It may only be April, but planning has already begun for Helping Children Worldwide's biggest fundraiser of the year. The Helping Children Worldwide 13th Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Sept. 8, 2014 at 1757 Golf Club in Dulles, VA. For anyone who is interested in sponsoring, volunteering or donating auction items, please contact Bethany Blackwell.

Early this year, Mercy Hospital received the donation of a new ultrasound machine for use at Mercy Hospital. The ultrasound donated to Mercy Hospital is highly versatile as it is designed to be portable; and therefore, it may be transported easily to the villages outside of Bo during the Medical Outreach Clinics.

During a recent Medical Outreach Clinic in a local village, the ultrasound scan revealed that a pregnant woman in her third trimester was carrying twins who were lying in a transverse (or sideways) position. The woman was too far along in her pregnancy to safely turn the babies for a natural delivery. The Mercy Hospital nurse informed the mother that in order to avoid potentially life-threatening complications, she would have to deliver by caesarean section. The life-saving power of this generous donation is already changing lives of mothers and babies in Sierra Leone.

Helping Children Worldwide has partnered with Ricks Roasters, a Stafford-based family owned coffee company, to offer a custom coffee blend-Beans for Bo! Roasted from a special blend of fair-trade beans from Africa and Asia, Beans for Bo is available on the Ricks Roasters website and several area retailers. Ten percent of all Beans for Bo sales go to support programs at the Child Rescue Centre and Mercy Hospital.

Have you had a chance to check out our new Sponsor A Child Facebook page? You can read all about the latest updates with the program and see photos of some of the children in the Child Rescue Centre programs. "Like" us today!