Child Labor: What You Need to Know
April 26th, 2018 by Becky Stanley | | Posted in Love One More
Child Labor is one of the harsh realities deeply ingrained in the everyday life of someone who lives in India. The below mentioned statistics will tell you just how painfully rampant this social evil is: India has the highest number of child laborers in the world. Global Slavery Index (GSI) estimates that 18.36 million people…
Justice for Ashifa
April 23rd, 2018 by Becky Stanley | | Posted in Love One More
The news of a little 8-year old child, Ashifa kidnapped, drugged, gang-raped and brutally murdered only goes to prove that children, and particularly girls in India, are at risk more than ever. Copies of the charge sheet released to the media describe one of the horrific and barbaric acts of violence inflicted upon a child. …
Safe Spaces Campaign Against Child Marriage and Sexual Abuse
April 19th, 2018 by Becky Stanley | | Posted in Love One More
Love One More’s Safe Spaces campaign against child marriages and sexual abuse of children comes at a crucial time when a series of child rapes all over India are coming to light. Every single day the media runs headlines of children, even babies, being raped and brutally murdered. Furthermore, it is reported that these horrific…
Child Care Update
April 13th, 2018 by Becky Stanley | | Posted in Love One More
A Joyful Feeling Birthdays come once a year. It is an unforgettable day for our children because they are able to get together with their friends and fellow housemates. Their friends greet them and celebrate their special day with them. This was Selvapriya’s experience when she celebrated her 14th birthday on February 3, 2018. She…
World Water Day 2018!
March 20th, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Featured Update, Field Updates
Did you know 163 million people living in India do not have access to clean water? The World Bank estimates 21 percent of communicable diseases in India are due to unsafe water and hygiene practices. Even more upsetting, in India every year 2.1 million children under five die from the effects of drinking contaminated water.…
Celebrating International Women’s Day: A Woman’s Life Changed Forever
March 8th, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Featured Update, Field Updates
When Abirami turned 16, her parents took her out of school and married her off, a common practice in her culture. She was heartbroken. Abirami loved learning, but her parents and new husband told her that further education was no longer necessary – her only job now was to be a wife, mother and homemaker.…
Did We Reach Our Goals?
February 16th, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
While 2017 brought many wonderful accomplishments, it also came with some challenges. We didn’t reach some of our God-sized goals, mostly due to lack of funding. In particular, while 38 villages received the gift of a Life Center, it was short of the 75 goal. We hoped to saturate 10 new regions with life-giving churches…
Record Number of Water Wells
February 16th, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
Last year, many of you prayed for and gave to provide drinking water to people in need. And because of your persistence, we were able to dig an unprecedented 62 water wells! These wells were dug in drought affected areas, reaching people who used to walk up to six miles each day in search of…
Celebrate 2017 With Us: Medical Updates
February 16th, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
Since its beginning in 1994, Sharon Hospital has been at the forefront of its generation, providing much needed treatment for often unmet medical problems at low to no cost. And 2017 was no exception. Last year Sharon Hospital underwent a significant overhaul and expansion to meet the growing population of people in need of palliative…
We’ve renamed our children’s ministry to: Love One More
February 2nd, 2018 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Featured Update, Field Updates
India Gospel League’s Children’s Ministry now has its own unique name and look – Love One More! We believe this new name and style more accurately reflects the heart of what our children’s programs represent: the commitment to bringing in, accepting, embracing and extending generous love to one more child. The need to care for children in…