May 23, 2023
I'm not sure how old I was when my brother, Matt, and I decided to decorate a small shoebox and place it near our front door to solicit houseguests for money. As a mother to a young child now, I wonder how my parents felt about this rather forward way of greeting our friends and family, but I'm glad they were supportive. Matt and I had recently learned about our church's support of Growing Hope Globally, then called Foods Resource Bank, and we found it…
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February 14, 2023
Delma and her family appreciate all the training they’ve gotten from local partner CASM (Mennonite Social Action Commission) to improve their food security. “We were farming before, but working with […]
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February 10, 2023
From a U.S. perspective of gigantic grocery stores, you might not think the local shop is much of anything. Some coffee, sugar, soup, soap on the shelves, a few vegetables […]
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October 14, 2022
Growing Hope Globally staff, Kaylyn Morse and Eric Mattson, visited both the Honduras Orocuina & Liure program and the Honduras Macuelizo program in early November. Join us as they share […]
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January 7, 2022
Preparing chicken soup with basil, oregano, and green bananas, or the fried fish that Esmeralda’s son and husband like so much, is easier and safer with the new eco-stove in […]
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October 25, 2021
FFA Advisor James Abbas teaches at AGWSR High School in Ackley, Iowa. Abbas was looking for a way to help his students see beyond their community and consider issues like […]
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October 18, 2021
The communities of Macuelizo were heavily affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota in late 2020. This came as no surprise, given that the country of Honduras is one of the […]
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December 9, 2020
Dwight Rohrer is a new member of the Growing Hope Globally Board and has contributed to the Lancaster, Pennsylvania Growing Project for sixteen years. Each year, he donates three acres […]
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June 4, 2020
The following interview was originally published on RickSteves.com. Growing Hope Globally is grateful to have received a $50,000 grant from Rick Steves’ Climate Smart Commitment. Growing Hope Globally (Growing Hope) works with […]
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September 18, 2019
Not too many years ago, Miriam had no experience as a farmer. But she’s shown such ability that she’s been selected by the program to receive additional training as a […]
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