A New Life
empowering potential. Since its inception
nearly a decade ago, PCL has striven to
provide care and learning opportunities
that will give the poor a working chance
a chance to change their lives through
■ by Cari McGlamery Shanks to use their operating room. The exami- having their basic needs met.
nation ultimately turned into a surgery PCL has been awarded the Humani-
A
NYU COULD NOT conceive that was wonderfully successful! After tarian Medal of Honor by the Cambodian
of what it meant to have a life four reconstructive surgeries, not only has government, recognizing the life-chang-
beyond the physical ailment the tumor been removed, but Anyu’s face ing differences made in their country. But
that had overtaken his exis- is healing properly. After a few months of far more important than accolades are the
tence. Living in Takam Village, Cambo- recovery, Anyu is back in his village. The lives that are changed every day through
dia, this young man was suffering from a transformation has been incredible. He floating feeding centers and schools,
disfiguring four-pound tumor lodged on
his face. He had lived with this terrible
ailment for years, and the tumor was
steadily growing.
People for Care and Learning (PCL),
a non-profit humanitarian aid organiza-
tion based in Cleveland, Tennessee, with
operations in Cambodia, learned of Anyu’s
plight. Members of the PCL staff in Cambo-
dia decided to try to find medical help for
him. They appealed for help from mission-
aries and other humanitarian organizations
and asked that they pass on the urgent
request. The PCL team also published
Anyu’s need on the Internet via every avail- Anyu before surgery… …and after
able avenue: emails, blogs, Constant Con-
tact, YouTube, MySpace, and Facebook. faces one final surgery to complete the medical and dental clinics, orphan
Several people came forward want- transformation. and widow care, clean water provided
ing to help, but it was a group of French Anyu recently told Fred Garmon, through filter distribution, wells provided
surgeons who ultimately volunteered to executive director of PCL, “Thank you to for entire villages, and microenterprise
come to Cambodia to examine Anyu. An People for Care and Learning for giving development that equips Cambodians to
equally important breakthrough came me a new life!” find quality jobs.
about when a Cambodian hospital in That is the mission of People for In The Message, John 1:14 reads, “The
Phnom Penh allowed the French doctors Care and Learning—inspiring hope and Word became flesh and moved into the
neighborhood.” PCL has moved into the
Floating ministry center
neighborhood of southeast Asia in order
to show love and demonstrate the truth
of God’s Word, as Jesus Christ did, by
caring about people’s day-to-day needs.
As a result, many Cambodians become
open to hearing the gospel and receiving
Christ. Their joy becomes complete, and
so does ours.
For more information about People for Care
and Learning, visit www.peopleforcare.org
or call 423-478-7071.
Cari Shanks, a former English language
teacher in China, works as the public relations
director for People for Care and Learning.
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