Author Archives: Caring Friends

Donors of Caring Friends sent 20 thermometers to Monrovia, Liberia on October 10th after vetting healthcare professionals across the USA about which infrared, non contact ones to buy. Liberian Bishop John Innis, President of the Monrovia Council of Churches and a United Methodist bishop, asked for help. Small rural villages and pockets of the Liberian […]

Start with strong biblical character teaching and testing over 12 weeks, combine that with job interviews, drug testing, and $15/hour job opportunities in the oil and gas industry, and you have a creative, visionary program being offered to 5th Ward men and women. From ex-offenders to the chronically unemployed to those looking to step up […]

Caring Friends looks first to encourage on the ground, hands on efforts to serve the underserved. If those serving the underserved resonate with good management and strong stewardship, we look for ways to collaborate or network that will advance mission goals in natural indigenous ways. When our encouragement and collaboration efforts seem productive, we look […]

Third grade reading scores often tell a lot about a child’s likelihood of spending time incarcerated. If you can’t read, you soon drop out of school and onto the streets where trouble is looking for you. Friends of Caring Friends collected, sorted, donated over 600 children’s books to Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School in Houston’s hispanic […]

The work of PAIR (Partnership for the Immersion and Advancement of Refugees) begins with university students at Rice and U of H welcoming, nurturing, leading, and tutoring new refugees settling into Houston. The junior counsellor program is not only heart warming but inspiring: refugee students who know the fears, the language challenges, and the feeling […]

A jobs program linked with a faith based, practical, holistic, 12 week training initiative is finally getting traction. A private company in the oil and gas services industry is offering $14 jobs for those whose attitudes and work ethic indicate they are ready to interview, pass drug testing, and be employed. For many of the […]