A Full Circle Journey: Introducing Mark Viso
Thirty years ago, a young man named Mark Viso joined Food for the Hungry (FH) as a volunteer in famine-ravaged Ethiopia. He saw the crisis there and knew he had to do something. That something, serving the people of Ethiopia, changed Mark’s heart. He credits that experience for the passion he developed for international relief […]
The One and Only Gift This Christmas
Arguments broke out at our house every Christmas when I was growing up. It was always around one topic. The annual argument formed around a particular family tradition, in fact: the tradition of opening all gifts only on Christmas Day. The Parents’ logic was firm, but unequivocal—‘we are an open-presents-on-Christmas-morning family,’ and that was that. […]
Does the “Breakthrough” Model Apply to Poverty?
A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved. This is an apt truism most of the time. But climbing a ladder with the expectation of picking the choice fruit at the top of the tree won’t yield success if the ladder is leaning on the wrong tree, or against a brick wall. Poverty is like that. […]
