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What you need to know about the Tigray crisis
With North American news outlets still dominated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a humanitarian crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia is falling off the radar. Here are a few critical questions about the situation answered.
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, sanitation, and health (WASH) have joined together to help you dispel some common myths about clean water, and give you a better understanding of the work we do with water around the world.
Please Pass the Sausages
In that moment I realized “the poor” can outdo us “wealthy ones” any day of the week when it comes to sacrificially sharing food. While they lack material resources, they are profoundly rich in hospitality.
Heroes of Transformation: Meet Tina
I feel it is necessary to contribute for the development of my community. In the past there was no opportunity [for women] to participate in leadership due to cultural issues, but thanks to FH training there has been a great change in the community and in the integration of leadership.
Communities of Courage
Have you ever tried to change your family’s diet? Convince your children to eat new foods like cauliflower rice or chopped spinach in their tomato sauce? It can be a hard sell. Many of us struggle with change. Perhaps you’ve had to learn a new and seemingly impossible computer program for work, adapt to driving a manual car, or cut monthly expenses in order to save for that replacement phone you really need? It takes courage to change a habit or routine,try new technologies, or embrace different beliefs.
Books That Think Outside the Box
This International Development Week we’ve selected books with some radical ideas to expand our perspectives and hopefully start some passionate conversations. Find out why business matters to God, how faith connects to food, and how "the poorest people in the world...thrive lavishly." These books will challenge your assumptions and provoke thoughtful questions about life, economics, and the “American Dream.”
A Healthy Gift
Josephine and Francois weren’t doing well. Even though they were happily married, it seemed like life’s problems were endless. There wasn’t enough money, there wasn’t enough food, and their three young kids seemed to always be sick and underweight. Even the land their garden was on didn’t belong to them—they were renting it for a monthly fee.
Enough Soap to Stock a Stable
How some kids are fundraising to end poverty - they're never too young to make a difference!
UPDATE: Guatemala Hurricane Response
Partner communities in Guatemala continue to battle the chaos following two consecutive hurricanes, Eta and Iota. After weeks of destructive wind, rain, and floods, the communities in Cotzal and the community of Villa Hortensia II are only just starting to plan to return to rebuild. The partner communities of Acul, Rio Azul, and Xonca, on the other hand, have only seen minor damages; many families were on alert at the outset of Iota, and took precautions or relocated.
New Mother Reflects on the Impact of Child Sponsorship
Child sponsorship comes full circle in this mother's amazing testimony.
Recipes: Ugandan Mandazi
A bit of a familiar looking treat, eh? Mandazi is sold on every street corner in Uganda for a few hundred shillings—about $0.15—each. It’s common around East Africa as a preferred bite-size sweet-and scrumptious snack enjoyed with hot beverages such as tea, coffee, and hot cocoa. Deep-fried dough never disappoints!
Welcome to Cotzal
Tucked away in the remote valleys of north western Guatemala lies San Juan Cotzal. Its mountainous region and foggy, pine-forested slopes are home to a cluster of nine communities: Los Angeles, Tixelap, Quisis, Chichel Chisis, Santa Avelina, Ojo de Agua, Vichibala, and San Felipe Chenla.
Better Together
Over the last three years, Food for the Hungry (FH) Canada has spearheaded an innovative and collaborative online platform called endingpovertytogether.org. In this virtual arena, over 40 Canadian organizations who participate in poverty alleviation contribute dynamic educational resources for Canadians in search of healthy ways to address poverty right here in our own country.
Let’s Talk Money
After six years of reading FH Canada partner community reports, I am crazy about Savings and Loans groups. Here’s why.
Saving her Family, Serving her Community
Savings and Loans groups empower rural people - especially women - to get a small business up and running.
UPDATE COVID-19 and Partner Communities
See the most recent updates from all of our partner communities.
A Child, A Community, and You
Child Sponsorship doesn’t just transform the life of a single child— it changes the whole community. By developing leaders, training teachers, and equipping farmers, the resources from your sponsorship have a wide-reaching impact.
Surviving the Hunger Pandemic
The community of Char Borobila hasn’t been the same since the pandemic hit.