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Manal is a bright 12-year-old girl who, because of a growth hormone deficiency, is still the size of a 7-year-old. To grow, she needs a daily injection of Somatropin for 18 months, along with regular doctor visits, blood work, and a nurse to give the shot each day. Her father works long days, yet her care costs more than 12,000 Egyptian pounds a month while he earns about 5,000, and the family did not qualify for our food program because he is able to work. Your gift can help Manal grow and show her family that the Lord sees and cares for them.

Sara, 62, has spent her life caring for others. As the first-born of six daughters, she helped her disabled mother raise her five younger sisters and put three of them through marriage. Now retired because of her own health, she lives on a pension of about 3,200 Egyptian pounds a month, but a bank loan she took to help her sisters is swallowing it. At 30 percent interest, she pays 1,800 a month and is left with only 1,400 to live on, and she still owes 85,000. Paying off her debt would end the crushing interest and free her pension, so she can live with dignity. Let us show Sara the Lord’s merciful care.

John is a young man who has just finished high school and is paralyzed from the waist down, while the rest of him is strong and healthy. He lives on the second floor of his building, and because his mother cannot carry him up and down the stairs, he is confined to the apartment, unable to reach church, college, or work. His family does not qualify for our programs, yet our home visit and case study confirmed his need for a small two-person lift or a stair chair lift, at a cost of about 400,000 Egyptian pounds. Your gift can set John free from being shut in at home and open the door to church, college, and the future he is ready to build.