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Reflections on our Father’s Love for the Fatherless
On Easter Sunday this year, the Lord took my father home after 85 rich and meaningful years. His departure has left me in a reflective mindset about the blessing he was to me personally, and the importance of fathers more generally to all of us. My dad worked hard...
A Covenant Mercies Story: Mercy Amanya
I will never forget Gladys, a woman I met on my very first visit to Uganda in 2002. She had lost her husband to AIDS, and was left to care for two small children though she was stricken with AIDS herself. My visits to Uganda would become frequent from this point...
Stories of Hope: 2022 Annual Report
It's a pleasure to present our newly-released 2022 Annual Report, including the latest testimonies, updates and photos from each of our program areas. We thank all of our sponsors, donors and partners for sowing faithfully into our mission and enabling this work in...
20th Anniversary Infographic
It is our pleasure to share our 20th Anniversary Edition Impact Infographic, which looks back on all God has accomplished through Covenant Mercies over the past two decades. By God’s grace and the generosity of our sponsors, donors and partners, we have much to...
Learning skills for self-sufficiency
I’ve recently returned from a visit to our program areas in Africa, and while I was there, I had the privilege of meeting Teddy, a mother of two children in our Maudo (Uganda) Sponsorship Program. In January 2021, Teddy and her children were evicted from the house she...
Covenant Mercies expands to Liberia – $50K matching gift challenge
We couldn’t be more excited to announce that, here in our 20th anniversary year, the Lord has given us the opportunity to expand our Orphan Sponsorship Program to Liberia, in west Africa. And to help us launch this new initiative in strength, a coalition of donors has...
New building expands educational opportunities for Lighthouse students
In January of this year, Lighthouse Christian School hosted the Official Opening of a brand new facility named in honor of Wilbroad Chanda, who founded Lighthouse with his wife Zicky in 2005 but passed away unexpectedly in 2021. Featuring computer and science labs, a...
Celebrating 20 years of ministry!
Twenty years ago, Covenant Mercies was founded in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa and the Christian call to care for orphans, pursue justice and love mercy. Please join us as we celebrate lives transformed for God's glory!...
A Covenant Mercies Story: Hanna
The Providence of God in the Life of One Child (sharing with permission) Back in September of 2007, I was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to pave the way for our new Ethiopian program. While walking through one of our targeted neighborhoods with an Ethiopian friend, we...