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Wilmington is one of the most visited cities in New Hanover County. It's also ranked as one of the top four most common cities for the occurrence of human trafficking in North Carolina, according to Just Ask Prevention. First Fruit Ministries in Wilmington started a safe house, called "5.11 House," that provides safe, stable housing and case management, housing navigation, peer support, recovery services, behavioral health services, primary medical care, and financial assistance to victims of sex and labor trafficking. The house, which is a six-month transitional safe house allowing victims...

Feb 08, 2021, 11:49 IST Pulivendula, Anantapur Farmers To Export Bananas Through India's First Fruit Train The first of its kind 'fruit train' in the country was flagged off from Tadipatri Railway Station in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday afternoon.   A train from the Guntakal Division was loaded with bananas, for export to Middle East countries, in a Refrigerated (Reefer) Container train from Tadipatri. Loading of 25 rakes is planned in next 3 months from this area and each rake is said to fetch Rs 25 lakhs to Railways and also help farmers in Andhra Pradesh export ...

For over thirty years, First Fruit Ministries has been helping the homeless and other marginalized groups in the Wilmington community. Now, they are starting a project to help victims of human trafficking.

The 1st of February heralds the first day of Spring and is also the feast day of St. Brigid/Bridget. Brigid shares her feast day with an older pagan festival called Imbolc which celebrated the springing back of the earth from winter, with new life. St. Brigid in keeping with her Celtic tradition was attuned to the seasons and cycles of nature. She valued the elements of nature: earth, air, fire, and water. There are many legends told about Brigid with the most well-known being about the miracle of her cloak and the weaving of a cross from rushes. Similar to the association of between St. P...

Organizations work to count homeless population amid COVID-19 Organizations work to count homeless population amid COVID-19 By Kassie Simmons | January 27, 2021 at 4:58 PM EST - Updated January 27 at 5:42 PM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - First Fruit Ministries and the Cape Fear Council of Governments count the homeless population and work out what specific needs they may have to help change their circumstances. “Our goal is always just creating relationships with people, giving them a connection and being able to tell their story,” said Mark Skolaski, the Outreach Director at First Fruit...