We’re All Poor
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center article “We’re All Poor” People in a middle-class community often see the materially poor as people we need to “fix.” But what if…
Why Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
*Guest blog post reprinted from the Chalmers Center and adapted from When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself, 13-14, 16, 52-54, 64 Caring for the materially…
Here’s the Crucial First Step for Becoming More Generous
John Christopher Frame, PhD, shares insight on the relationship between holiness and generosity. He’s the author of 7 Attitudes of the Helping Heart: How to Live Out Your Faith and…
The Most Dangerous Place to be a Mom
It’s May—a month to thank God for our moms! Mothers give us life, love, and the courage to face our fears. But in impoverished communities, becoming a mother can be…
Around A Mother’s Dinner Table: Hope for Kenya
Kenya – Increasing COVID cases. Food insecurity. Rising unemployment rates. With so many odds against you, it can be easy to feel hopeless and simply want to give up. Struggles like…
Who Watches Your Back?
Africa is an amazing and diverse land, filled with wild animals and challenging situations. As with any dangerous locale, it’s important to know who to trust and who to go…
Local Churches, Local Resources, Lasting Change
*Guest blog post reprinted with permission from the The Chalmers Center (Bright Hope’s Hope for Tomorrow program is modeled very similarly to the below method researched by The Chalmers Center). Maria walked to the…
“Reading Eggs” Hatch Hope in Mathare Slum
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” Do you recognize one of the greatest opening lines from this popular book? Learning to read opens up doors into…
Thank you for giving! The Natoot Farm has water again!
We have great news!!! Thanks to your generosity, the Natoot Farm in Turkana, Kenya has a brand-new well! Over the weekend, they installed the new pump and tested the water…