Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is rich in mineral and agricultural resources. However, sadly it remains among the poorest and most food insecure countries in the world due in large part to the ongoing effects of years of civil war. Two statistics starkly point this out: first, the DRC has one of [...]
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Relief at the ends of the earth
We’ve prayed and sympathized with those who lost everything in Superstorm Sandy (and some of you reading this may have even been affected). Living through a disaster is a hard experience. Today I’d like to introduce you some people who have suffered through two earthquakes and landslides in China’s Yunnan Province. The quakes, measuring [...]
Haiti – Restoring lives after Hurricane Isaac
The effects of Isaac Tropical Storm Isaac swept through Haiti at the end of August, flooding homes and damaging the livelihoods of many communities where Food for the Hungry (FH) is operational. In the days following the storm, FH staff in Haiti visited affected communities to assess the damage and to determine how FH could [...]
Burundi – celebrating success after four years’ work with returning refugees
Background After decades of a devastating conflict that claimed more than 300,000 lives and caused the displacement of over one million people, the Republic of Burundi continues to recover from the wounds of inter-ethnic violence. The 2004 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the August 2005 elections that brought to power the former rebel movement created favourable [...]
Beyond survival in the world’s poorest country
The International Food Policy Research Institute released its 2012 Global Hunger Index in October, and Burundi, Africa, received the dubious distinction of being the world’s poorest country. The report combines three indicators to rank world poverty by country. Those indicators are the percent of the population: Who are undernourished; Are under weight as young children; [...]
The Woman from Dhunot
There are people who bring beauty in the world, and I’m so thankful for them. I met a lady in Dhunot, a community in Bangladesh, who had a knack for creating loveliness. Her name is Jahanara. She’s the president of her neighborhood savings group. With FH staff, she’s helping to organize a group of 20 women [...]
“The river moved so quickly … all we could do was run”
The road is not wide, but it winds through communities of several thousand people. Even here, close to the 2 kilometer-wide Jamuna river, every inch of land is precious in highly-populated Bangladesh. We’re in the community of Chondonbaisha, home to 200 families who have lost their homes to river erosion this month. River erosion [...]
Impact story from Haiti – Marie-Nicole’s journey to a better life
In our last blog we described how Food for the Hungry has been working with local leaders in Haiti to raise awareness of child abuse and gender-based violence. This is the story of one such victim whose life was transformed by subsequent community intervention. Marie-Nicole’s trials She never smiled, talked or played. She had never [...]
Hurricane season in Haiti – but don’t forget long-term community development
With Hurricane Isaac recently causing havoc in Haiti, it is a good time to reflect that even when Haiti is not in the news for storms or earthquakes, FH is active behind-the-scenes helping local leaders create healthy and disaster-resilient communities. One of these cases is Belladere, a town close to the border of the Dominican [...]
God directs my home
As I grumbled today about the fact that my home was broken into recently, and how I’ve struggled to feel safe again after the break-in, a little sign in my kitchen challenged my mindset. I traveled to Haiti in November 2010, ten months after the horrific earthquake physically and emotionally devastated millions. We visited several [...]
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