking, abuse, and exploitation, consider making a one-time or recurring gift to Child Impact's Operation Child Rescue! If you have already given, THANK YOU for your support!

Hi Carnivore Candy PNW,


A well-known story in the Bible is about three wise men who came from the East to search for and worship the newborn King of the Jews. These men were clearly educated and financially successful individuals who had spent their lives in productive study and commerce. How interesting it would have been to have talk to, even interview, these three individuals when they were young men. What were their dreams and aspirations at that time? What sort of homes did they come from? What fostered their dreams and expectations at that stage of life? I contemplated these thoughts after recently visiting the New Hope Orphanage and School in Gruder, Ethiopia. During my visit, I was privileged to spend a delightful hour with three of the older students.

The first young man told me his name was Yohannes. He stated that his passion was to follow Jesus’ example of being a physician. He saw all sorts of physical needs around him in his country and a severe lack of qualified doctors. He saw, like Jesus did, that before you could reach a person’s deepest spiritual needs, you needed to address their physical needs first. The passion in his eyes demonstrated a determination any parent would love to see in their child.

The second young man was Henook. He wants to become an effective civil engineer. He saw around him a country poor in infrastructure—poor roads, schools, hospitals, and educational institutions. Somewhere in life, he discovered what many leading economists have propagated for years: before a country can truly raise its overall standard of living, it must work on educating its citizens and improving its infrastructure to facilitate economic growth.

The third young man was Bonsa, who stated that he wanted to be the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. He had an incredible vision of what his country could be if it had a leader who was able to break the yoke of corruption and avarice that seems to personify recent leaders. He longed to end the civil war in his country, which he said was so unnecessary and wasteful of resources needed for improving the lives of his country’s citizens. They were not fighting a foreign invader—Ethiopians were fighting each other unnecessarily.

Reflecting on our conversations, I felt I had talked to soon-to-be college graduates from successful middle- or upper-class homes. Shockingly, the very opposite was true. These young men were about as opposite of that background as one can get, having several strikes working against them.

The first strike is that they are orphans. The second strike is they live in a very poor country where the leadership does not seem to care for citizens like them. The third strike is the civil war that has been raging for years, giving the population no sense of security or hope for the future.

Seeing all the needs at New Hope, I felt totally overwhelmed with what I could do in partnership with Child Impact International. As a donor, I have a passionate desire to do all I can to change as many lives as possible through the resources with which God has blessed me. But through the dismal fog of being overwhelmed came a bright shining beam of light coming from my three new friends—“Three Wise Men” from Ethiopia—who have the grand opportunity of rising above poverty and becoming truly Wise Men to lead Ethiopia and its people into a brave new world. Please consider joining me and thousands of people around the world in supporting the work of Child Impact. We are saving children like these, not only one at a time—and that is what truly counts—but now, by thousands in projects around the world like New Hope Orphanage and School. Only when we are in heaven will we truly understand what God accomplished through our dedicated commitment of our resources through the ministry of Child Impact.

Ronald Herr
Child Impact International Board Member

P.S. There are many children awaiting sponsorship in Ethiopia. If you feel called to support a child from New Hope Orphanage and School, empowering their education and giving them the chance to rise above generational poverty, visit the link below to get started. To those who are sponsors, THANK YOU for making a lasting impact in the life of a child!