You never forget your first National Geographic moment. Mine was in 2007… Rwanda. I was interning for Food for the Hungry (FH) as student photojournalist. A kid with a camera and sense of adventure – I knew nothing about poverty, FH or Africa. And there I was, in the middle of a war torn country, hearing stories of genocide [...]
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Love sports and fighting world poverty? Do both with FH!
FH World Sports: a movement of athletes driven to end extreme poverty FH World Sports mobilizes athletes to effect global change. Participate in a local athletic event or host your own event. Then, ask your friends and family to join you in raising funds to help keep children in school, decrease child mortality, and provide [...]
8 Days of Giving
Each Christmas season, our family looks through the gift catalog and selects a few gifts. We have four girls and a boy (and one more child due on Christmas!) who love to give. This is an opportunity for them to see how our gifts can make an impact in others’ lives. We love flipping through [...]
“The World is a Handkerchief” and Other Sayings from a December Staff Gathering in Phoenix
I’ve learned two new sayings this week. They are: “The world is a handkerchief” (from Bolivia) and “A mosquito can’t bite you unless it gets close to your skin” (from Ghana). Where does this new knowledge come from? I am sure you are wondering where you can find such gems! (wink) Well…first let me tell [...]
I’ll be home for Christmas….or maybe not.
Christmas music is a huge part of my holiday experience. I have been singing in choirs since I was eight years old. I don’t have a solo voice, but I can hold my own in a chorus. Last night, I joined about fifty others and a small orchestra to perform the beloved holiday classic, Handel’s Messiah. Being surrounded [...]
Honoring Senator Frist
I got on the plane in Cincinnati bound for Nashville and took my seat toward the back of the plane. While doing some Food for the Hungry (FH) work on my laptop, a tall, stately gentlemen caught my eye. I thought to myself, “I know I know him, but from where?” And then I connected [...]
Protecting women, children from disaster in DR Congo
Women and children — particularly women WITH young children — are among the most vulnerable people when disaster strikes. It’s a problem at the top of our list and for our staff working with the current crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Recent developments in the country’s long-standing war have sent tens of [...]
Faith’s role in an AIDS-free generation
With World AIDS Day coming on December 1 and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today unveiling the U.S. government’s new blueprint for eradicating AIDS, I was encouraged to read a United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) report showing that 25 countries have seen a 50 percent or greater drop in new HIV infections since 2001, and [...]
A Millennial’s view on the fight against AIDS
Remember when people from around the world collaborated together on a massive quilt that completely covered The Mall in Washington DC? Remember when future Hall-of-Fame Basketball great, Magic Johnson, shocked the world by retiring early and revealing he was HIV-positive? For those of us that are considered Millenials (or Generation Y if you prefer), we’ve lived through a transformation. Arguably, one of the greatest societal shifts in perceptions and attitudes.
What cripples us as a collective people is our desire for other people’s approval.
“It’s easy to be a ‘Christian’ inside the protective walls of a church, but can you maintain your beliefs and actions once you step outside the door?” The pastors words hit me hard. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before, I think I have actually taught part of this lesson as part of a Biblical Worldview [...]
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