Mission Focus for July 2025
Hands of Mercy is a Christian compassion organisation dedicated to restoring hope to Filipino children and their families who live in poverty. This is achieved through programmes of compassion that minister to people’s basic needs.
Hands of Mercy currently works in Mandaluyong City and in the city of Baguio. Mandaluyong is one of fourteen cities within Metro Manila and has a population of approximatey 328,000.
Through a range of compassion programmes, they provide a variety of support including food, education, homes and medicine to children and families living in abject poverty. The aim is to restore hope to these children and families and empower them for the future.
The project is led by Sally and Joey Escoto, whom we had the privilege to welcome at GSFC a couple of years ago. Sally and Joey and their staff are Filipinos who live in the urban poor communities where Hands of Mercy coordinates its compassion programmes. They experience the same living conditions as those they are seeking to serve.
Hands of Mercy is the UK-based support charity that co-ordinates funding. As well as
distributing the regular support we give through the church tithe, it provides many opportunities to offer individual support.
Jesus challenges us to share what we have with others who have nothing. You can offer support here, or speak to Lou Everard.
Please pray for the Hands of Mercy Team. As well as rebuilding homes, a growing part of Hands of Mercy's work since 2015 is a business called Icthus inspired by the Holy Spirit during the group's prayer-times. Icthus produces and supplies clean bottled water, having taken over a local water company. This not only contibutes to better health, but also provides jobs for people in the area. More details of this is given in Hands of Mercy's quarterly prayer letter, which is available on their website or can be found on the church lounge table.
A big THANK YOU to all who already support us!