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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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from “them” to “we”

By on December 24, 2012 in Stories, World Poverty

As an American college student, it was pretty easy for me to fall into the the mindset of “they don’t know what they are missing out on, so they are happy with less.” Then I met Jamal. Jamal was the same age as me and loved all things American. His dirty clothes and borrowed bed told [...]

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FH Staff at Blood:Water Mission Red Tie Gala

Honoring Senator Frist

By on December 4, 2012 in From Our Leadership

I got on the plane in Cincinnati bound for Nashville and took my seat toward the back of the plane. While doing some Food for the Hungry (FH) work on my laptop, a tall, stately gentlemen caught my eye. I thought to myself, “I know I know him, but from where?” And then I connected [...]

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African Children

Faith’s role in an AIDS-free generation

By on November 29, 2012 in Stories, World Poverty

With World AIDS Day coming on December 1 and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today unveiling the U.S. government’s new blueprint for eradicating AIDS, I was encouraged to read a United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) report showing that 25 countries have seen a 50 percent or greater drop in new HIV infections since 2001, and [...]

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Ugandan Girl

What’s in a Girl’s Name?—A Quiet Protest

By on November 16, 2012 in Stories, Uncategorized, World Poverty

I am big on names with meaning—names that root us in some kind of history or hope. They have a beauty all their own. Every part of my name has one or two tie-ins to my family history. And I was deeply blessed to have my middle name—Clare—passed on to my amazing little niece—Mariclare. This [...]

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Ugandan women

You can help end human trafficking

By on November 15, 2012 in Stories, World Poverty

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – a day each of us can think about steps we can take to end abuse. According to numbers recently released by the Untied Nations (U.N.), one of the many ways women endure violence is modern-day slavery. The U.N. estimates that today [...]

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Hope from the hills of Kapchorwa

By on September 10, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

Today I’m featuring guest blogger Alex Mwaura, Food for the Hungry’s Africa Regional Communications Coordinator. Alex writes to us about his thoughts after visiting Kapchorwa, Uganda just after the finish of the London Olympics. By Alex Mwaura When Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich won the marathon race in the London 2012 Olympics, many were amazed because his [...]

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Landslide in Uganda: FH’s Response

By on September 10, 2012 in Disaster Relief

The Mbale area of Eastern Uganda has a long history of mudslides, largely due to human interaction with the environment (destruction of forest and poor farming methods). On June 25th 2012, a major slide occurred, burying at least three villages and displacing many families. The number of casualties is still being investigated. It took local [...]

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Joseph and his mother Nighty

Now I know I will live

By on August 21, 2012 in Church, Sponsor Impact, World Poverty

When people ask me what Food for the Hungry does, it’s often phrased like this: “What do you give people?” Most of the time they expect to hear that we give food. It’s in our name, after all. Today my colleagues in Uganda sent a great story about a woman named Nighty. She is  ”living [...]

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Thankfulness

By on August 13, 2012 in Sponsor Impact, Stories, World Poverty

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed something about myself. I am quick to grumble and slow to be thankful. Ironically, I have noticed this through my 3-year-old son who recently started saying “grrrr” when he gets frustrated. Because he isn’t around too many other people, I realized that he must have gotten this [...]

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