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When job loss threatens your charitable commitments

I pledged to sponsor an orphan's education monthly but I just got laid off and the payment is due tomorrow and I feel like I'm breaking a sacred promise.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic instability forces a confrontation between personal survival and moral consistency.

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