The Genesis Charitable Fund has finalized a five-year plan to address local, national and international hunger.  Hunger does not begin with the absence of food.  It begins with poor living conditions, poor economic conditions, poor educational systems, disease, and contaminated water supplies.  The current recession continues to devastate many lives domestically as well as abroad.  Genesis works with local agencies to move from talking about hunger to doing something about it. 

Homeless Children Initiative
Charlotte, NC USA

Cutbacks in benefits and the current economic climate have left many families homeless including 4,453 children in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County.  Genesis  works to improve the quality of life for homeless children in Mecklenburg through public awareness, education and emergency programs. Since 2007, Genesis has distributed school supplies,  distributed winter coats, and partnered with A Child’s Placeand Druid Hills Elementary to provide high carbohydrate/high protein snacks for nearly 60 children each school year.  In many cases, these snacks serve as the only evening and weekend nourishment for these students. 

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Global Economic Development 

On an international level, Genesis has chosen to work within the country of Zimbabwe.  First, working to deliver mosquito nets to fight malaria - a disease that kills millions each year.  Next, to  help Zimbabwe with simple solutions to complex problems, for example, providing drinking water, educational books, and micro loans over the next five years. 

    Global Economic Development

  Hunger does not begin with the absence of food.  It begins with poor living conditions, poor economic conditions, poor educational systems, disease, and contaminated water supplies.  The 2008 recession devastated many lives domestically as well as abroad.  Genesis works with local agencies to move from talking about hunger to doing something about it.  Genesis acknowledges that domestic recovery is linked directly to recovery abroad.  The Genesis team recently visited Zimbabwe to provide mosquito nets and to initiate production of  a farm with a sister church in that region.

Disaster Relief - Haiti

In Haiti, Genesis is working with Lott Carey, the African-American Baptist Mission Collaboration (AABMC) and Habitat for Humanity International to build transitional shelters in the Cabaret Region to support 630 families and to create housing for 430 families in the Leogane region. 

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