SAFI has been proven to be effective against Cholera and E. coli when used to make water safe to drink. But can it do more? What if it could be proven that SAFI is a multi-purpose product that can prevent many of the waterborne diseases that kill people all over the world, including the United …
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Beauty despite the chaos Comments Off
Haiti can be a conundrum to a first-time visitor. The streets are littered with rubble from the earthquake of 2010 and debris from everyday living. The economy is in tatters. The World Fact Book reports a shortage of skilled labor, widespread unemployment and underemployment, saying, “more than two-thirds of the labor force do not have …
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I had the privilege of speaking at the Sallie Bender Guild luncheon today about the Koinonia Foundation’s Beacon Program. I thoroughly enjoyed speaking to them. The purpose of the Beacon Program is to teach women the basics of entrepreneurship. The idea was hatched in 2007 in response to the obvious impact of the large number …
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Bill Burmeister and I have just returned from a trip to Port au Prince. Also traveling with us was Jay Wallick, who made the trip entertaining. Not much has changed. The rubble from the earthquake is still around, but much has been moved to either dumps or empty lots. There is still a lot of …
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Check out this article that was written about our last trip to Haiti. You can also read it on the MLive website. Church teams up with Koinonia Foundation to send sanitizer to Haiti By Zane McMillin | The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS — Science can combat disease in a variety of ways, but for …
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