"You must come and work on the family farm!” Sally’s aunt demanded. She respectfully refused, reminding her aunt that she wouldn’t be able to graduate the following year, ending her hopes of going on to university. Unrelenting, her aunt shifted her strategy by shaming...
Can you help me start a business to help support my family? Such requests thrill our hearts! Helping vulnerable families in Cambodia is at the core of why we’re here: Economic self-sufficiency helps break the chains of generational poverty —and helps protect at-risk...
Life on the streets was all that "Joy" knew. The 4-year-old often wandered about naked, as her drug-addicted parents were so destitute they couldn't provide for her most basic needs. Our Elijah team was alerted to Joy's plight, and immediately began working with local...
“We will go with you,” we said when the news came that one of our slum communities was to be relocated to make way for riverfront redevelopment. We have walked with many of the people there for many years meeting needs, working to prevent human trafficking, and...
It was a day I’ll never forget. Last summer I flew to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to participate in the work of Extreme Love Ministries. My name is Anna, and I do administrative work for ELM in our home office in Arizona, but always look forward to visiting Cambodia to see...
We're so excited to report that three students in our education sponsorship program recently passed their rigorous 12th-grade exam! All three come from one of the poorest slums in Phnom Penh, but all are now bound for college! Their dreams of further education and...
It’s not uncommon for us to tell you about a child rescued from human trafficking or other exploitation. Your partnership just last year resulted in the rescue of 21 precious little ones. That truth alone causes us all to rejoice! But follow-up is critical. Safety,...
Mrs. Y is a widow with two sons and a daughter who lives and works in a large slum community of Phnom Penh. She has a big heart for the women living there who work in prostitution, often forced to do so by family members or because of desperate economic need. Her...
In our winter 2022 Extreme Love newsletter we reported about a very special rescue. Through our deep connections in many of the slum communities in Phnom Penh, we learned of a pregnant women who didn’t want her unborn baby. What was her plan? Sell it on the black...
What a night of victory for our Elijah team—our biggest yet! Our team (ELIJAH stands for Extreme Love Investigations for Justice and Hope) had been training for weeks. Then we got a lead about a brothel exploiting boys, so we investigated. We also worked closely with...
