Archive | August, 2012

Thankfulness

By on August 13, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed something about myself. I am quick to grumble and slow to be thankful. Ironically, I have noticed this through my 3-year-old son who recently started saying “grrrr” when he gets frustrated. Because he isn’t around too many other people, I realized that he must have gotten this [...]

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Photo of young girls in Bangladesh

Child Marriage: Savings Groups Bring Hope for Change

By on August 13, 2012 in Women of Action

Preventing child marriage is not just a “good idea” from the West, but rather it supports the desires of women living in extreme poverty who want to see change in their communities.

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Philippine flood: Update from the field

By on August 8, 2012 in Disaster Relief

  Three days of monsoon rains caused flooding in nine provinces in the Philippines. The flooding forced approximately 250,000 people from their homes. Many of Food for the Hungry’s communities located near fast-moving, overflowing rivers have evacuated. Several FH staff have experienced flooding in their homes, like FH/Philippines Country Director Debbie Toribio.       [...]

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Girls with curiosity

By on August 7, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

I loved seeing the video clip of the NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory celebrating the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars the other day.  What a milestone! I’m a child of the Apollo era, when we stayed up late to watch moon walks or heard about the mission’s progress over the school [...]

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Education is Key to Overcoming World Poverty

By on August 1, 2012 in World Poverty

When I sent my daughter off to school each day, I knew how important it was for her to get good grades to get into a university. I was certain that a university degree would improve her and her future children’s lives. I never considered the role of education in world poverty. The point was [...]

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