Help Her Say No
Join the fight against forced child marriage at our Heart for Children Dinners.
-September 28 at 5 p.m. | Loma Linda, CA
-October 12 at 5 p.m. | Washington D.C., MD
-November 16 at 5 p.m. | Collegedale, TN
WHERE:
Collegedale Commons Founders Hall
4750 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN 37363
WHEN:
Sunday, November 17
5-7 PM
Enjoy a delicious dinner on us while Child Impact International shares details about our major project for 2025: building a rescue campus to protect vulnerable children at high-risk for forced child marriage. Funds raised at this event will help us complete the construction of the rescue campus on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.
Tickets are free, but RSVP is requested. Reserve your spot today!
Learn About Our 2025 Rescue Project
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Contribute to a noble cause by participating in our silent auction containing an array of unique items from the areas we serve.
Hear about encouraging ministry updates and new projects built to eradicate exploitation.
In 2021, The Philippines outlawed child marriage. Yet, this practice persists in remote jungle villages unabated. Child marriage is considered a form of human trafficking. Often a small dowry is offered for a girl: a bag of candy, coffee, a goat, a few chickens. At that moment any hopes she had to continue her studies and pursue any other dream for her life is crushed. Girls as young as 12 become prime candidates as child brides. Often a pregnancy follows which places the life of the mom and baby at risk.
Child Impact has been working with 11 remote jungle villages in Palawan, Philippines combating child marriage through the literacy schools we support. However, these schools end at grade 10. We have initiated a project to help girls pursue their education by building a rescue campus in the lowlands. This project will house over 50 girls who will continue to pursue their dream of an education. It will be a safe place for them to avoid being forced into early marriage.
Future campus expansion includes an education building for grades 9-12, commercial kitchen, missionary house, boy's dormitory, and a vocational training facility.
Child Impact would like to invite you to one of our special 2025 fundraising dinners. The funds raised at these events will help us complete the construction of the rescue campus. I’d like to invite you to watch the video below to learn more about this important project.
Sincerely,
Dr. Tom L. Evans, CEO
Child Impact International
Thank You to Our Event Sponsors
