FEDICE Shares Christmas Newsletter

December 2009 – Time of Promises and Hope 

Christian world and Ecuador in particular, we rejoice in this Christmas season recalling the birth of Jesus, our savior and redeemer. It is a time of joy and happiness! But not much joy for many Ecuadorians. Studies show that poverty in rural areas, where FEDICE works, by the year 2006,, said that the rural poor were 82%, it means 8 outof 10 are poor. For that same year, the poor had $1.06 per day, $31.92 per month for consumption. Think seriously and act responsibly, following the footsteps of Jesus, who said: “I have come that they may have life andhave it abundantly.” (John 10:10)

To read the entire newsletter, click here: December 2009