As a longstanding friend and partner, Food for the Hungry (FH) commends the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) on their prestigious and distinctive 2020 Nobel Peace Prize award. On October 9, 2020, the Nobel Committee recognized the WFP for their leadership in… Read More
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3 Ways FH Builds Community Resilience and Disaster Preparedness
It’s 7 p.m. when an evening newscaster announces that a storm is brewing. It’s a big one. The weather updates say that it’s due to make landfall within 48 hours. When it does, the impact is devastating. While houses are destroyed and cities sit underwater, people flee their… Read More
Ending Poverty Together
Can you imagine a world where no one is poor? If there was no physical poverty, and no children suffered from stunted growth due to hunger. People would not beg on street corners, soup kitchens would cease to exist, and no nation would be labeled as a “impoverished”… Read More
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Three Creative Ways to Change the World in 24 Hours
Do you have a desire to change the world and help those in need, but don’t know where to start? You’re not alone. With more and more problems facing us every day, “changing the world” can feel like a big, nearly insurmountable task. It doesn’t have to be. Read More
Ending Poverty Together
Long-term FH staff member Luis Noda. Luis has always championed a Christian approach to poverty alleviation. 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. Read More
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New Beginnings: Supporting Venezuelan Refugees in Lima
In 2016, I was zipping across Lima, Peru in brightly-colored mototaxis, visiting various savings groups as part of a microfinance project I was serving with. Under the same gray skies, thousands of Venezuelan refugees were seeking new beginnings in their new home country. Soon, there was a visible difference. They… Read More
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Schooling at Home: 3 Factors That Encourage Internal Motivation
During COVID-19, I’ve been struggling with motivation with my transition to working from home. My eight-year-old daughter has also struggled with completing school work at home. It’s been a stressful time for parents and children whose routines have been turned upside down. It has made me think a… Read More
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For many women, becoming a mother is one of life’s major milestones. But we also know that for some women, the first step towards motherhood can be a hard one. In low- and middle-income countries, a staggering one in five mothers experiences depression after birth. Because… Read More
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How a COVID-19 Partnership Boosts FH's Impact
Most of us are thinking of how much the coronavirus pandemic is subtracting from our lives (eating out, parties, church, family gatherings). But right now, Food for the Hungry (FH) is multiplying impact — via a COVID-19 partnership. Your donations to FH’s COVID-19 efforts provided emergency… Read More
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How Deworming Changed Gaston's Life
Gaston should have been running, playing, and studying like any 10-year-old boy in Burundi. But instead, he was fighting an infestation of intestinal worms — parasites that stole his life. Gaston’s mother, Imelde, reports that her son was vomiting after every meal. He would refuse food because he didn’t have… Read More
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Have you ever known someone who was really passionate about poverty? The kind of person who goes on short-term mission trips, donates to help the poor, and seems to truly believe that poverty can be overcome? You may have wondered if that person was really thinking straight. After… Read More
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8 Myths About Clean Water Around the World
A natural resource that covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and makes up to 60% of our bodies, water contributes to life around the world, including providing food, income, and wellbeing. Yet, the global water crisis is commonly misunderstood! This World Water Day, Food for the Hungry experts in water,… Read More