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Heroes of Transformation: Meet Neak Phanna

Real change for communities does not happen overnight. Each of us plays an important role—from supporter to office staff to community leader. It takes years of relationship building, planning, education, and persistence. But the conduits that make this happen? FH staff who live and work in the community, who truly walk alongside leaders, churches, and families.

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Cambodian Omelette with Salted Fish

The team in Cambodia guarantee this is a favourite dish for visitors from North America! If you’re tempted to try a spicy, salty twist to your eggs, give this a fry.

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Recipes: Bangladeshi Eggs Shahi Korma

Rich spices have dominated Bangladeshi cooking for centuries—in fact, Europeans have South Asia to thank for most of the flavours used today. This dish is a sweet-and-savoury meal that blends a wide variety of flavours Canadians often would not mix, but in the end work well!

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Constructing Lives of Purpose

It’s not exactly “business as usual” for a handful of companies in British Columbia. While the bulk of companies prioritize the bottom line—balancing the numbers and cutting costs to make as much money as possible—Alderidge Construction, Stattonrock Design & Build, Balzer’s Brushing, and Ferguson Moving & Storage have gone to great lengths to inject meaning into their work.

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Renewing Compassion

Have you ever experienced compassion fatigue? Here's how a long-time development worker reengaged his heart.

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The Power of Running Water

No one expected that Peg Peters—the five-year-old Peg Peters, kicking a soccer ball around with Ethiopian neighborhood kids and eating injera with his hands—would one day be raising millions of dollars of support for Ethiopia alongside thousands of volunteers through the Run for Water campaign.

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How to Build a Culture of Peace

When I was younger, I thought the best way to live peacefully was to never disagree with anyone. Disagreement could lead to conflict and conflict could be uncomfortable and messy. As I grew older, I realized that never disagreeing wasn’t the best path. Voicing my concern (for myself or others) was sometimes the only path that led to change. Sometimes, to be a peacemaker, I had to make my disagreements known. Negative peace (the absence of conflict or violence) had defined my approach to problem-solving. I needed to start striving for human flourishing in the presence of justice and equity: positive peace.

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Rwandan Mutton Brochette with Roasted Banana

Summer barbecue recipes. This one from Rwanda! If you're a meat lover, these brochettes will be right up your alley. But look out, they're spicy!

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Recipe: Sopa de Tortilla (Zesty Tortilla Soup)

Comfort food with a bit of zip! This chicken soup is a family favourite in Guatemala where communities high in the mountains look forward to a warm bowl of soup with chicken and fresh, locally grown veggies.

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Single Mom Gets Second Chance

Before encountering FH in 2017, Jeannette was just another teenage student in high school in Busekera, Rwanda.

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The Miracle of Fruit & Veggie Seeds

Temesgen is a farmer who lives in Dangali Gongo, Ethiopia. He's 40 and has three daughters and a son.

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A Peace-ful Start to the Dairy Cow Program

Cows have led to miracles in homes that had lost hope. A cow is a big undertaking that farmers in Uganda would have never tried 10 years ago. But with the right training and support from one another, they begin to see what they are capable of!

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29 Years and Counting

We first were introduced to Food for the Hungry (FH) in 1989 by a friend, Brian Robertson. He had just finished university and was heading off to Thailand to put his degree to use on a water development project with FH. The more we learned about FH the more we liked what they were doing. When we heard about the Child Sponsorship program we prayed about it and discussed it with our children; we thought it to be a good fit.

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Recipe: Molé!

Chocolate for dinner—everyone’s dream, correcto? Molé is a common sauce throughout Latin America often served with fruit and even meats. It’s an exotic flavour to the Canadian palette, but a satisfying one if you like the taste of spicy, dark chocolate!

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Washing Away Superstition

Superstition, misconceptions, and poor health knowledge made Julekha and her family vulnerable to disease. Most of the people in her village were illiterate and extremely poor. A lack of health clinics perpetuated the people’s reliance on superstitious beliefs to heal their illnesses.

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#Hashtagging Poverty

You don't want to be a "poverty tourist", especially when you whip out your camera. Here's 5 tips on how to take pics and create posts that give others the dignity they deserve.

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Helping Moms in Ethiopia Breathe Easy

Fuel-efficient stoves rescue moms and kids from toxic smoke rising out of wood-burning cook fires.

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The Shared Mission of Motherhood

The small multipurpose room was dark, except for sunlight streaming in through the front doorway and a small window behind our team.

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Does Poverty Provoke Extremism?

Is the next terror attack just around the corner?

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Kids at Play

From pat-a-cake under a beautiful mango tree to a rousing game of volleyball, the way kids in Ethiopia play is not all that different from what you might expect on a Canadian playground.

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