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Unlikely Gifts: A Kupenda for the Children Podcast

Unlikely Gifts: A Kupenda for the Children Podcast

By: Kupenda for the Children
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"Unlikely Gifts" is a podcast for anyone looking for hope amid difficult circumstances. Life can be beautiful, unexpected, and, at times, profoundly difficult. It helps to hear from others who have grown from life's challenges and joys. That's why Leonard Mbonani and Cynthia Bauer are sharing how their experiences working with families impacted by disabilities in Africa have taught them about life’s most amazing gifts and its hardest tragedies.


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Kupenda for the Children


Introduction by: Tom Tasselmeyer


Moderator: Frank Boswell


Guests: Cynthia Bauer, Leonard Mbonani


Audio engineering: Phillip Knowlton


Music composed by and used with permission from: Jacob Sanders

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kupenda for the Children
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Episodes
  • Hope
    Apr 9 2023

    In our sixth and final episode of season 1 of "Unlikely Gifts," Frank Boswell sits down with Kupenda for the Children co-founders, Leonard Mbonani and Cynthia Bauer, to discuss the role that hope plays in their mission to families impacted by disabilities. Listen as they explore the sometimes painful origins that give rise to hope, how it compares to optimism, what it means to hold it for others, and how it can be a driving force towards new and life-changing opportunities.


    For further information, please check out the following resources:


    Kupenda for the Children


    Introduction by: Tom Tasselmeyer


    Moderator: Frank Boswell


    Guests: Cynthia Bauer, Leonard Mbonani


    Audio engineering: Phillip Knowlton


    Music composed by and used with permission from: Jacob Sanders

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    44 mins
  • Grief
    Apr 3 2023

    In our fifth episode of "Unlikely Gifts," Frank Boswell sits down with Kupenda for the Children co-founders, Leonard Mbonani and Cynthia Bauer, as they explore their connections to a grieving world, particularly in their work with families impacted by disabilities. Listen as they discuss the forms grief takes on, what this grief represents, and what universal applications there are to navigate through it.


    For further information, please check out the following resources:


    Kupenda for the Children


    Introduction by: Tom Tasselmeyer


    Moderator: Frank Boswell


    Guests: Cynthia Bauer, Leonard Mbonani


    Audio engineering: Phillip Knowlton


    Music composed by and used with permission from: Jacob Sanders

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    36 mins
  • Healing
    Mar 27 2023

    In our fourth episode of "Unlikely Gifts," Frank Boswell sits down with Kupenda for the Children co-founders, Leonard Mbonani and Cynthia Bauer, to discuss the topic of healing. Listen as they describe common expectations versus actual experiences of healing in the communities impacted by disabilities they serve. And hear how a greater understanding of healing's various forms can liberate people to be more powerful vehicles of "Kupenda" or "love" towards others.


    For further information, please check out the following resources:


    Kupenda for the Children


    Introduction by: Tom Tasselmeyer


    Moderator: Frank Boswell


    Guests: Cynthia Bauer, Leonard Mbonani


    Audio engineering: Phillip Knowlton


    Music composed by and used with permission from: Jacob Sanders

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    43 mins
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