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After nine years without clean, running water, “my kids can’t wait to take a shower”

By on February 22, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

This is a transcript of an interview between FH staff member Coraly Usnava and Arsenio Ignacio Salinas, a husband and father in a very poor, mountainous community in Peru. I love to read it and imagine the scene — the smile, maybe some birds chirping and kids running around. Oh, how I take for granted [...]

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Should water be provided by the public or private sector?

By on February 11, 2011 in Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

We’ve talked a lot so far about the raw mechanics of finding, gathering and storing clean water in extremely remote places like Sololo, Kenya. But this article about the president of Bolivia got me thinking about how water is managed day-to-day once access to it is established. Most water distribution in developing countries is managed by the public sector, but [...]

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Mom Keeps Family Healthy During Cholera Outbreak

By on January 11, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

In October 2010, a cholera epidemic spread through Haiti killing 3,300 and infecting more than 30,000 people. The island’s capital of Port-au-Prince, devastated by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake 10 months earlier, still lay in ruins with broken sewage lines, water pipes, buildings and roads. Having no prior exposure to cholera, Haitians feared the disease.  People [...]

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What “stigma” really means to one Haitian family

By on January 3, 2011 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

As mentioned in the last blog post, much of the progress made by Food for the Hungry and other NGOs in Haiti was greatly hindered by the massive January 2010 earthquake. Still, right now, dedicated Haitians and people from other countries devote themselves to stopping AIDS in Haiti through education, prevention, and care for those already infected. In [...]

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In Haiti, what does the earthquake have to do with HIV/AIDS?

By on December 20, 2010 in Disaster Relief

The quake that rocked Haiti at the beginning of this year was beyond devastating, instantly. I don’t need to barrage you with statistics because I think most of us have a general understanding of what happened and how it left the country in even deeper poverty. But it only occurred to me yesterday, in talking [...]

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Field staff know that small contributions add up

By on December 17, 2010 in Sponsor Impact

Victor Cortez, the FH regional director for Latin America and country director for Guatemala, has served with Food for the Hungry for 18 years. His academic/professional background involves agricultural engineering, business, marketing, and environmental management. He challenges us at Food for the Hungry to give all glory to God and to listen to God’s teaching, [...]

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Cornerstone Community C2C Update – Pictures from the Team

By on November 23, 2010 in Sponsor Impact

Cornerstone Community church visited their partner community and played with children, rebuilt buildings, and worked in the local community. This photo album shows the trip.

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The way I see Haiti

By on November 19, 2010 in Stories

On roads lined with cactus and palm trees intermixed in tall green grass, life seems to face the road here. As we drove through towns and villages I felt the constant urge to snap a quick shot out the window. Everyone we passed was perfectly posed, facing the road for a perfect shot from the [...]

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Journey to Haiti

By on November 17, 2010 in Stories

Some of my first thoughts as I journey to Haiti…. On the plane from Ft. Lauderdale to Haiti at 6:30 am. Without leaving the ground I have already seen many things that remind me of Kampala and the people and culture I love so much. A man on the plane wears two fedoras… One black [...]

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