Tag Archives | water

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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Sustaining communities and forests at the same time

By on March 30, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

In one of the driest parts of Kenya, FH helped people in one community gain better access to clean water while, at the same time, protecting the environment on which their very lives depend. Years ago, the Arapal community settled on Kulal mountain, right in the middle of the forest next to a freshwater spring. [...]

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Celebrate World Water Day with us!

By on March 21, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world. Isaiah 12:5 It’s fitting that we should celebrate World Water Day in the same month as we celebrate reaching a related Millennium Development Goal three years early. The goal, set in September 2000, was to cut in half [...]

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Guest blog — Rock band visits Africa and builds clean-water wells

By on February 16, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

The Christian rock back Willet has been a treasured partner of FH for many years, helping find sponsors for hundreds of children in need and raising enough money to build 15 clean-water wells in the country of Mozambique. The four band members speak passionately about God’s heart for the poor and our response as His followers. Here, drummer Tyler [...]

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How the Bible brought clean water to Mozambique

By on February 1, 2012 in Sponsor Impact

The more you study community development, the more you realize that solutions to problems usually can be found within the community. You can’t SEE them, but they’re there. What I’m talking about are ideas … values … principles. Even beyond cement and supplies to construct clean-water wells, schools or other infrastructure, the most important thing FH gives to families locked [...]

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How to boost real estate in Northern Kenya

By on January 18, 2012 in Church, Sponsor Impact

Karbururi used to be just another overlooked, undesirable village on the road between Golole and Sololo in Northern Kenya, until a big hole was dug in the ground. With no school or water source, and with a road impassible during the rainy season, this community suffered increasingly from isolation as other development groups passed it [...]

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A solution so simple but so life-changing

By on December 22, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

FH works in the northern part of Cambodia which is a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge. During the war and genocide of 1975-1979, social institutions and people who staffed them were intentionally wiped out. Religious temples were destroyed, banks and money were burned, and 1-2 million businesspeople, school teachers and other educated Cambodians were murdered [...]

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BACK TO HAITI — Victories in clean water, health and hygiene

By on December 9, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

As the second anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake approaches (Jan. 12), we’re taking a look at the work God accomplished through Food for the Hungry in the past year. If you’ve been around FH for a while, you know we don’t give a lot of handouts because they’re simply not that helpful in the long [...]

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What happens AFTER a clean-water well is dug?

By on November 17, 2011 in Sponsor Impact

Everyone gets excited about the digging of a brand-new well … the anticipation, the hard work, and the joyous celebration upon seeing clean, drinkable water spew from the ground! But what happens after that? Who’s in charge of the water — whose water is it? Just as we pay companies for our water use here in [...]

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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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