Tag Archives | child sponsorship

Life in Haiti this week

By on February 22, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories

One of the joys of working for an international organization like Food for the Hungry (FH) is that I read constantly about places I’ve never visited.   They come alive for me via reports, proposals and e-mails from distant colleagues. Yesterday I visited a place that has a special place in my heart, called Lespinasse.  It’s [...]

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Children inspiring hope

By on February 15, 2013 in From Our Leadership, Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Since becoming Chief Development Officer at Food for the Hungry in 2011, I have spent a lot of time visiting our work around the world. A consistent heart-changing experience for me in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America is seeing the inspiring hope inside our communities. To look into the eyes of children who [...]

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Bangladesh: Girls reaching their God-given potential

By on February 13, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, Women of Action

As I wake from jet lag at 3 a.m., the girls in the Wari slum of Dhaka are just getting out of school. I can’t help but wonder what else I can do to help them finish their education and grow up to become thriving young women.   So, how can we help girls half way [...]

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Heidi poses for a photo Rahki and her sister Lota.

Two buzzwords you should think about this month

By on February 8, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Empowered women. These buzzwords have saturated the office and web lately here at Food for the Hungry (FH). Why’s that? Well, FH is gearing up for the upcoming International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. We’re doing so by hosting an International Women’s Day 5k Walk on March 10. Posters have been printed and emails have [...]

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End poverty by starting relationships

By on January 25, 2013 in From Our Leadership, Stories

Every morning, thousands of Food for the Hungry staff  walk, bicycle or drive into some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. Ending poverty is ultimately about the relationships and sharing of ideas that happen during these daily exchanges around the world, day in and day out. Eva Amor is one of FH’s staff building these [...]

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Bangladeshi children in school

How to Fight Poverty Half a World Away

By on January 17, 2013 in World Poverty

With this blog post I am happy to introduce Kevin Miller–a new member of the FH team.  Kevin serves as FH’s web marketing analyst and is one of those really helpful people who gets a lot of things about technology that most of us will never understand! In this blog post Kevin wrestles with engaging [...]

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The only hope many have is the love of Jesus Christ

By on January 16, 2013 in Stories, Uncategorized, World Poverty

My guest blogger, Jason Wellnitz, is the author of the book, River Way Home, a fiction novel inspired by his time visiting a Food for the Hungry community in Mozambique. This is blog three out of a series of three blogs, Wellnitz talks about how his experiences on the field helped to inspire his book. I hope you [...]

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Follow #FHBloggers to Bangladesh Next Week

By on January 16, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, Women of Action, World Poverty

FOLLOW THE #fhbloggers TRIP TO BANGLADESH JANUARY 24 – 31 We are excited to announce our 2nd annual FH Bloggers trip, and this year the bloggers are traveling to Bangladesh. This is a vision trip, much like last July’s Ethiopia blog trip (learn more). We are excited to take some of our favorite bloggers and [...]

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Finding God in the Missouri River

By on January 4, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

I am consistently surprised by the things that come across my desk. As a writer in the marketing and communications department, I see a lot of different assignments come through, from stories from the field to interviews with Christian musicians about why they support Food for the Hungry. However, some of my favorite assignments have [...]

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The first need of every child

By on January 3, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

When my co-workers found Mayra, she was 10 years old. She was living with her parents and her five younger siblings. If you were to visit Mayra’s home in the neighborhood of Horno Ckasa, Bolivia, you’d first notice the door. We don’t think much about doors where I live in suburban America. We take for [...]

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