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Five lessons in five years at FH (Part 2)

By on April 5, 2013 in World Poverty

When I drove across the country from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Phoenix, Ariz., in January 2008 I knew two things for sure: That I was about to start a wild adventure Only God knew where this adventure was heading! My journey with Food for the Hungry (FH) began several months earlier when I volunteered as [...]

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Five lessons in five years at FH (Part 1)

By on March 27, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

When I drove across the country from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Phoenix, Ariz., in January 2008 I knew two things for sure: That I was about to start a wild adventure Only God knew where this adventure was heading! My journey with Food for the Hungry (FH) began several months earlier when I volunteered as [...]

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how gardens build community

By on January 7, 2013 in Stories

Join me on a little venture down memory lane from a trip I took with Food for the Hungry (FH) to Indonesia in 2011. Riding on a tiny 12-seater plane, I had to put on sunglasses as we passed through clouds that swallowed up the plane and made everything bright. As we left the cloud behind, [...]

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Moving past handouts and into relationships

By on November 23, 2011 in Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

In some places FH works, aid organizations have been coming and going for years. Naturally, families and community leaders can get used to helpful hand-outs and short-term fixes, but FH’s strategy is different. It revolves around deep relationships which take time to build and don’t involve a lot of monetary gifts. FH walks with communities in [...]

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Indonesia-Tsunami on the Mentawai Islands of Sumatra

By on October 29, 2010 in Disaster Relief

Indonesia tsunami toll hits 343 as bodies found Fisherman Joni Sageru, 30, recalled being jolted awake by the quake and running outside to hear screams to run to higher ground on his island of Pagai Selaton. “First, we saw sea water recede far away, then when it returned, it was like a big wall running [...]

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