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Robert and Rosemary Munro joined Calvary Chapel
Oxford in summer 2005 and both have a heart for
Paraguay, visiting the country (shown in purple
on the map) whenever they can.
While on such a visit in 2005, they learned of
a project run by a group of Christians from the
Centro Familiar de Adoracion, a church in Asuncion,
which is seeking to help needy street children from
some of the poorest areas of the city.
Project Koe'ju, which means 'dawn' in Guarani (the
native language of Paraguay), was born of a desire
to prevent these children from falling into a life
of drug addiction, prostitution and crime.
The project now works with up to 500 families from
the Chacarita area to help educate and feed the
children and to give them an appreciation of their
value in the eyes of God. Since it began in March
2006, the project has grown to regularly feed up
to 300 children 6 days a week. In fact, the growth
has been such that leaders Luis and Olga Manfredi
have gone full-time with both Sunday services and
a daily 6.00am prayer meeting.
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