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elena, a 27 year old mom with two boys – Shawon (9) and Tamim (6) – shares how poor their family health used to be. Her sons were often sick and, to be totally honest, so were she and her husband. They didn’t have running water in their home or a proper toilet.

Fresh Vegetable gardens are ending poverty in Ethiopia!

Jesus' exmaple of footwashing has powerful potential to teach service and love to people of all ages!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.