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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December 8, 2021
“Last year,” says Angela with a huge smile, “my family saved enough money to buy a goat!” As background, she reveals that she used to be able to earn just […]
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November 17, 2020
A young couple lives on a small farm with their daughter and two sons. They grow rice on a half acre of land and make ends meet by working as […]
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September 1, 2020
Bosko, a farmer and fisherman, is seeing his life – and that of his community – change for the better. It all started when he was invited to a Village […]
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March 11, 2020
Estela’s field of cassava was the only one of six in her community that survived the drought. Some said she was just lucky, but she and local partner Anglican Diocese […]
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