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A community member in Nicaragua

Owning their own development

By on April 30, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

I’m pleased to share with you this guest blog by Mike Meyers, FH’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communication. After 15 months of serving in the marketing department at Food for the Hungry (FH), I recently was blessed to witness what it looks like when a community in Nicaragua owns its own development. It’s a story I [...]

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The purpose of the poor

By on April 22, 2013 in From Our Leadership, World Poverty

We are all familiar, to some extent, with the plight of the materially poor. However, in the grand scheme of things—do the poor have a positive purpose? According to a respected colleague from Kenya, who is a committed Christian and a successful businessman, the purpose of the poor is the elevation of all humanity. He came to [...]

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Boston bombing: Will you help or hide?

By on April 16, 2013 in From Our Leadership, Stories, World Poverty

If we needed more evidence that we live and work in a broken world, the Boston marathon bombing was a rude reminder. Food for the Hungry (FH) is called to serve the most vulnerable of this world. Doing so by definition takes us into parts of the world where senseless death and destruction are regular occurrences. [...]

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Child sponsorship kids club fun

Child sponsorship lets kids be kids

By on March 14, 2013 in Church, Sponsor Impact, Stories

  I first noticed her as she ran from a house to the building we were about to visit. She wore a pink princess dress, white ribbons in her hair and shoes that didn’t fit. The building we were visiting had been finished the previous week. Food for the Hungry (FH) had helped a church [...]

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Madam Cristen stands on the steep trail pointing to where she carries water for her subsistence-level garden.

Catching rain to transform children’s lives

By on March 4, 2013 in Church, Stories, World Poverty

I recently was honored to meet Madam Christian Jean Cimilien, a 67-year-old widow and mother of 11 grown children. She’s a member of the community water management committee in Lefevre, Haiti. The community is working with Food for the Hungry (FH) to create a source of clean water by catching rain water. And with the goal of [...]

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Growing love and respect on Valentine's Day

Growing love and respect for Valentine’s Day

By on February 14, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

Since today is Valentine’s Day, it seems fitting to celebrate with Peruvians Wilmer and Elizabeth. In their country, Valentine’s Day is called Día de San Valentín or Día del Amor y la Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship). It’s a national holiday, and Peruvians exchange cards, chocolates, teddy bears and other expressions of affection. Not [...]

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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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Middle Schoolers Give Hope for Christmas

By on December 27, 2012 in Church, Stories, World Poverty

I had the privilege of speaking to an amazing woman named Donna Nelson the other day. She’s helping children see beyond themselves. In the process, these children are experiencing the idea that happiness comes from contributing rather than receiving. They are seeing that great things can be accomplished when people pull together toward a common [...]

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Yves Habumugisha, Country Director South Sudan , Maria McCulley, Director Government Finance and Keith Wright, International President.

“The World is a Handkerchief” and Other Sayings from a December Staff Gathering in Phoenix

By on December 5, 2012 in Uncategorized, World Poverty

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 [...]

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Elena poses for a photo with her sisters in Guatemala.

A singer, pastor and attorney in the heart of Guatemala

By on October 19, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories

Another country? In my last few blog posts, I’ve been sharing about my experiences from a recent trip to Nicaragua. What I haven’t mentioned is that after spending eight days in Nicaragua, my coworker and I flew one hour north and spent another week in Guatemala. I can’t begin to describe the drastic difference between [...]

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