Stories

Two chairs, five hundred and fifty patients a month

Because of your generosity, Jezreel International donated two fully equipped dental chairs, placed with the Order of Malta in the rural clinics where they would do the most good. What followed has changed hundreds of lives every month since.

María supports her family as a single mother on roughly sixty-four dollars a month. When her daughter Dulce needed dental care, a single extraction at a private clinic could cost close to a month's income — a choice no parent should have to make.

Then the local health centre received one of the chairs. Under Dr. Franzué it now sees around three hundred patients a month, most from low-income rural areas, and the work has shifted from emergency extractions to cleanings, preventive sealants for children and more advanced procedures, all at no cost. Dulce smiles without pain. María goes home knowing her daughter's health did not come at the expense of the family's next meal.

At the second clinic Dr. Dorlin had been unable to carry out even an upper-jaw extraction, because there was no way for a patient to recline safely. JZRL's donated ergonomic dental unit changed everything. It now serves roughly two hundred and fifty patients a month, among them families who lost everything in a volcanic disaster and had never in their lives seen a dentist.

Among them too are adolescent girls from a local protection home, survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. For them a toothache was one more layer of pain in a life already marked by it. One had never seen a modern clinic. When the chair began to recline she was frightened, and the dentist guided her through it with patience, turning fear into trust. After days of pain she was finally treated, in a room that honoured her dignity.

Three homes, after Helene

Hurricane Helene left families across western North Carolina rebuilding from nothing. Working with CitiIMPACT in Arden and Swannanoa, JZRL sent toys and product into the recovery.

An elderly aunt has opened her heart and home to three children under ten years old, committing to foster them indefinitely. What they received brought much needed joy and comfort to these young lives as they adjust to their new circumstances.

In Swannanoa, a ten-year-old boy with autism and his family lost nearly all their possessions to Helene's floodwaters. Our efforts have helped provide a sense of normalcy and happiness during this challenging time.

One grandmother shared how the church's actions have deeply touched her family. She and her husband recently took in their grandson, a trauma survivor. The supplies, toys and overall support have made a significant difference during this difficult period.

These stories represent just a fraction of the lives we have impacted. Through our partnership with JZRL we are bringing the Lord's hope and love to our community. Together we are helping our neighbours rebuild, recover, and find hope.

Four containers landed, three at sea

You have so generously donated over $800,000 in much needed aid to the Joseph Project in Israel. This aid has been extremely helpful to families impacted by the recent conflict, many of whom have lost everything and face immense needs. Four shipping containers full of clothing, shoes, toys, medical supplies, bedding, diapers, mattresses and more have already arrived, with three more on the way.

We distributed these supplies through private nonprofits and municipal welfare departments to lower-income communities near Gaza and in northern Israel. These are families who have been evacuated, cannot work, or are living in stressful situations due to the fighting.

Receiving gifts makes a deeply encouraging impact on these financially unstable families during such turbulent times. The families are uplifted both materially and emotionally, knowing others care.

We sincerely thank Jezreel International and all their donors for making this much needed aid possible and bringing hope to these families. Your generosity is making a real difference. God bless you.

Angels of Hope

More than forty-eight per cent of Hondurans live below the poverty line. Chronic malnutrition is widespread, and repeated drought keeps basic crops out of reach of the families who need them most.

Thanks to the donated items in this container, we were able to bring joy and generate smiles in the many child beneficiaries. These are children who belong to the Angels of Hope Program, a program that provides a safe and nurturing home environment to children who have been abandoned or mistreated in their previous home life.

On behalf of the children's homes, we thank you Jezreel for your generosity and humanitarian spirit. May God continue to bless you for your generous acts of giving.

Thousands of children, every year

Words cannot express all that you have done and continue to do for both our organization and children in the NYS Capital Region. You have provided us with basic necessities such as diapers, baby wipes and shampoo that have benefited families struggling through poverty, and allowed many of them to stay with their biological families as a result.

We had a child placed in foster care who had been misdiagnosed. Without a crib or a playpen the foster family could not provide a safe environment, and unless we found one this little boy would spend the holiday weekend in a psychiatric center. Every other agency had closed. Though playpens are not something Jezreel normally provides, Garry went out of his way to coordinate the equipment and ensure this little boy's safety.

Our greatest regards to our American brothers and sisters

Caravan-88 distributes Jezreel aid to refugee families in Armenia's regional villages.

For me and my tortured refugee beneficiaries' behalf, I want to express my gratitude for the great humanitarian aid which you have provided us with for over one year. I consider we will continue our co-operation, since the inhabitants of Armenian regional villages mostly need your assistance.

There are many beneficiary families willing to write you a letter of gratefulness, but I explain that I do that instead of them. They asked me to give you their words, which I do with pleasure. Our greatest regards to our American brothers and sisters. Let God bless that kindest nation and always be on their side.