by Rebekah Murray | Jun 18, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
| Faith and Community at a Dumpsite in Honduras | I recently watched the movie Facing the Giants with a group of men in a new Bible study we started here in the El Buen Samaritano community, located next to the dumpsite in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At this meeting, we...
by Rebekah Murray | Jun 11, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Education Provides a Path Out of Poverty We met Alex at the dumpsite in Kenya. At age 13, Alex would see us and hide. We learned he was born and raised in a slum right next to the dumpsite. Every morning, he would head to the dumpsite to collect recyclables to sell....
by International Samaritan | Jun 8, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
A Kenyan Mom’s Story of Economic Empowerment Meet Marcella, a single mother of four. She lives about 400 meters from the Dandora dumpsite in Kenya, where she also works. Four years ago, Marcella walked away from her marriage, finally determined she would no...
by International Samaritan | May 15, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Every year, we set aside a day to celebrate our scholars and recognize their journey, their growth, and the future they are building. This year, at the Samaritan Family Life Centre in Uganda, it seemed that things shifted, and we got a chance to see who our scholars...
by International Samaritan | May 8, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
It’s another stifling hot day at the dumpsite in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2021. Nayely, just 20 years old, carefully places her baby, Jasiel, in a cardboard box—the safest spot she can find for him while she searches through trash for anything she can find to...
by International Samaritan | May 1, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
I remember the first time I met Trudy Ann, the mother of two of our scholarship students, Kwase and Kalou. It was my first month as Director at International Samaritan Jamaica, and my first general meeting with our families. She spoke with the quiet certainty of a...
