Karate teacher strikes back against HIV/AIDS

By on January 11, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

This story comes from FH staff member Renee Targos. Through Food for the Hungry’s HIV/AIDS program in Haiti, people are winning the fight. Jure Gaston lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Once a physically strong man working as a karate teacher, Jure became so ill he was unable to stand. He didn’t understand what was happening to his [...]

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A story of radical renewal for the New Year

By on January 6, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

No more fitting of a name could have been given to the New Life Center in Kitgum, Northern Uganda. At this place, some of the world’s most broken, abused women find the space and tools they need to be remade emotionally, socially, spiritually and physically. I’ve seen it for myself, and it is amazing. The [...]

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A solution so simple but so life-changing

By on December 22, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

FH works in the northern part of Cambodia which is a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge. During the war and genocide of 1975-1979, social institutions and people who staffed them were intentionally wiped out. Religious temples were destroyed, banks and money were burned, and 1-2 million businesspeople, school teachers and other educated Cambodians were murdered [...]

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Hope comes in the form of a 13-year-old boy

By on December 22, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

Many years ago, the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage him in his leadership of other believers. “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers…” he said (1 Timothy 4:12). Today, a young man in the Philippines is setting an example for his peers [...]

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BACK TO HAITI — Pushing back AIDS in the midst of an emergency

By on December 21, 2011 in Disaster Relief, Sponsor Impact

As the second anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake approaches (Jan. 12), we’re taking a look at the work God accomplished through Food for the Hungry in the past year. This time last year, we reported how the earthquake made way for more HIV infections in Haiti because attention to HIV prevention and care was diverted [...]

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BACK TO HAITI — How to protect vulnerable girls from slavery

By on December 15, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

As the second anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake approaches (Jan. 12), we’re taking a look at the work God accomplished through Food for the Hungry in the past year. Only since 1982 have Haitian women been considered equal to their husbands in legal status (not subject to their husbands as minors) and allowed to own [...]

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BACK TO HAITI — Victories in clean water, health and hygiene

By on December 9, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

As the second anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake approaches (Jan. 12), we’re taking a look at the work God accomplished through Food for the Hungry in the past year. If you’ve been around FH for a while, you know we don’t give a lot of handouts because they’re simply not that helpful in the long [...]

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BACK TO HAITI — What if your child’s education cost 20-70% of your annual income? Would you still send him to school — could you?

By on December 7, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

As the second anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake approaches (Jan. 12), we’re taking a look at the work God accomplished through Food for the Hungry in the past year. I’m no math whiz. Trust me. But it’s not too hard to figure out why so many Haitian children go uneducated when school costs $75-250 a year, and [...]

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From the President: A Renewed Dynamism for the Fight Against HIV and AIDS

By on December 5, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

This blog post comes from Dave Evans, U.S. president and global executive officer at Food for the Hungry. A Renewed Dynamism for the Fight Against HIV and AIDS World AIDS Day 2011 came and went last Thursday.  But my guess is that most of the world did not notice.  And although incredible advances have been [...]

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WORLD AIDS DAY–More people than ever are living with HIV. Why is this GOOD news??

By on December 1, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

Today is World AIDS Day – a day when the global community takes a hard look at the AIDS pandemic and our progress in defeating it. The United Nations said 2011 was a “game changing year” for the AIDS response (source). The good news is that fewer people are dying from HIV than ever before, meaning more [...]

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