Tag Archives | Nicaragua
Dave Evans with community leaders

Stay the course

By on May 8, 2013 in From Our Leadership, World Poverty

While I was swimming, biking and running during a half ironman triathlon last October, I constantly faced at least one of two main obstacles: time and fatigue. Both of these challenges nearly took me down during the swim portion of the event. My time was so poor that I battled against the clock during the [...]

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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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Church members meet their sponsored child in Nicaragua

What about the other 51 weeks of the year?

By on September 11, 2012 in Church, Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Day in and day out In continuing my series on a recent trip to Nicaragua, I’ve been thinking a lot about the people I met on the trip. You might immediately think I’m talking about the children and adults we work with in Nicaragua. I am very excited to talk about them soon, but not [...]

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Young girl holding paper airplane in Ameya, Nicaragua.

On my desk…Helpless…but praying

By on July 27, 2012 in Church, Sponsor Impact, Stories

Reflecting on my first trip to the field You may have noticed that my title did not say ‘On my desk this week.’ As I’m writing posts about what I’m working on each week, I realized there are so many things I’ve worked on in the past that did not get the opportunity to be [...]

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On my desk this week….It’s eNewsletter week!!

By on July 13, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories

  I love eNewsletter weeks. And by that, I mean I love it when a new FH eNewsletter is published. As a multimedia writer for Food for the Hungry, the main part of my job is to……you guessed it – write. And although I write a variety of content, whether it’s marketing material, news releases, [...]

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What voices speak into your life?

By on June 25, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

From the back room of my house, I stood getting ready for my day. I could hear the TV on in the next room and I began to listen, analyzing the script and the voices, trying to guess what show was on. It didn’t take me long to make a guess… and I was right. [...]

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One in three people lives without a toilet

By on April 19, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

Some people consider toilets dirty — their germs dangerous. But others see them as icons of health that actually save lives. Today, a full 36 percent of the world’s population lives without a toilet, says the newest data from theWorld Health Organization. That’s one in three. This lack of sanitation is the primary cause of [...]

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How a toilet can display the love of Christ

By on November 2, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

In the last Poverty 180: Water post, we saw the strong link between good hygiene, clean water and physical health. In discussions about clean water, improved sanitation is a major player. The World Health organizationdiscusses the two together and says that while safe drinking water is becoming more accessible worldwide, we still have a long way to [...]

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What’s better than building a classroom for kids who desperately need it?

By on June 2, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

What is better than going into a community, finding 130 elementary-school students crammed together under deteriorating roofs, and building them brand-new classrooms?  Answer: Walking alongside that community’s leaders and families, providing encouragement and strategic support as they build their own classrooms. FH helps communities in extreme poverty access the resources needed to lift themselves out of poverty for [...]

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How do you calculate the value of one teacher?

By on April 12, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

A few years ago, I had the privilege of seeing Food for the Hungry staff at work in Nicaragua – the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, after Haiti. One of the places I went was El Limonal, a community I was told lay in the “triangle of death” between the city’s dump, cemetery and sewer system. [...]

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