December is here, and the search is on for the perfect Christmas gift. Many around the world are scrolling through online shops and visiting brick-and-mortar stores to hunt for just the right thing to put under the tree for their loved ones. Some even have detailed lists of price ranges,… Read More
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13 NEW Items in This Year's Gift Catalog
Santa isn’t the only one making a list and checking it twice. Impoverished communities in the 20+ countries where FH serves are, too. And this year, they’ve added 13 new items to their Gift Catalog “wish list” of tools and resources they need to achieve their goals and break free… Read More
Ending Poverty Together
Creativity Boosted by Child Sponsorship
Some problems require a little extra creativity to solve. And some solutions open new pathways for creativity to blossom, too. Just take Asep for example. He’s a 13-year-old boy in Indonesia who found cool new ways to spend time after school through Food for the Hungry (FH)… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Alex is just 16 years old. But he’s already endured more sadness than most experience in a lifetime. First, his mom passed away. Then, his dad died, too. By age nine, Alex was the head of his family: two little sisters, Stella and Emmy. But God had a plan to… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Couple Now Working as a Team
What does strengthening marriages and families have to do with ending poverty around the world? Everything, as Yalew and his wife Yebirguwal discovered. For years, Yalew and Yebirguwal struggled to put food on the table for their two children. To begin with, like many Ethiopian families, they had no land… Read More
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Food for the Hungry is our name for a reason. From the very beginning 50 years ago, FH has responded to disaster situations in some of the hardest places on earth. Food distributions play a big part in many of these relief efforts in the wake of hurricanes, earthquakes, displacement… Read More
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A Mother's Kitchen and Life Transformed
It’s every mother’s worst nightmare: A sick child. Her life in danger. And unable to do anything but watch. Sadly, Petronila lived this nightmare for years. All because of a kitchen stove. Smoke and Flames Walk into any kitchen, and you expect to find some sort of stove for cooking… Read More
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A safe return to school includes more than avoiding elephants this year in Ndunyuruma Village. The community is located between the lush green slopes of Mount Kenya Forest and the wildlife flats of northern Kenya. At the village center is Ndunyuruma Primary, a small block of classrooms where 53 students… Read More
Child Sponsorship
Ducks & Chickens: Small Birds with Big Impact
Ducks and chickens may be small in size. But don’t let their size fool you! They can make a big difference for struggling families living in poverty. Take Pun Kho’s family for example. Meet this Cambodian Family Pun Kho and his family had many struggles. They had very little money… Read More
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I learned of the 2021 Haiti earthquake when my phone began to buzz just past 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. A colleague I had worked with in Haiti told me the news – that the Caribbean island had just been hit with a massive earthquake, registering 7.2 – an even… Read More
Disaster assistance
Handwashing Stations Support Safe Return to School
It was January 2020, just before the start of the pandemic. Indonesian community members, teachers, parents, and FH staff agreed on the importance of a project to install handwashing stations in four local elementary schools. Flash forward to now. Indonesian community members and FH staff are grateful to God and… Read More
Education
Youth Club Builds Hope in DRC Community
Youth were once heroes in Mutambala, a community within Moba, part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). DRC is one of the most mineral-rich countries in Africa. But the trade in “blood diamonds” funded wars and human rights abuse for decades. The… Read More