The Life-Changing Power of Savings Groups: Yendeli’s Story on Strengthening Her Community
A community in the Dominican Republic has learned a tool with the power to make a positive impact in the lives of many. At the heart of this change is Yendeli, a young mother of four in El Cercadillo. With the help of donor-supported FH training modules through Strengthen Communities, Yendeli used the tools she […]
A Young Woman’s Journey to Resilience in Peru
Through Strengthen Communities, Food for the Hungry (FH) works to strengthen both communities as a whole and the individuals who form them. FH partners with local leaders and families within the communities to create solutions to overcome their biggest challenges. With the help of donors, FH staff partners with community members to address the root […]
A Widow’s Hopeful New Life
At the age of 59, Pelagie led an independent yet isolated life until she connected with other families in her community when Food for the Hungry (FH) led programs made possible through our Multiply Your Donation program and partner grants that established connections between Pelagie and others in her community. In the densely populated country […]
Husband and Wife Learn to Escape Poverty as a Team
For years, Yalew and Yebirguwal struggled to provide nutritious food for their two children. Like many Ethiopian families, they had no land of their own but were instead forced to rent small farm plots or offer themselves as hired labor. But this didn’t work for Yalew, who was physically unable to pursue most of the […]
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 […]
Caring Mother Finds Hope for Her Children
Donation Multiplying Program Transforms Life for Ethiopian Mom Habtam was a caring mother who was very concerned about finding help for her children. Life was very challenging where the family lives in Lay Gayint, Ethiopia. She had no money to pay for the most basic necessities for her household. Feeding the children was a struggle […]
Joy Increases with Growing Goat Herd
Impossible, thought Guduro. She never imagined that she and her five children could experience such immeasurable joy – not after all the heartbreak and suffering they had endured. So it’s easy to imagine her surprise and delight when her joy increased, again and again, multiplying on itself beyond all she could ask or imagine (Ephesians […]
A Better Life for Children Started with Training for Parents
A better life for children is key to a healthy community in the future. That’s why Food for the Hungry (FH) focuses on making lives better for children specifically, and their parents too. Rapid Change in Vietnam Community FH has been serving the Lien Minh community in Vietnam for just two years. But results are […]
The Key to Sustainable Solutions: Taking the Driver’s Wheel
In over thirty years of traveling around the world and learning about solutions to end poverty, the question that seems to be the most important one to ask is this: are these solutions sustainable? Sustainable Change Leads to Lasting Impact While I care about all the different ways that help to eliminate poverty in the most vulnerable places […]
