Poverty

Hesed House is the second largest shelter in the State of Illinois, and the largest shelter outside of the city of Chicago. With the help of professional staff, alliances with outside agencies and 6,000 volunteers from 70 area churches, almost one thousand individuals (including 188 children) are served each year through Hesed House’s shelter and three housing programs.   READ MORE

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Victory Mission is a non-denominational, evangelical ministry sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ through emergency and educational services that lead to long-term reconciliation, rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Victory Mission provides a wide array of services to individuals and families in need 365 day a year. Their services include a food pantry, evening meals, and men’s lodgi…   READ MORE

The Rescue Mission is a Christ centered organization offering programs to help people physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually. The programs are holistic and involve the elements of personal responsibility, self determination and an internal transformation of values and vision and a restoration of self respect.   READ MORE

The mission of Students International is to bring students and the poor together cross-culturally to encounter God, share the Good News, disciple and serve others in occupational ministries. SI does long-term, on-going community development in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Nicaragua through the full-time staff missionaries serving in those countries.   READ MORE

Agros exists to restore hope and opportunity to the world’s poor. Their mission is to see rural poor families own agricultural land, attain economic self-sufficiency, realize their God-given potential, and pass on to future generations the values and resources that enable them to flourish.   READ MORE

The Christian Sharing Center is focused on preventing hunger and homelessness for families and individuals in crisis. We offer a hand-up to the working-poor in Seminole County and those who are struggling to move out of homelessness. Services are provided without discrimination.   READ MORE

The purpose of the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley is to serve and glorify God through Christ-centered outreach of love and compassion that responds to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of disadvantaged men, women and children without regard to race, color or creed.   READ MORE

Long Beach Rescue Mission is a place of healing and hope serving the greater Long Beach Community by improving the quality of life of the hurting and homeless through loving and equipping them to be reconciled to God, self, family, and society.   READ MORE

ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries) was founded in 1994 after the Rwandan Genocide, when more than 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. The genocide demonstrated the desperate need for African leaders who are willing to put the needs of their constituents first and who will work to resolve long-standing, deep-seated tribal and ethnic conflicts. ALARM stepped into this gap a…   READ MORE