El-Favour was found crying in a forest. She had been abandoned shortly after birth.

Some people passing by heard her cries, found her, and after the necessary legal steps were completed, El-Favour arrived at a place very different from where her life had begun.

A place full of love.

Today, she is being cared for by a children’s ministry in Tanzania, one of the places your FAME team and I are visiting soon. And there is something else waiting there for El-Favour and the other children that YOU made possible.

A clinic.

That may not sound remarkable at first. But one of the ministry leaders explained its importance this way:

“Before the clinic, we would have spent hundreds of dollars and traveled many hours each way, just to treat an abandoned child.”

Think about that.

When a child in our family gets sick, someone notices. We call the doctor. We get in the car. We pick up a prescription through a drive-through window.

But for ministries caring for orphaned and vulnerable children around the world, even basic healthcare can require hours of travel and resources that could otherwise provide food, education, clothing and care for many children.

That’s why placing a clinic where the children already are is so strategic.

A fever can be evaluated before it becomes something more serious. A wound can be properly treated. Illness can be recognized early. Follow-up care can happen tomorrow, next week and next month.

And the caregivers know these children.

That’s especially important for children whose young lives may already include abandonment, poverty, displacement or exploitation. Healthcare doesn’t have to mean another unfamiliar journey. Care can come from trusted people in a familiar place.

FAME has helped establish and equip Points of Care like this alongside children’s ministries, orphanages, schools and ministries caring for children rescued from trafficking in Africa and around the world.

And those Points of Care create countless Moments of Care, many that will never make a newsletter.

A fever treated. A wound cleaned. Medicine available when it’s needed.

A frightened child reassured.

A little girl named El-Favour receiving the care every child deserves.

This week, I’m grateful to be reminded that sometimes the most strategic place for healthcare is simply where the children already are. I’m excited to participate soon in the dedication of this new clinic.

Thank you for helping create Points of Care where healing begins, hope grows, and Christ is made known.

Thankful for You!