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By Ericka Jackson | August 27
The past month has brought heavy rains to Northern Thailand. Mudslides have killed several people in the villages by the river banks, and even in Chiang Mai, several neighborhoods have had flood damage. We are sad to report that The Promised Land Property, which we've been working to develop since January, was hit by a major flood that redirected the course of the nearby river. The land is threatened as flooding has already taken out one of the main access roads and the front gate.
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By Ericka Jackson | July 25
11 days ago I got an email from one of our partners in India. In it, he told me about some of their immediate needs. There were two sick children who needed to see specialists, and a pregnant woman who wanted to give her baby to the orphanage.
But there was more to that story.
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By Ericka Jackson
Jul 13
On July 2nd, The Sound of Hope co-founders Rusty & Ericka Jackson, our Thailand partners, Ray & Candace Ward, two of our new board members, and several friends volunteered with the US Campaign for Burma at the U2 concert in Nashville, TN. We spent the day raising awareness for the human rights abuses happening in Burma, and urging people to take action on behalf of those suffering. Read more...
By Ericka Jackson | May 20
Today The Sound of Hope is 1 year old! It was a year ago today that we were incorporated as a non-profit organization…. my how the time has flown! In the past 365 days we’ve applied for our 501c3 tax exempt status (and were approved by the IRS after only 14 days!), put up this […] Read more...
By Ericka Jackson | April 27
Okay, so it’s not the FINAL update for this projects (because they are not finished yet), but it is the last one for our time in Thailand! I can’t believe the day has come for us to head back to America. In just a few hours we will board a plane to begin the long […] Read more...
By Ericka Jackson | March 30
The more our eyes are opened to the situation in Burma, the more we want to raise awareness for the injustices in this country that are largely ignored by the international community. Very few people, even educated people, know about what’s happening in Burma, and reliable information is hard to find. The situation is complex, […] Read more...
By Ericka Jackson | January 17
Christmas is well known as a FAVORITE holiday for children around the world. Unfortunately, many children are in such desperate situations that they don’t have a holiday. In poverty stricken areas children enjoy no Christmas dinner, no Christmas trees, and certainly no Christmas gifts. For many kids, Christmas is just another day that they are […] Read more...
By Admin | January 15
For those of you wondering why we don’t have any blogs up (or where all those blogs we had went) here’s a little explanation! Our website is new – it has only been live for about 3 months now, and we had just started blogging. We were really excited about keeping you up to date […] Read more...
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