Over the last few years, life for children in Peru has improved, as the rates of infant mortality have decreased and the coverage of primary education has increased. However, the children of Peru still face many problems, such as a high prevalence of chronic childhood malnutrition and anemia. There is a lack of adequate health care for all children, especially for indigenous children, who live in rural regions.
Child Evangelism Fellowship® of The Latin America Region (where CEF® is known as APEN) selected Chile as its country of focus to pray for, give to and go to, resulting in Missionary Project Chile 2017.
On a recent Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa, not even snow could keep more than 2,000 children and their families from enjoying inflatable rides, music, karate demonstrations, snow cones, popcorn, puppets and much more at the Sioux City Convention Center.
On July 17, 2016, Rio de Janeiro hosted 30 teams totaling 123 people from Brazil, Mexico, the USA, Argentina and Bolivia who were training for a rigorous 23-day event with the potential to result in gold – streets of gold – for thousands of children.
Christian Youth In Action® (CYIA™) is a program designed to train young people in effective and engaging ways to teach children about God.