Schools in Kenya have been closed for the last three months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s been an incredibly challenging time for the children, their families and the school staff. Many families rely on the food their children…
You saw this is in your email or in our social media post, and we asked if you could identify it… What you were seeing was a just a little piece of this photo: It’s a pig party!…
Moses, a farmer in Uganda, hoped to get married in his twenties like many of his friends. “But it never happened,” Moses reminisces. Soon, members of a Bright Hope partner church befriended Moses. Even though he was still a bachelor, they…
The greatest threat to the extreme poor is not the coronavirus itself, but the economic gridlock caused by restrictions meant to slow the virus’ spread. Poor families depend on day-labor jobs, subsistence farming, and small businesses to make ends meet.…
I grew up in a poor village with no electricity. We scrounged for whatever food we could find. We had no bathrooms and showered behind bushes. My parents couldn’t afford school fees so at the beginning of each term, they…
Paulette, Haiti—Water has been an issue in Paulette for a long, long time. Whether drinking from filthy, polluted sources long ago, or drinking from salty wells just earlier this year, the people of Paulette have had a never-ending struggle get…
Bolivia – Lucas, a talkative and jovial senior, lives alone in a rented room. He has family but hasn’t heard from anyone during the quarantine. The money and food he collected from the government were running out. Where would he…
With the possible exception of the Girl Scouts and their cookies, the general public doesn’t hold a very high regard for those trying to make a living by selling us stuff we don’t want, don’t need, or can’t afford. But…
When God began building a nation, He wanted to make sure that no one would get left behind. All throughout the Old Testament, and especially in the first five books, God showed His care for the poor, the foreigner, and…
Are your kids handling the virus situation well? Since the COVID-19 outbreak, I have been asking my friends that question often. I usually get the pat answer, “Yeah, they are fine.” But every so often I get an unexpected answer and we talk about how to help…