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Karla holding her graduation keepsake

Sponsored child writes inspiring letter to sponsor

By on April 23, 2013 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Graduation season is nearly here! It’s time for so many of us to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of ourselves or our loved ones, as one chapter closes and another begins. I fondly remember graduating high school six years ago. I began to excitedly prepare for my big move to the university two hours from [...]

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Protecting precious girls

By on February 15, 2013 in Stories, World Poverty

My girls I have the incredible honor to be “dad” to two tween girls. By nature I want to protect them. As a steward before God, I take my responsibility to protect them even more seriously. I protect because they’re precious both to me and to God who gave them to me. My girls are growing up [...]

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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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Kids and Santa in conga line

…and a partridge in a pear tree

By on December 25, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

Food for the Hungry is celebrating Christmas all over the world. In Phoenix, Ariz., our Food for the Hungry Christmas party included a rousing rendition of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” which required 60 staff people to act out all 12 of the gifts.  We scarfed down delicious  food,  then chose from a whole range of desserts [...]

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Viviana poses for a photo in Holland

Former sponsored child shares story

By on September 27, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories

You are making a difference in the life of your sponsored child! Through your faithful gifts, you are changing the trajectory of a life.  To see an example of the type of change you are making possible, we want to share the story of another child whose life was changed through sponsorship. Meet Viviana. Viviana [...]

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VIDEO: A story of love, service and our hope in Christ

By on November 4, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

I love true stories, and I love stories that give a glimpse into God’s kingdom to come. If you read our last Poverty 180: Education post, you were introduced to Elim Christian Services — a group of disabled adults who not only assemble school kits for children born into extreme poverty; through a partnership with FH, [...]

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Americans with disabilities help send children in extreme poverty to school

By on October 22, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

In many cases, the only thing standing between children born into extreme poverty and their education is a simple set of school supplies. It’s not that poor communities don’t have school supplies; rather, they might cost the equivalent of one or two days’ work, and in that case, it’s easy to see why the poorest [...]

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The power of God’s Word heals families

By on October 7, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). Ethel, Edwin and their three daughters might not be a whole family today, were it not for the Word of God being injected into [...]

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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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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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