Tucked in a hillside overlooking a valley of vibrant green is the Destiny Village of Hope. It has reclaimed the lives of children abandoned in filthy slums or orphaned by AIDS. Here, children in bright yellow uniforms eat three meals a day and receive the best...
What do you think of when you hear the word “farming”? Most of us would think of well-fed animals, crops, flashy stainless steel, and industrialized machinery . . . maybe even apple-picking or egg-collecting. We would hardly think of school payments,...
Our little family decided to do Christmas a little bit differently over the past few years. Don’t get me wrong: I adore the holiday and love to see all the wonder through the eyes of my children. Yet, the more we know about the very real and challenging...
Parvati Chaudary was sick. She struggled each day to care for her family, but her stomach illness prevented her from giving her children the attention they needed. Because of her sickness she was unable to work, and there was no government assistance or other aid...
Imagine a swamp. You can smell it before you see it. Flies dance on the surface of a green, stagnant film, congregating with the animals that come to drink from it several times a day. The water is still and dark, cloaking the debris, waste, and bacteria that lie...
Several years ago, Barbra Bhai painfully watched as her children walked down the road to their home, struggling to stand upright due to the weight of the jerry cans they carried. The children should have been in school, but instead they spent their days walking to the...