Every year, at the beginning of May, people across the US, regardless of their nationality, celebrate the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. For most Americans, it is an opportunity to gather with others and eat Mexican food. And why wouldn’t you? Mexican food is amazing! In fact, UNESCO declared Mexican food an “Intangible Cultural Heritage …
Yeshe Lin plays outside while his baby sister takes a nap. Though seven-year-old Yeshe Lin should be in school, nothing has been normal ever since the military took over the government in Myanmar in early 2021. Down the road, a familiar face comes into view. Yeshe Lin calls out to his parents that Papa has …
At Children’s Hunger Fund, one of our core values is to impact the next generation. We know that children are made in God’s image, and He commands us to nurture and instruct them in His Word. This is why every Food Pak delivered by a local pastor or church volunteer is an opportunity to share …
Pieter Mazibuko is the third of five children and the only boy in his family. He lives with his mother, four sisters, his adult cousin, and her baby in the rural village of Xigalo, South Africa. His father works and lives in the city and, for a long time, had little contact with the family. …
Mykolaiv (also known as Nikolaev) is a city and region, or oblast, in the southern part of Ukraine. With its prime location on the edge of the Black Sea and along the Southern Bug River—the second largest river in Ukraine—Mykolaiv is an important Ukrainian transportation hub.
Smallest country in Central America. At just over 8,000 square miles (21,000 square kilometers), El Salvador is about the size of the state of Massachusetts. It is also the only country in Central America without a Caribbean coastline. Most densely populated country in the Americas. With a population of about 6.5 million people, that’s still …
At least a mile from the nearest paved road, down a long dirt path lined with piles of large tires, sits a small, isolated structure in the middle of a large plot of land. A large container sits near the structure—it is the only access to water for cooking, cleaning, and bathing and is trucked …
Around the world, the Filipino people are known for their resilience. For Celeste Panganiban in Bacolod City in the Philippines, this translates to taking several part-time jobs in order to help feed her family. In addition to her job washing clothes, she also works as a masseuse and sells avocadoes and mangoes. Her husband is …
In 2010, a youth pastor from Wisconsin was with a group of his students serving members of the homeless population in downtown Chicago.
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. As we pause to celebrate the 400,000+ volunteers who have been a part of the past 30 years of ministry at Children’s Hunger Fund, we thought we’d share a few reasons why our volunteers come back week after week, in their own words. It’s an opportunity for kids to volunteer. …
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