Simple Truths behind the Hospice Buckets

Bheki, a bi-vocational pastor and one of our BGR Bucket Partners, loves the Lord and His word and he cares deeply for those who are struggling with the effects of disease and especially HIV/AIDS. Here he explains how these “Buckets of Love” are helping serve the people of his community.

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You are Faithful

With the help of Baptist Global Response’s Hospice Bucket program, BGR partners are reaching the hopeless people of Sub Saharan Africa with a message of hope, delivered in a bucket. This montage takes you on a journey to see and hear what its like to the people receiving buckets on the other side.

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Delivering Rose

With the help of Baptist Global Response’s Hospice Bucket program, Community Leaders and Home Health workers James and Eunice partner together with Rose, an HIV-positive woman and AIDs awareness instructor, to encourage and minister to the newly diagnosed members of their community and surrounding towns. This is the first of a series of projects produced for BGR to help tell the stories of how the Hospice Buckets are helping bring hope in sub-Saharan Africa.

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blooming in Africa

Despite a long period of drought, flowers are everywhere in this part of Africa right now. It’s the season for the winter rains and things once scorched and left thirsting beneath the punishing sun of summer are now relaxing and unfolding under the gentle encouragement of the slightest bits of water.

blooming in AfricaIt doesn’t take much. Just a little bit can bring out the green in anything and the flowers can not resist the urge to seize the moment and burst into bloom while they have the chance. Continue reading

Reaching Turkana refugees in Maralal, Kenya

IMG_4838Rose is a Turkana woman living in Maralal, Kenya and was diagnosed with HIV/Aids and received a BGR Hospice bucket from BGR Partners in Maralal. The vitiamins with HIV medication helped improve her health and she now passionately educates people about HIV prevention as well as living with HIV/Aids in her community. We spent much of the day talking to Rose, and then following her around to talk to other HIV positive people who also have received buckets. She loves encouraging other people! This is one of the exciting stories of hope that we are currently working on in Kenya.