Love Stories 2017: A Photo Journal
Kelly BesedickHere at Reload Love, we try our best to keep everyone up to date with the work that people like you are helping us accomplish in the lives of the children we seek to serve. Below, you’ll find some highlights for each month of the 2017 calendar year…
November 2017
We had the privilege of meeting beautiful 11 year old Ramia. She now lives as a refugee in a small town where she and her family found hope and community.
Ramia saw people die in Syria as she and her family fled to Jordan for safety. Once her family got settled, Ramia started attending a school that serves refugee children. However, she found herself sad and angry. Fighting with classmates and keeping herself isolated from the activities.
Day by day the teachers and social worker met with her to bring comfort and understanding to the trauma she experienced. Little by little she allowed herself to feel the love there and began to feel safe with the teachers and other children. Ramia is now happy and outgoing. She is learning basic academics and playing on the Reload Love playground with her friends.
Thank YOU for being a part of Ramia’s life – whether you ever knew it or not.
October 2017
Reload Love founder, Lenya Heitzig with our team in Iraq passing out food, toys and more to children recovering from the aftermath of terrorism.
These children cherished, loved and were so grateful for the presents provided at this playground launch. The smiles on their faces were priceless and never ending as they ran to play on the playground with their new toys.
September 2017 Two young Syrian refugee girls looking through a fence with hope as their long awaited playground is being built on the other side. After fleeing terrorism all around their homeland, these children are just a small example of the millions of displaced people looking for help.
August 2017
A young girl in an Iraq orphanage receives food, toys and more at a playground opening.
July 2017
Children from Mosul, Iraq experiencing the first playground in their area. Mosul was a town that was occupied by ISIS and established as their capital. With stories of destruction, murder, kidnapping and much more
this playground provides much needed love for these people that have experienced such trauma.
June 2017
Reload Love team member teaching a boy how to play guitar in Nahala Valley Iraq. Our team traveled to Iraq to build a playground for children effected by terrorism. Nahala Valley (mostly a Christian village) was one of the places to receive this gift. People from the surrounding villages all travel to this one location to go to church and play on the playground. It is an amazing place with lots of love!
May 2017
Our Reload Love team in Iraq outside Sinjar City (ISIS Ground Zero) celebrating the construction of another playground. We are fighting terrorism back with love providing normalcy for children.
April 2017
Children in Nahala Valley, Iraq who have benefited from the playground built from the Love Bomb. These children have experienced the violence of terrorism at their doorstep. Providing this playground and other materials has brought a ray of sunshine into their lives and hope for the future.
March 2017
Children in Mosul, Iraq excited for the first playground built in their area. Mosul was used as the capital of ISIS for years and was the center of many terrorist attacks and horror. ISIS has since been pushed back and Mosul has been liberated. Thank you for all who have helped make Mosul habitable again showing the LOVE of Christ.
February 2017
A young refugee boy going down a slide in Mafraq, Jordan. This playground was the first playground in this city and has provided many resources to help share the love of Christ to refugees fleeing from Syria into Jordan.
January 2017
Bullet casings not far from a playground we built for children in Iraq who have been effected by terrorism. We have now built 15 playgrounds in 5 different countries.
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