by Beyond Borders | Nov 14, 2019 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Uncategorized, Volunteers & Friends
A note from David … I don’t know many people as brave as Sarah or Monique.* After being brutally attacked with a knife by the woman who had enslaved her, Sarah, who was only 11-years-old at the time, ran away without knowing where she could find anyone to care...
by Beyond Borders | Oct 22, 2019 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
I want to share with you the latest on the political crisis in Haiti from our team there. Weeks of escalating protests in Port-au-Prince and other cities have disrupted life in much of the country. The vast majority of those demonstrating have done so peacefully, but...
by Beyond Borders | Oct 10, 2019 | Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Uncategorized, Volunteers & Friends
My colleagues and I consider it a sacred privilege to serve some of our world’s most vulnerable children and families in Haiti. The faithfulness and generosity of so many supporters like you makes this work possible. That is why we take such care to use every...
by Beyond Borders | Nov 20, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Fundraisers & Events, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
Today, on Universal Children’s Day, I want to share this short video with you from our colleagues at the Child Labor Coalition. At Beyond Borders we are proud to be members of the Child Labor Coalition and to help lead the movement to end child domestic servitude in...
by Beyond Borders | Apr 3, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Our Blog, Volunteers & Friends
On Lagonav Island, the Atlantic-Midwest Province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame is partnering with Beyond Borders to protect vulnerable children from slavery and abuse. Here are two aspects of the work that the Beyond Borders-SSND Partnership makes possible:...
by Beyond Borders | Jan 15, 2018 | Ending Child Slavery, Ending Violence Against Women & Girls, Our Blog, Providing Rural Education, Volunteers & Friends
Years ago I was on a flight with my younger daughter who was five at the time. She was looking out with wonder over a blanket of clouds below us. “We don’t look like clouds,” I said, “but we are all made mostly from clouds.” She turned to see if I was serious. “It’s...
