{"id":44461,"date":"2025-01-20T10:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?page_id=44461"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:20:47","slug":"global-giving-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/global-giving-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Giving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading alignwide wp-elements-1\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color has-lg-font-size wp-elements-1\">Praise God! Through Global Giving Day 2026, supporters, staff, and students from <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-world-student-day-color\">101 countries and territories <\/mark><\/strong>raised <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-world-student-day-color\">$240,320 USD<\/mark><\/strong> to equip RADIANT witness on the world\u2019s campuses.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-2\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-world-student-day-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-2\"><strong><strong>Thank you for helping to give students a brighter vision for life.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-separator\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-columns alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns 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