“It’s been a wonderful challenge,” says Liliana, Tiempo de Paz’s Director as she spoke to us recently about the adventure of opening a third Learning Centre in one of Colombia’s most notorious, drug-saturated neighbourhoods, where crime and neglect impact the children far too often. So, what leads Liliana to call this a “wonderful” challenge? She and her team – including the new Centre’s manager, a young woman who listened to the Lord’s call and left a thriving law career to step into this role – know that God has called them to step into the gap to help the children. …
Kids Need a New Vision of Hope!
Young Mary* attends a primary school in Colombia and receives after school care for at-risk children at Tiempo de Paz. She recently shared her dream of becoming a nurse one day, even though less than half of Colombian teens will even graduate from high school. The odds are even lower for an at-risk child living close to the poverty line in a rough neighbourhood. But Mary is determined to beat those odds! And we need to give her a fighting chance. “In the future I would like to be a nurse, and so I want to keep up with my …