What Is Poverty?
Have you ever wondered whether you are poor? It’s not a simple question to answer, since definitions vary greatly. According to one online calculator, a family of four earning $26,000 per year is richer than 78.5% of the world’s population. However, according to guidelines used in the US, that same family falls below the poverty […]
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 […]
Thank you for your partnership with Food for the Hungry (FH)
Thank you for joining us on this mission to end all forms of human poverty. Whether you’re a child sponsor, a supporter lifting FH up in prayer, or a first time donor: thank you! You are transforming the lives of the most vulnerable around the world. Together, we are responding to God’s call to […]
Remember Haiti – After the Ground Stops Shaking
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 stronger magnitude than the devastating […]
A Heartfelt Thank You to our Sponsors and Supporters
Thank you for joining us on this mission to end all forms of human poverty. Whether you’re a child sponsor, a supporter lifting FH up in prayer, or a first time donor: thank you! You are transforming the lives of the most vulnerable around the world. Together, we are responding to God’s call to end […]
FH’s Top 10 Blogs from 2020
Looking Back on 2020 When we rang in the new year on January 1, 2020, I doubt many of us could have anticipated what an unprecedented year 2020 would turn out to be. Together, we faced challenges of so many different kinds. All along the way, we prayed for God to guide us, protect our […]
Pursuing An Education Despite the Odds
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” —Malala Yousafzai, education activist As each new day of 2020 brings more anxiety and stress over the current state of global and local events, it’s important to celebrate the good news and stories of success — many of them a long time in […]
Why A Christian Approach to Poverty Matters
A Christian Approach to Poverty I have worked in international relief and development for more than 27 years, beginning when I finished college in my home country of Bolivia. Over these 27 years, I have learned how faith-based organizations like Food for the Hungry (FH) make a unique contribution to eradicating poverty and alleviating human suffering. […]
What We Know—And Don’t—About Fighting Poverty
With the world reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, almost every business, organization, and industry is confronting some level of existential truth about how it delivers value and meets the needs of its customers. We must explore a “new normal.” The sooner we identify and understand the elements of this new normal, the better we will […]
Farming Families in Burundi Experience A Story of Hope
Meet Anitha. She is a 12-year-old girl in Burundi, a tiny, landlocked country right underneath Rwanda where 65% of the population uses water that isn’t safe for drinking. Like so many other farming families, Anitha’s lives in a rural community. With limited access to clean water, people in their community could walk more than a […]
