Friends, Christmas is upon us, and we just want to take a quick minute to wish you a merry, merry Christmas—from our global family to yours! Hectic schedules and long to-do lists typically accompany this happy season, but it is…
It’s hard to imagine a Christmas without the lights and sparkle, one void of Santas and ornate Nativity scenes, a day without an array of delicious foods or an abundance of gifts under a festive tree. Yet this is exactly…
Kenneth Kizito Asimwe is a project coordinator for Bright Hope Uganda. Here he shares his memories of Christmastime as a Ugandan child. Growing up in a rural Uganda, our Christmas was always filled with fun. We would get together as…
As an Ally of Bright Hope, you’re part of a global plan to wipe out poverty. Literally every country in the world agreed on 17 goals they would work towards achieving by 2030. Many of the goals center around ending…
If your inbox looks anything like mine, lately you’re seeing a lot of subject lines about #GivingTuesday, Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Just about everybody has a promotion, sale, deal-of-a-lifetime, or fundraising campaign going on right now. And since my…
A beloved family member recently had serious, serious surgery. It’s lucky (providential) the doctors caught the problem in time, or it could’ve ended in a sudden, tragic death. I don’t even like to write those words, but that is the…
DRINKING WATER ALERT – BOIL YOUR WATER BEFORE USING IT. Nope. I didn’t see that sign while traveling in a developing country, or in a community putting itself back together after a natural disaster. This was a notice that was…
Today, I’m going to give you an equation that you should use when considering which nonprofit you should give to since it could be difficult to get guidance about donations for the poor. I’ll use Bright Hope as an example,…
When I was in Uganda this past summer, I met Enoch and his family. Enoch is a part of our pig project in a rural community. This was something I loved seeing firsthand because, folks, a pig is literally “the…
Six years ago, my eldest son surprised us and arrived extremely early, spending many months in the hospital before we were able to bring him home. As a mother of three, my heart breaks for the many women around the…