Youth in developing countries face disproportionately more challenges, obstacles and injustices than their peers in the United States. While most 8 year olds in the U.S. are going to school and playing video games in the afternoons, the same aged boy or girl in Nepal is in danger of being trafficked into the brothels of India.
The main forms of trafficking are for the purpose of sexual exploitation, forced labour and removal of organs.
We give people who want to change the world an opportunity to address these types of injustices by bringing the hope of the Gospel to global youth. Through our ministry, we provide resources for supplying clean water, alleviating hunger, prevention of human trafficking, funding youth ministry training, and transforming lives for His glory.
Since 2012, God has worked through Ends Adventures for things like ministries providing discipleship, clean water, alleviation of hunger, human trafficking prevention, training youth workers and transforming the lives of youth in 28+ countries for His glory.
Although we focus on uplifting the lives of global youth, ministry also happens in the U.S. on a lot of our events! For example, at Ends Cycling we see kids join their families on our annual virtual bike ride, “Break Every Chain.” In another example, our Ends Hiking events allow older teens to join their parents on a long-distance, Christ-centered hike. At Ends Camping, at-risk youth spend 5 days and nights on a sailboat in the FL Keys, being discipled by an experienced captain. We’ve even been known to speak at chapel services or youth groups during our events! We do this because we believe youth aren’t just the future of the Church, they are the Church today!
In countries like Belize, Bolivia, Mexico and Nicaragua, through our events, youth are given hope against suicide (second most common cause of death in Bolivia) through youth camps. The average education level in many areas of Nicaragua is 3rd grade. Youth are being given a chance to stay in school because of your participation. Others are being trained in college-level Biblical Studies and are combating the drug, promiscuity, bullying and pornography issues in these nations.
In countries like Romania the effects of Communism in rural areas still lingers. Through your participation, youth with little-to-no education, who are the most susceptible, are being kept from the hands of traffickers. Through our events, God has used participants to help orphans in places like Macedonia and Ukraine to have exceptional life-giving opportunities through family-oriented environments. We have ridden on behalf of other countries such as Bulgaria, Poland, and Spain where youth are being impacted by outdoor ministries, English classes, and youth camps in Jesus’ Name.
In countries like Egypt, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, some of the struggles youth face are pornography, child labor and prostitution. Many children are dying in these areas due to H.I.V. and other illnesses. Children take on family responsibilities at a young age, often quitting school to help with preparing meals and water, caring for livestock and gardens, and watching younger children. Through you, we see Churches being planted, Youth Workers being trained, clean water wells being drilled and so much more!
Cambodia, Georgia, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Nepal, and Thailand are some of the countries we have impacted in the past. Some of the struggles that youth face are human trafficking, Christian persecution, lack of youth worker resources, extreme poverty and parents selling their children to traffickers for extra cash. Over the years, lives have been changed by equipping youth workers who minister in the schools, in slums and other places in India, training college students in the Philippines in biblical studies, and helping displaced youth through youth homes abroad.
Countries like New Zealand have some of the highest teen suicide rates per-capita in the world. Through your participation, our partners can send youth to camps, provide Bibles, and provide young people with leadership and personal development training that gives hope to the entire nation.
There are many ways to get involved. We hope that you will join an adventure event to fellowship with us and explore the United States. Your contributions through event registrations, pledges, donations, and product purchases will greatly help youth ministries globally.
Join an event and exercise your faith physically and spiritually. As you #PrayGoRepeat, you impact youth locally and globally!
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