A Rocha has been partnering with World Vision for the past three years to provide families on low income with programming that connects them to food, community and creation. We recently hosted “From the Ground Up” — a Spring Break day camp at our Brooksdale Environmental Centre that welcomed many children from the Umoja Operation Compassion Society in North Surrey. Umoja runs after-school programming for children from new immigrant families. We also hosted a couple of families who live in a local RV park.

The jam-packed camp included a cooking class, bird-watching, sing-a-longs, planting blueberry bushes and exploring a nearby forest. Interestingly, some of the children were afraid to go in the forest, making us realise that many of them had never in their lives walked through the woods! One spiritually savvy child even said, “We should pray before we go in there!” But the children conquered their fears, enjoying the sights and sounds of God’s creation, even in its wooded wildness.