Philippines: life in all its fullness for children at the edges

10 July 2025

Mission partner Tim Lee founded Jigsaw Kids Ministries with his wife Kate in 2004, and Tim now supports the Filipino team from his base in Cumbria. The team run eight family centres in Metro Manila, from which they share God’s love in practical and strategic ways with children and families living in extreme hardship and poverty. Tim and Kate are preparing to be in the Philippines 20 July–14 August, where Kate (an early years education specialist) will lead training for, and development of, a new kindergarten project. Pray for Kate as she leads this training, and for Tim as he leads the new Jigsaw children’s building project.

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