Sponsorship Offers Better Life, Enables Livelihood for Bangladesh Family
Julekha, a mother in Bangladesh, faced numerous challenges in meeting her family’s needs alongside her husband, Nasirul. They live in a community in Tanore region with their son, Rushar, 15, and daughter Ambia, 11. Nasirul engaged in limited farming and handyman activities, based on the needs of neighbors. But he primarily worked in a brick […]
FH Kids Clubs Help Children Flourish after Disaster in Indonesia
Thousands of children and their families were affected when a 5.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia, last November. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported there were 602 deaths, and 114,683 people were evacuated from their homes. In all, 67,504 houses, 281 places of worship, and 18 health facilities […]
Creativity Boosted by Child Sponsorship
Attending school is extremely important for children in vulnerable communities. But even when classes fill many hours, the interminable time after school can present challenges for young people. Those after-school hours were becoming difficult for Asep, a 13-year-old boy in Indonesia. There were no extracurricular activities for channeling his interests. So he played with his […]
Child Sponsorship Delivers a Hopeful Future
Education is a child’s best path out of extreme poverty. Yet circumstances in the lives of vulnerable children often make attending school nearly impossible. This creates a frustrating cycle for mothers like Marie Rosine, who desperately wanted to see her children become educated, resilient, and able to flourish. Falling Behind Marie Rosine is a single […]
FH Sponsorship Opens Doors to Education
Children living in El Kennedy, a community in the Dominican Republic (DR), didn’t always have access to an education, clean water, and medical resources. They had little or no hope of ever finding a brighter future. The area was designated as part of the DR’s vulnerable population. The World Food Programme estimates that 40% of […]
Young Women Find Hope in Return to School
As the business center of the Upper Nile Region of South Sudan, the town of Malakal has been one of those most affected by violent regional conflicts. Farming, once the main occupation in the area, is no longer practiced because it was unsafe to work in the fields. Many schools closed because there was no […]
One Step Closer to Her Dream
Today, an 18-year-old woman in Guatemala is one step closer to her dream as a result of a scholarship program in the Ixil Region of Guatemala. Astrid is a resident of the Rio Azul community. She lives with her mother, Elena, and her grandmother, also named Elena, and her aunt, Feliciana. The only income for […]
Writers, Illustrators Create New Books for Burundi’s Children
An important part of fulfilling the mission of Food for the Hungry (FH) – “All forms of human poverty ended worldwide” – is to tackle the hunger of the mind. In communities we serve, the lack of reading materials is often more acute than the lack of food. How will children learn to read and […]
From Sleepless Nights to Hope-Filled Future
Today, Rith looks at her family’s future filled with hope. She believes her children will one day escape poverty for good and achieve their God-given potential. But she didn’t always feel this way. Stress, anxiety, and worry consumed this vulnerable mom’s heart that she literally could not sleep at night. Rith and her children live […]
Mothers Empower Girls to Stay in School
Around the globe, extreme poverty holds mothers and girls back in so many ways. For instance, in countries like Bangladesh, adolescent girls are often forced into arranged marriages to alleviate the “burden” they have on financially strapped parents. As a result, these girls have to stop playing with their friends, attending school – and stop […]
