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The Tomatoes That Paid Daniel’s School Fees, a True Story

Posted on June 15, 2021June 16, 2021
byBright Hope Staff

Meet 18–year-old Daniel Emoni, a young man who smiles brightly as he shares his story. He’s the fourth born in a family with five children. Daniel and his younger brother live with their mother, Maria Apem, in the Natoot village in northern…

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Hannington’s Faith

Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021
byBright Hope Staff

Kenya – Hannington, a thirteen-year-old boy with an easy smile and a confident demeanor, lives in the Mathare Valley slum in Nairobi with his mother and younger brother. His mother…

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“Reading Eggs” Hatch Hope in Mathare Slum

Posted on April 7, 2021April 9, 2021
byLeslee Baron

“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…

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Thank you for giving! The Natoot Farm has water again!

Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021
byMalia Rodriguez

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…

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? What Am I?

Posted on October 12, 2020October 12, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

You saw the above picture in your email or in a social media post, and we asked if you knew what it was… What you were seeing was a piece…

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? What Am I?

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

You saw the above picture in your email or in a social media post, and we asked if you knew what it was. What you were seeing was a part…

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The Cost of Poverty: What I Learned in Kenya

Posted on August 18, 2020August 17, 2020
bySarah Marchmont

I sat in the vehicle roughly bumping along the dirt road as we crept through the Kenyan slum. Not wanting to forget anything, I pulled out my notebook and scribbled…

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In Spite of the Destruction, She is Determined

Posted on July 31, 2020August 13, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

We met Margaret in the village of Natoot in Kenya. Margaret is a mother of five, with three daughters and two sons. Despite her age, Margaret is a determined young…

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Farming in Turkana: God Sent This Farm to Redeem Us

Posted on July 28, 2020July 18, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

Nancy was born and raised in a Kenyan village known as “gold.” The village stood along the Lodwar Kakuma road, where the occupants mined, you guessed it, gold. Despite living in what sounds like a lucrative community, Nancy’s family was poor. They were so poor that…

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Coronavirus Pushes Slum Residents into Deeper Poverty

Posted on July 24, 2020August 4, 2020
byBright Hope Staff

Emily and her family share toilets and one water faucet with 19 other families. In a time of COVID-19, where good sanitation and social distancing are critically important, just imagine…

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