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KENYA: PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN
As Political Violence Continues, Compassion International Offers Public-Affairs Radio Special Calling Christians to Pray for Peace

DESCRIPTION:   

A disputed presidential election on Dec. 30 has sparked political unrest in Kenya that has left some 600 people dead and approximately a quarter of a million people, many of them children, displaced from their homes.

In the radio special “Kenya: Pray for the Children,” Compassion International, one of the world’s foremost Christian child-sponsorship organizations, issues a call to action for Christians.
 

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  • Dr. Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International
  • Joni Eareckson Tada, founder of Joni and Friends, a Christian ministry to the disabled
  • Dr. Ron Cline, chairman of the board of HCJB Global, a Christian health-care and media organization
  • The people of Kenya
      
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Available for download immediately; no restriction on broadcast date and time.
 
LENGTH:
25 minutes
 
NOTES:
  • "Kenya: Pray for the Children" is offered as a public affair’s radio special produced by Compassion International. Broadcast permission is granted.
  • Confirmation of airing is requested. Please email [email protected].
  • For more information on Compassion International and the riots in Kenya, visit www.compassion.com/kenya.
     

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"Kenya: Pray for the Children" radio special
mp3 Audio File | 25 minutes
30 second Promo
mp3 Audio File | 30 seconds

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