Behind these doors, people are making a difference around the world.

With community partners, the people of the United Church are . . . • Promoting sustainable farming and increasing crop yields in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia and Cuba • Creating safe places for people living with HIV-AIDS in Tanzania and Zambia • Encouraging alternatives to youth gangs in El Salvador • Distributing food and emergency relief aid to people in Haiti, Kenya, the Horn of Africa, Syria and the Philippines • Supporting women traumatized by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo • Training 600 maternal health care workers in Tanzania • Providing safe drinking water in Nicaragua • Extending micro-credit loans to grassroots projects in Colombia, Kenya, Philippines, Zambia and Tanzania

• Educating children orphaned by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo • Preserving vital water resources in the Abra River area of the Philippines • Training women for new jobs and new lives in Tanzania and Kenya • Providing school supplies to 200 Dalit children in India • Building schools, digging and maintaining wells in Zambia • Supporting families of murdered and disappeared human rights workers in the Philippines • Training young carpenters and farmers in Zambia • Building housing for refugees in Kenya • Operating community kitchens for the displaced and marginalized in Colombia • Building wind and flood resistant housing for victims in the Philippines

You can make a difference too. Roll up your sleeves. Be a part of it. Since 1925 the people of The United Church of Canada have been working to make a difference around the world. Brought to you by the people of The United Church of Canada and The United Church Observer. To comment on this advertisement, go to [email protected].