Pandemic Lockdowns Lead to Hunger and Hopelessness
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…
From the Shadows to the Pulpit
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…
Paulette’s New Water Purification System Makes a Big Splash
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,…
A Cause for Celebration
When Bright Hope comes alongside to suport a church, the end goal is always to get the church to a place of self-sufficiency. Before we start working with them, we…
Every Day We Face a Choice
Will we do everything we can to make our lives comfortable? Or will we do everything we can to help others experience Hope? Rose and her husband, Simon, were peasant…
Creating an Oasis in a Desert
Imagine growing up in Turkana, a vast, drought-ridden county in northern Kenya. You live the way your parents and their parents and their parents lived, as far back as anyone…
Because God Remembered Us – by Christine Awesit
Christine Awesit lives in Turkana, Kenya. A mother of four, she struggles to live and raise her children in the small village of Natoot. Christine shares, in her own words,…
COVID-19 Update from Bolivia
Cochabamba, April 2, 2020 (updated stats as of April 7) Bolivia’s first two COVID-19 cases were diagnosed on March 11. Before that, neighboring countries were already beginning to report cases,…
Keeping a Close Watch on COVID-19 and the Extreme Poor
“If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will…