GAIA works in impoverished Malawian villages, to provide basic health services in communities affected by HIV, AIDS, TB, and malaria. Donations to GAIA will be used toward community health programs including HIV testing and education, nursing education, and mobile health clinics. To learn more about GAIA on their website click here. 

Village Enterprise works to end extreme poerty in rural Africa through entrepreneurship and innovation. Their one-year graduation programs provides entrepreneurs with seed money, training and ongoing mentoring. Entrepreneurs are organized into business savings groups that provide savings and build capital. Your donations will be used to support these programs. To learn more about Village Enterprise on their website click here. 

In times of disaster, MAF’s large fleet of planes and helicopters transport aid workers, medical teams, missionaries, food, and supplies to some of the hardest hit and remotest areas of the world. Donations to MAF will be dedicated to where MAF needs it most. To learn more about MAF on their website click here. 

Five nights a week Street Life Ministries provides hot meals and hope to many who are living on the streets in Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto. They also provide clothing, sleeping bags, and most of all, love. Street Life Ministries works to get people off the street and into rehabilitation and permanent housing. To support the unhoused, donations will be used for sleeping bags, socks, underwear, warm gloves, and healthy meals. To learn more about Street Life Ministries on their website click here. 

Latinos Unidos en Cristo (LUEC) is one of Trinity’s longest-running ministry partners. This small, mostly Hispanic, church in San Mateo and their companion church, First Brazilian Presbyterian (IPB), have been hit hard by the pandemic and its subsequent economic slowdown. LUEC/ IPB supports its families with rent assistance, gas purchases, and they operate a food bank. To support those in our community who continue to struggle, donations will be used to provide financial assistance and to purchase food for LUEC’s Food Bank. 

St. Francis Center is located in Redwood City. To meet the needs of the working poor in this area, St. Francis provides education to both children and adults, housing, groceries, clothing, along with other needed services. To support very low-income families, donations will be used for school supplies, educational materials, groceries, and diapers. To learn more about St. Francis Center on their website click here.