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Updates From the Field: East Africa
August 31, 2023
6:00 PM Central/ 7:00 PM Eastern Hear about the impact Growing Hope Globally funded programs are making in Kenya and Uganda. Eric Mattson recently visited several current and past programs […]
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August 31, 2023
6:00 PM Central/ 7:00 PM Eastern Hear about the impact Growing Hope Globally funded programs are making in Kenya and Uganda. Eric Mattson recently visited several current and past programs […]
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 […]
January 6, 2023
Even for Isaac, one of the champion farmers in the program, despair is a constant companion after nearly three years of drought. He has lost everything he’s worked so hard […]
June 10, 2022
Joseph joined a Farmer Field School despite other men saying it was “a waste of time.” He ended up mulching a small piece of land just to please the staff. […]
January 7, 2022
You’d have to search far and wide before finding a more determined farmer than Lucy. Since joining her village’s Farmer Field School, she has started implementing all the new practices […]
June 29, 2021
The very first program funded by Growing Hope Globally was located in Bamba, Kenya. It began in 2001, implemented by World Renew and local partner Anglican Development Services – Pwani. […]
June 28, 2021
In 2019, after years of poor farming results, Saweria experienced a complete crop failure because of a severe drought. In order to feed her three children, she says she resorted […]
May 25, 2021
The Kenya Machackos program began in 2003 and continued until 2010 with World Renew and local partner NACODEV under the leadership of Pastor Cosmas Mwanzia. At the outset, the […]
February 17, 2021
It is no secret that rural communities have had more than their share of challenges over the last decades, and that often includes the churches in those communities. The church […]
December 4, 2020
Located in an arid/semi-arid region in the north of Kenya, the Igembe program is an offshoot of the Tigania program which has helped to enhance community resilience and year-round food […]