Do You Want to Fight Starvation?

New York City NY

24 April, 2021

12:13 AM

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"Hunger is bad--worse than the deadly coronavirus." After hearing such comments from her Bible students and brethren who were going to bed on an empty stomach and even begging on the streets when they lost jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, blind and physically disabled philanthropist Dr. Shirley Cheng established "Unite in Love" on May 21, 2020, a relief fund for families in developing countries impacted by lockdowns. As of April 20, Unite in Love has provided emergency relief to thirty families and dozens of individuals in seven countries, covering funds for food, rent, and medical care (medicine and hospital), including a new wheelchair and walker. Unite in Love has covered the rent for seven families and one individual, preventing the eviction of three families with small children. Every donation to Unite in Love counts. $5 can buy twenty-two pounds of maize in Kisii, Kenya, and $32 can pay the monthly rent in Pakistan. 100% of the funds are distributed as soon as possible to the families, providing basic assistance until they can return to work. Give families the gift of life at: https://gofundme.com/f/unitein... There, you may read stories of families that Unite in Love is supporting and see their photos. Assist Unite in Love to meet urgent needs of desperate families--families who are left to face hunger and eviction alone without any government assistance or food bank. Additionally, Unite in Love aims to help families become self-sufficient through planting of crops and raising of hens at their own yards. "There is strength in number; there is power in love. When we unite in love, we can achieve common good for society. I believe that when we have the resources and ability to act, we should act. As one individual, I can do only so much. I therefore hope that our community will stand with me to provide assistance where it's most needed," says Dr. Cheng. Newspaper and magazine features about Unite in Love: "Uniting in love to help humanity" in WAG Magazine: https://www.wagmag.com/uniting... "Local Author and Teacher Overcomes Blindness to Fight Hunger" in Westchester Rising: http://yonkerstimes.com/local-... "Local Bible Teacher Raises Over $1,400 for Coronavirus Relief" in the Examiner News: https://www.theexaminernews.co... Listen to the podcast "Adapting with Blind Minister Shirley Cheng" with host Alex Garrett where Dr. Cheng spoke of her life, ministry and purpose: https://www.spreaker.com/user/... About the Founder of Unite in Love Dr. Shirley Cheng is a blind and physically disabled award-winning author of nine books with twenty-seven book awards, Bible teacher and founder of www.Ultra-Ability.com Ministry, motivational speaker, poet, a contributor to over twenty-five books, and an editor of one. Due to years of hospitalization, she received no schooling until age eleven. Back then, she barely knew English but after about 180 days of attendance in a special education class in elementary school, she mastered grade level and entered a regular sixth grade class in middle school. She was a top student, earning "Student of the Year" in sixth grade, "Student of the Month" in seventh grade, and received an excellence award for earning the highest grade of 97 in Earth science in eighth grade. She's also a three-time winner of the National Reflections Program in the visual arts. Her high school GPA is 3.9 (97) with no advanced placement factors. After she lost her eyesight at age seventeen, Dr. Cheng had to complete chemistry by balancing long chemistry formulas and equations in her head, and earned a high school equivalency diploma. She took the entire GED test, including mathematical calculations, graphs, and an essay, without Braille or vision. She received a special recognition award for scoring an exceptional 3280 on the GED test. She became an author at age twenty. Since 2011, Dr. Cheng has been teaching the Bible in depth one-on-one to students from around the world; she has written five volumes of expository lessons and tests. She uses the screen-reading software Jaws which reads computer text and tells her which keys she types. Follow Dr. Cheng at http://www.facebook.com/drshir... Dr. Cheng’s history of philanthropy includes the ongoing successful fundraiser, “Support an Aspiring Medical Doctor.” It has helped to send a young man to the best university in all of West Africa: the University of Ibadan. Gideon has started his third year of college. He ranks at second-class honors and has been elected as the social director of his entire department. He aims to be an obstetrician. https://www.gofundme.com/f/col...