The News
Christianity Today reported on the crisis facing patients in rural Kenya and other developing regions following dramatic cuts to US Aid funding. Health workers who previously visited patients like Florence Mwendwa, a 49-year-old woman with mobility challenges, have been forced to scale back or stop services as international funding dried up.
Why It Matters
If your church has medical or relief partnerships overseas, you need to understand that the infrastructure these programs relied on is collapsing. PEPFAR and USAID funding built health systems churches now depend on. Mission trips and giving strategies built around these partnerships may need reimagining. More practically, this is creating urgent needs for direct church-to-church support.
The Takeaway
Contact your international mission partners now to understand how funding cuts are affecting them and where your church can increase direct support.
Source: Christianity Today