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Getting Free of Gangs in HondurasWhen he first arrived in Honduras, Tom Goekler was burying one teenager a week because of gang fights. You can help break up the gang mentality through several youth projects he has started. US $21,000.00
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Baseball and the GospelIn rural Nicaragua, a shared passion for baseball has had surprising results. You can support Maryknoller Ted Custer's work as he helps young and old alike. US $3,500.00
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Saving Mothers and Daughters in KenyaIn Mombasa, Kenya, single mothers and their children depend on the Pastoral Center that Maryknoll Brother Frank Ten Hoopen is building to keep them safe. US $34,000.00
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Dancing for Life in Mwanza“If you can walk, you can dance” the African proverb says, and despite their poverty the people of the Uba community dance for joy when Father Jim Eble arrives. You can help him build a rectory and meeting rooms to serve the poor in the slums and villages on the outskirts of Mwanza, Tanzania. US $100,000.00
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Bringing the Gospel to the WatatuluOne lone Catholic missioner, Maryknoll Father Daniel Ohmann, is introducing the Gospel to 80,000 Watatulu people in Tanzania. You can help him teach how Christianity and traditional African culture can coincide. US $25,000.00
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Planting Hope in CambodiaFather James Noonan started the first project for AIDS patients in post-war Cambodia and then expanded it over the year to care for hundreds of "AIDS orphans" whose parents have succumbed to the disease. US $25,000.00
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Reaching Out on Radio in ChinaIn his seven years in Jilin City, China, Father Brian Barrons has reached thousands of students through English classes he teaches and many more thousands through a weekly radio program. His work can spread even further, with your help. US $10,000.00
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One Foot in North KoreaWorking with the life-saving Eugene Bell Foundation, Maryknoll Father Gerald Hammons regularly brings desperately needed health supplies to the people of North Korea. Your gift will help eradicate deadly tuberculosis there. US $100,000.00
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A 'Little Joy' for Migrant WorkersIn his native Philippines, Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera's first name means "a little joy," and that's just what he brings to hundreds of foreign migrant workers in Taipei, Taiwan. Wherever they gather—at church, a train station or even at a garbage collection point—he is there with a welcome hand or a shoulder to lean on. US $17,400.00
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