An astute reader of Food for the Hungry’s posts on Facebook asked a great question about our Labor Day photo album, featuring people around the world at work: “As I look through these photos, I notice that a majority of them are about women. Are they just more photogenic or is this indicative of something [...]
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FH Artist Program needs you!
How can I combine my love of music with my passion for helping the poor? If you’re a music lover and passionate about helping the most vulnerable in this world through your partnership with Food for the Hungry, we’ve got some great news for you! FH’s Artist Program is currently recruiting volunteers for several upcoming [...]
It’s What You Don’t See
It’s a common sight for those that visit developing countries. The city is crowded, hot, ripe with life and decay at the same time. Thousands of people walk around, barter, converse and live life on these streets. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, the story is no different. Rickshaws and busses play an endless game of leapfrog through [...]
Off the map
I’m reading some interview transcripts today from Uganda, full of names: place names, school names, business names, mountain names. The names have many syllables and a lot of vowels. It’s very confusing and they all sound very much alike. I’m thankful my colleague Alex, who did the interviews originally, took time to spell out some [...]
Learning from Artists and Olympians
During a recent trip to Ethiopia, one of FH’s largest fields of operation, I purchased a postcard by local artist. The painting on the card featured an Ethiopian Airlines airplane full of passengers that were clearly Ethiopian themselves. You can see it here. I thought it was pretty cool. I really liked the style of [...]
mirror mirror on the wall… what brokenness do you see?
When you think about poverty through this lens of broken relationships… does it change your view? Stop picturing children in torn clothing in huts in Africa and start envisioning business men, your neighbor, yourself. Hold up a mirror and look poverty in the face.
Meet My New Role Model
Olivia is the type of person who lights up a room. I met her in Sorojchi, a rural area of Bolivia. After an early morning journey from the nearest city on bumpy dirt roads, I sat down with the local FH staff for breakfast. Each of us introduced ourselves as we passed around bread, yogurt, [...]
“And if we don’t heal those broken relationships…”
A few weeks ago I posted a blog that referred to poverty being caused by broken relationships. What do you think about that? “Isn’t it about a lack of resources?” you may ask. Or you may be wondering about a lack of education, good land for farming, access to markets or the billions of things [...]
Mothers of choice
What is your diarrhea medicine of choice? Do you buy the white chalky stuff, the pink chewable tablets or the liquid form? I usually chose the one that works almost immediately; you know that small pill in a travel size pouch. I ask this question because for most of us diarrhea is usually not much [...]
Now I know I will live
When people ask me what Food for the Hungry does, it’s often phrased like this: “What do you give people?” Most of the time they expect to hear that we give food. It’s in our name, after all. Today my colleagues in Uganda sent a great story about a woman named Nighty. She is ”living [...]
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