Girls who inspire. Click the link below to read this story. Then ask, “What have I done lately?”
American girl, just 12, builds 27 homes in Haiti.
Oh, and she is raising money to build a school house for child in Haiti!
Just a quick post to let you know of this inspiring organization. Check them out!
Their Mission: to end global poverty by empowering girls in developing countries.
Today I receive 3 new Christian music CDs in the mail from EMI. I won them from Kristen at We Are That Family (and The Mercy House). Although winning something is always awesome, I really wanted to introduce you to the double-force behind The Mercy House.
Kristen, living in America, is mobilizing support for Mercy through her blog and donations. Her partner in Mercy is Maureen, who is working in Africa.
The Mercy House was established as a safe haven for young pregnant girls in Kenya, Africa. The young girls accepted into The Mercy House have no safe place to call home.
The stories are all different. Yet all the same. They are all filled with unbelievable pain: Step-fathers forcing themselves on young, scared girls. Orphaned pregnant girls sleeping on the ground, scrounging for food because they’ve been kicked out of their house. And finding girls too late, suffering from the trauma of self-aborting, injuring themselves, then trying to commit suicide.
God has given us a dream to build a house of mercy in the heart of Africa to help heal and offer hope to pregnant girls.
The Mercy House Shop sells beautifully made jewelry and art made from recycled magazines. The girls at The Mercy House craft these one-of-a-kind creations to sell. 25% of the sale of these items goes into a fund for the girls’ future, the other 75% goes back into The Mercy House to sustain monthly expenses.
The girls are taught living skills for the future, such as sewing, meal preparation, and cleaning. The girls also receive prenatal care including ultrasounds and blood work.
The Mercy House is a testament of God using women to leave this world a better place than they found it. That is why Kristen and Maureen are Women Who Inspire.
May God richly bless The Mercy House in the years to come.
Photo from msn.com
I know this is all over the web but, seriously, I cried this morning when I first heard this story on the Today Show.
Amanda Lindhout is truly a Woman Who Inspires!
In 2008, Amanda Lindhout was a freelance journalist in Somalia when
she was kidnapped and began 15 months of nightmarish captivity. But
today she has returned, determined to make the country a better place.
Check out this link to read the whole story: Once a kidnap victim in Somalia, she returns to help.
For your enjoyment. This video was played at church today. I found it on YouTube: Amena Brown: Psalm 139. Inspiring.
This is a story of a little girl, 7 years old, who had endured painful chemotherapy for the treatment of a brain tumor. Allison Winn, a Colorado resident, had surgery and then treatment for 2 years. She is now 9 years old. During her treatment one of the things that gave her strength was her dog named Coco. This spring, when she was feeling better, she decided that if Coco could help her through this tough time in her life, maybe a dog could do the same for another sick kid.
So, this summer she set out to raise money by selling homemade dog biscuits at a lemonade stand and outside businesses. She raised enough money to buy 3 dogs which she donated to other cancer-stricken children. She gets the trained dogs from the Colorado Dept. of Corrections’ correctional industry program.
Wow! She is only 9 years old and she is already making someone’s world better! What an amazing girl. (That is her is the green and pink and the little girl in white is the lucky recipient of a new dog.)
You can read the entire story at: The Denver Post.
Imagine walking into a public restroom (try to forget the smell that always accompanies there toilets)…You finish using the toilet and walk to the sink to wash your hands. As you look up into the mirror to do a hair check you see a post it note stuck to the mirror. On the post it is this message:
When blogger Caitlin Boyle of Florida left that post it she had only one goal: to encourage one woman to feel better about herself that day.
Later she posted a picture of that same post it message on her blog and asked readers to do something similar and email her a picture of their post it note. Little did she know the inspirational movement she would be creating. She had such an overwhelming response she had to create a new website to house all the posts of post its.
When everywhere we turn the media (TV, magazines, reality show, etc.) are telling women they aren’t good enough…not thin enough…not pretty enough…not rich enough…it does my heart good to see one woman stand up and say “stop”. It’s not true. It’s all a lie. Stop buying into the myth. Women who leave these messages on post its are not only making a stranger feel better but they are also making themselves feel good. Who knows what a difference an encouraging word on a post its can make in the life of someone.
No matter what size you wear…no matter your hair color…no matter whatever…you are beautiful!
Post a note today. Bring a smile to someones face–and yours! Now, if you will excuse me. I have to go to Target to buy some pink post its…
We all remember that day very clearly. We know the sadness we all felt. I still feel it. But now, 10 years later, what are we going to do about it? How do we “move past it”?
Here’s something to inspire you as the 10th anniversary of September 11th approaches:
Beyond the 11th: Founded by two American women (Susan Retik and Patti Quigley) whose husbands were killed on September 11th, whose mission is to reach beyond differences of culture and geography to embrace the most essential of connections: humanity.
Afghan widows are highly vulnerable and trapped in an ever-deepening cycle of extreme poverty and helplessness. Beyond the 11th funds programs that help widows gain the skills necessary to generate their own income and become self-sufficient. We strongly believe that education and empowerment are the keys to creating lasting social change.
REACH BEYOND.
These women are making a difference! Learn more go here: http://www.beyondthe11th.org/
Lauren Manning. Finding hope in tragedy. Surviving against all odds.
On the eve of 9/11 let’s not forget those who parished that day; but also remember those who are blessed to be with us today. A living testament of this country’s strength and courage. Let us never to forget.
Tired of shameless, uninspiring, embarrassing women on television and in magazines I created Women Inspiring Change as a place to showcase individuals making this world a better place to live in. These are the women I want my two daughters to look up to. I want my girls to aspire to become something more than a Reality Star. Instead of “girls behaving badly” I want them to see “women and girls behaving with dignity, humility and care”.
Do you know a Woman Who Inspires?
Tell me about a woman who inspires through education, awareness, fundraising, self-esteem, fellowship, legislation or community outreach. Leave me a comment here with a link to her website or blog. I would love to feature her as a Woman Inspiring Change.
Get ready for inspiration!
