Christians around the world will pause on June 5, the World Wide Day of Prayer for Children at Risk, to remember children on the streets, children abused by their families, children serving in armies, children forced into prostitution, children who are malnourished, children everywhere who need the help of others who care.

Worldwide, Christians will gather in churches, schools and at home to pray for these children and seek the Lord's guidance in ministering to them.

There will be prayer events in 26 dioceses in India; a prayer gathering in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, organized by the Salvation Army; a city-wide event in Ensenada, Mexico; a gathering at the Four Square Gospel Church in Lagos, Nigeria and prayer sessions in North America from a Salvation Army centre in North Carolina to a Presbyterian church in Arizona to a parade in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.

"There's still time to let your church know about the World Wide Day of Prayer. to get together friends to pray on June 5th, to register events you are planning on the website and to pray," said LAM missionary Greg Burch who works with street children in Caracas Venezuela.

Packets of information in twelve languages are available on line at http://www.viva.org/?url=/ican/pray/wwdp/, or by contacting Viva Network, a worldwide coalition of Christian agencies working to alleviate the suffering of children.

Today Viva Network is involved in developing and supporting 66 network initiatives in 43 countries around the world. These initiatives link 16,000 workers working in 4,000 projects which reach 160,000 children.

In Europe, Viva Network in the United Kingdom the phone number is +44 1865 320100.and e-mail contact helpdesk@viva.org. In North America, information may also be obtained by calling Bill Gibson at 800-275-8410 or by writing to info@lam.org.

Latin America Mission works in partnership with churches and Christian agencies throughout Latin America and supports missionaries and projects in many Latin countries as well as in Spain. LAM is seeking to place new missionaries throughout the region. The U.S. headquarters can be reached at Latin America Mission, Box 52-7900, Miami, FL 33152, USA, by e-mail at info@lam.org, or by calling 1-800-275-8410. The mission's web site may be found at http://www.lam.org. [Editor: Kenneth D. MacHarg and Christian B. Schaeffler for LAMNS/APD]