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Literacy Programs Illiteracy is a huge obstacle for the Wayuu People. 66% of their population do not know how to read or write. Wayuu children are often discouraged by their inabilities to keep up with their peers in the classroom. So, many of them drop out believing that an education is worthless. Bread of Hope […]
The Value Exchange
The Needs We Meet
Spiritual
The Wayuu are considered an unreached people group. They have a population of around 600,000 people. Bringing the gospel to the Wayuu is challenging in many ways especially with language and cultural barriers. The Wayuu have a New Testament translation; however, the Old Testament is currently being translated. In order to overcome the language barrier, […]
Physical
Approximately 85% of the Wayuu people live in poverty. And, over 500 Wayuu children die every year due to starvation and/or dehydration. Bread of Hope empowers local churches to restore their value by meeting physical needs like food, water, shelter, and wellness. Through our literacy groups, Bread of Hope provides hot meals to over 200 […]
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The Wayuu people
The Wayuu are known as the people of the sun, sand, and wind. They are located in the arid Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. According to Wayuu culture, families are divided up into clans based on their mother’s last name. Traditional Wayuu families live together on rancherias, a family settlement, where they herd […]
Mark’s Story
I’m Mark Kreikemeier and I live in Alpharetta, Georgia with my wife and three children. In 2009, I reluctantly went on a mission trip to Venezuela with eight folks from our church, First Baptist Church Alpharetta. One evening our mission was to deliver food to the people of Maracaibo. The local church member picked […]
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La Esperanza Project
Maicao, Colombia. Is a small commercial city in Colombia, just 8 miles from the border with Venezuela. 7 miles outside this city, in the landfill, God led us to a small community formed by over 60 Wayuu families who are refugees fleeing the hardships of Venezuela. The main source of income for these families comes […]
New Mercy Community Church
Short-term Mission Trip During the month of September a team of 7 from New Mercy Community Church from Hackensack, New Jersey joined us in La Guajira Colombia for a ten dayshort-term mission trip. We served 7 local churches in La Guajira through eye clinics, installing water filtration systems, children’s bible school, and construction. The New Mercy team […]
A Wayuu teacher making a difference
Amira Gonzalez is a volunteer teacher at one of our literacy groups in Maracaibo, Venezuela. She is in charge of teaching and preparing meals for the literacy group that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Her class has 12 students ranging from 13 to 15 years old. Amira says that her goal is to instruct her students to not […]
