March 27, 2024
WOW (Working for Orphans and Widows) is 25 years old, founded by my wife and I in January 1999. We did so in response to the devastating HIV and AIDS pandemic that swept through Sub-Saharan Africa in the last two decades of the twentieth century, creating the biggest orphan and widow crisis in history. Continue reading…
March 13, 2024
I just received a report on the drought and consequent pending famine that Zambia is now facing. This on the heels of a cholera pandemic. Sorrow on sorrow. Our partner ministries there, CHRESO in Lusaka and Impact Community Outreach (ICO) in Kabwe, are in the midst of all this and by extension so is WOW Continue reading…
February 28, 2024
Recently as I was driving to the television studio to record “Jim Cantelon Today”( JCT TV) the black clouds and driving rain made visibility almost impossible. Along with all the other drivers I had to reduce speed to a crawl. I say “all” but there were, as you would expect, a few cars and a Continue reading…
February 14, 2024
We recently received a report from our WOW partner in Zambia,ICO (Impact Community Outreach). They have been engaged in a cholera mitigation project in the Kabwe region in response to the spread of this extremely virulent disease. Thousands of Zambians have been infected with hundreds of deaths. Poverty, dirty water, and poor sanitation all contribute Continue reading…