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March is chicken month. I basically feel like I’m one of the flock at this point… I’m writing about chickens, sifting through pictures of Bright Hope chickens, looking up chicken…

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From Strain to Fame: How 5 Chickens Changed 1 Grandma’s Life

Posted on March 3, 2020February 25, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

Harriet faced a lot of resistance from her non-believing husband when she first joined the grandmothers’ club at Namasujju Community Church in Uganda. Her husband was constantly angry at her…

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The “Little Things” I Observed in Uganda That Meant So Much

Posted on February 25, 2020
byMichael Okleme

The rural Ugandans had come for medical care at our free clinic, but so many people had come that we had to turn some away. It was getting dark, there…

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After a Family Tragedy, She’s Got Her Eye on Biomedical Engineering

Posted on February 19, 2020February 20, 2020
bySarah Marchmont

I can’t remember exactly why it was decided that I should talk with Grace* on my last trip to Kenya, but I am so glad it happened. There’s always at…

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C.H. Dyer: The Amazing, Fantastic Man

Posted on February 18, 2020February 10, 2020
byC.H. Dyer

C.H. Dyer was born on an airplane from LA to Sydney. As a result, C.H. was granted dual citizenship as an Aussie and American. However, he grew up traveling on the road in a RV…

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Unfailing Love and 1,000 Unlikely Australian Guests

Posted on February 11, 2020February 10, 2020
byKevin Dyer

There is a story that John the apostle, who lived to be nearly one hundred years old, had some people carry him into the church at Ephesus every week when…

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“Train up a Child…” For Turkana Farmers, the Babies Come Too!

Posted on February 2, 2020February 3, 2020
bySarah Marchmont

Look at these Turkana, Kenya, farmers go! They’re being trained on how to plant tomato seedlings on our partner farm. The goal is for these farmers to plant their first…

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Becoming the Talk of the Town

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

A wife. Six children of his own. Three orphans in his care. Martin has many people depending on him, but as a farmer in rural Uganda, whose only source of…

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Flagship Factors: On a Mission to Eliminate Extreme Poverty

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

Bright Hope unites Christ-followers from around the world to bring hope and help to those living in some of the poorest places on earth. For 50 years, Bright Hope has…

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Crippled, Ridiculed and Socially Marginalized

Posted on January 31, 2020January 31, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

Thousands of children are branded by these labels and bound by their chains, even though their medical needs are treatable and oftentimes free! This was the fate of twelve-year-old Obed…

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