Apr 29, 2025 | Support-A-Widow
The wrinkles across 80-year-old Milkah’s face show the hardships of widowhood. Thirty years ago, she lost her husband to a heart attack. At her age, she can’t work to support herself, but she still cares for her mentally handicapped son and teenage granddaughter....
Aug 31, 2021 | Support-A-Widow
“To be a Kenyan widow often means to be alone and without a voice,” says a CAM staff member. In Kenya, wives are frequently seen as no more than possessions, and many widows face rejection and hatred from family when their husbands die. They may be blamed for their...
Mar 23, 2021 | Support-A-Widow
“Why don’t you just run away? Why don’t you just die? . . . because of you there is all this trouble for our family!” Manya’s* father shouted as he eyed her with disgust. Twenty-five-year-old Manya stared at her blotchy skin—the dreaded sign of leprosy. This disease...
Jul 30, 2020 | Support-A-Widow
Banjey from Liberia spent the last eighteen years of widowhood without family. Her children left the area during Liberia’s civil war and never returned. This seventy-year-old widow survives by the mercy of her neighbors. The generosity of CAM supporters also shows...
May 10, 2019 | Support-A-Widow
We read in the Bible about a terrible disease called leprosy. When people get this disease, they sometimes can’t feel pain. Leprosy affects people’s nerves. When they walk over glass, stick their hand in hot water or fire, or accidently scrape off their skin, people...
