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06/23/2021

What is this?? Could it be??? Yes, an actual IN-PERSON fundraiser!

On 104.1 The Fish raising money for "Search+Rescue Kits" through Union Gospel Mission Portland.

And with temps expected to hit triple digits in PDX this weekend, these kits can literally save some lives!

Check it out - www.thefishportland.com

09/18/2018

Truly remarkable day in Houston, which was so hard hit a year ago by Hurricane Harvey. More than 2,150 listeners at Houston's KSBJ Christian radio have donated six semi-truck loads of $50 5-gal "Blessing Buckets" and supplies for those hardest hit by Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas. It's been an epic outpouring of generosity - a challenge to keep up with thousands of
calls and web donations. http://www.ksbj.org/hurricane-florence-response-drive/

09/17/2018

If you're in downtown Portland today, you might run into our film crew working on a 28-minute infomercial for Union Gospel Mission, which will appear on local TV this fall.

08/28/2018

Yesterday we spent at the Denver Rescue Mission, gathering stories of lives changed through meals and the love of Jesus.

This picture is of Vinnie who most would have given up on. Hadn’t showered in weeks, or eaten in days, but came for a meal. Now he’s clean, sober and ready to start a career.

We love mission work!

08/21/2018

In drought-stricken Somalia, a simple arm measurement indicates a child's condition. Red = Malnourished. Green = Healthy. Today David Harms is at KLTY radio in Dallas, working to move kids from red to green. $11 provides a month's supply of emergency nutrition packets. Already, 7,000 kids will be fed for a month thanks to generous KLTY listeners.

07/31/2018

What fun to hear the sound of these kids singing. They live in a Bangladesh village that's part of "One Village Transformed," a radio radio fundraising campaign we handle for World Concern. In a three-stage plan, the village gets survival resources (food, clean water, medical care), education for both children and adults and economic training to put them on the path to self-sufficiency. Awesome!

07/26/2018

Production Director Chris Huberty is on assignment this week at City Mission Ministries in San Bernardino, Cal. He's hearing powerful stories from men and women who found help and hope at the mission when life was at its lowest ebb. He asked this man named Kimmer how he dealt with hunger when living on the streets. “This is not an exaggeration," he replied. "I would literally rather eat dirt than go hungry.”

07/25/2018

Treat yourself to a dose of inspiration today with this way-cool story from our partner.

At 7, Evans’ life took a horrible turn. At 16, sponsors and donors gave Evans the chance to dream about a future she never thought possible.

07/24/2018

In the remote parts of India, people lack both safe water and an understanding of the gospel.

Mani, a 12-year-old girl, used to walk three miles to get water. "But no matter how far I walked, I could never find water that was safe to drink," she recalls. "The water made me sick. I got fevers. I got dysentery. Even when I could afford treatment, it was days until I was sick again. All I could do was lay on the floor."

Mani's village was one of 10 where India Partners, a ministry based in Eugene, Oregon, planted a vibrant church and drilled a well for villages to have clean water.

"I was so happy the well was here in our village, and that I would never have to walk for water again," she says.

“Now not only do we have water, we have church," Mani says. "I can go to church and thank God. Not only has He given us salvation, He has taken away disease by giving us safe water to drink.”



Visit India Partners: https://indiapartners.org/products/N02182/givesafewatertoday

07/18/2018

Today we're on KPDQ 93.9 FM in Portland sharing about kids growing up in a garbage dump. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is more than 5,000 miles away, but these stories hit home.

One man lived in the dump for 10 years as a boy. He went on to get an education and even earned a master's degree. He came back to the dump to start a school. "The children who grow up in the garbage don’t have any dreams for the future, says principal Bassandorj (BASS-EN-DORF). "But if we can educate them, they can dream big."

The dump is a dangerous place, filled with abuse and violence. "Some of the girls are 11 or 12 and selling themselves for a piece of rotten bread," he says. That’s why children love to come to the school. They feel safe and they get enough to eat."

He wants hundreds more garbage dump kids to have the opportunities that come with an education. "Why can't we build a school for 1,000 children or more? That's the size of my dream." He adds, "We don't have the funds for that. Not yet. But I can can dream."

07/17/2018

We're on the air in Portland today, talking about this garbage dump outside Ulaanbaatar (OO-LAAN-BA-TAR), Mongolia. Hundreds of kids live there and survive by scavenging for food and anything of value to sell. Thanks to the generosity of listeners on 104.1 The Fish today, 133 Ulaanbaatar kids will be going to school for a year and receive there what might be their only guaranteed meal of the day.

07/10/2018

A husband and wife in India rank high on our most-admired list. For more than a decade, Avitha and Daniel Victor have run a free job-training school and residence for the disabled, out of their own home. In their culture, it's a bad omen to cross paths with someone with a disability, so their students aren't even invited to their own siblings' weddings.

"They are hidden people -- hidden inside their homes -- and not seen by society," says Avitha. "We bring out these hidden people and help them celebrate life as it is and feel the love of God."

Says Daniel: “I think the most important thing they gain here is confidence. Most of them have been discriminated against or have been given a sense of no hope or worthlessness. So once they come here and they know that they have been treated like equal human beings, that increases self-worth to a large extent.”

KEZI TV in Eugene did a news segment on them, as they are part of Eugene-based India Partners. Watch this short clip and be inspired: https://youtu.be/5aKXzw77LNQ

Learn more at https://indiapartners.org/my-partnerships/vocational-training.php