Community graduation is Food for the Hungry’s goal for every community. When Food for the Hungry (FH) enters a community, it is a partnership. From the beginning, there is an “exit plan.” Eventually, the community graduates. This means they are now self-sustaining. And that is a day of great celebration… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Rebuilding After Two Hurricanes in Nicaragua
Rebuilding is never easy. For 14-year-old Kency and her family, it was expected to be a nearly insurmountable task. Two devastating hurricanes – Eta and Iota – damaged their home in the Las Cuarentas community of Nicaragua. The second record-breaking storm struck their community just two weeks after the first,… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Family's Adventure in Giving Back Started at a Concert
The Bolke family’s adventure in giving back started at a concert. Melanie and Tom Bolke attended TobyMac’s “Hits Deep Tour” with their son, Jeremiah, five years ago near their home. During a break in the Christian hip-hop artist’s performance, a speaker briefly introduced the audience to… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Video is one of the best ways to see first-hand how your sponsorship is making an impact in your sponsored child’s life and in their community! That’s why we’re excited to share video updates from each country where Food for the Hungry has… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship Leads to Team Generosity
The first step in team generosity: Joy Graeff picked up a brochure on Food for the Hungry (FH) at a concert. The event featured Toby Mac, one of many valued FH artist partners. Joy, who is a math teacher at Hershey Middle School in Pennsylvania, quickly made… Read More
Child Sponsorship
A Path to the Future: Hope for a Family of 8
Life seemed hopeless to 13-year-old Yoan, with no clear path to the future, until Food for the Hungry’s local Child Sponsorship staff stepped in to help. Yoan lives in Tarapaca, Bolivia, part of El Alto de La Paz, a sprawling city born out of years of… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Bruce Jackson’s hobby is woodturning, but his passion is child sponsorship. “I wouldn’t say I’m a woodworker. I’m a woodturner, and I’m pretty good at that – but I’m not a salesman,” explains the craftsman who lives in Hillsborough, Oregon, west of Portland. “So I have bowls… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Many FH Staff Members also Have a Sponsor Story
Today’s Child Sponsor Story comes from one of our own staff members, Stephani Liggins. Stephani’s Sponsor Story “I am an FH employee working in the department that focuses primarily on Child Sponsorship,” explains Stephani. In that role, she helps find sponsors for children at special events, like concerts. “As the… Read More
Child Sponsorship
One Day God Will Turn Your Pain Into a Great Story: Mary Rose
“We should always be reminded that God is doing great things in your life. Bear it in mind that, ‘One day God will turn all your pain into a great story.’” These powerful words were spoken by 23-year-old Mary Rose Oniot. Mary Rose is a Field Communication Officer… Read More
Child Sponsorship
One of the main ways you can partner with FH is through monthly child sponsorship. We are thankful for our community of child sponsors! Sponsors like you are supporting children, families, and communities all around the world as they overcome poverty. Over the past 50 years,… Read More
Child Sponsorship
The Impact of Child Sponsorship: Meet 11-Year-Old Mustakin
The Impact of Child Sponsorship For child sponsors with Food for the Hungry (FH), the question of impact is often top of mind. When you sign up to become a sponsor, how do you know the impact of child sponsorship? How much do FH’s generous supporters really change the lives… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Get to Know Raquel Muñoz: FH Leader in Child Sponsorship
If you ask FH sponsorship staff member Raquel Muñoz to describe child sponsorship through Food for the Hungry (FH), she is straightforward. As part of FH’s work ending poverty around the world, she says, “child sponsorship is hope for vulnerable children, their… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Ever tried to pray for your sponsored child, but wondered if your prayers were hitting the mark? If you’re a Food for the Hungry (FH) sponsor like me, you’ve received at least one photo of your sponsored child in the mail. And like me, you probably took a moment to… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Meet a Sponsor Who's Prayed for Four Decades
There are many words you could use to describe Barbara “Bobby” Stegall. Faithful. Devoted. Joy-filled. Spunky. Or, as we at Food for the Hungry (FH) like to call her: a “sponsor extraordinaire.” The essential thing in ‘heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Kid-Friendly Printable Activities to Share with Your Sponsored Child
At Food for the Hungry (FH), we created these five kid-friendly printable activities to share with your sponsored child because we know that it’s never too early to start teaching your family to care for others and be curious about the world! Whether you have small children at home or… Read More