RELUFA Archives - Growing Hope Globally

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“My experiences with Growing Hope Globally…are some of the most important threads in the tapestry of my life.”

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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Grain Banks Interrupt the Cycle of Poverty

March 23, 2023

Community grain banks have reduced the worries families have when the lean period comes July through September. Keeping back some of their harvest communally and storing it in safe and […]

More Income, Less Drudgery

August 15, 2022

The creation of community cereal banks is having a positive effect on farming and family food security. Local partner RELUFA reports that the grain the farmers save communally at harvest […]

Try, Try Again … and Succeed!

January 7, 2022

Community farming was a success in M. Kaé village in 2021. Although they have worked together on a community grain bank since 2014, a lack of funds to purchase fertilizer […]

Cereal Banks Prepare For The Lean Period

July 9, 2021

While it is still early in this new program, and though the Far North region of Cameroon is in the midst of the annual June-September lean period, local partner RELUFA’s […]