Your 2017 impact in photos: Community development
“I don’t know where I would be without you.” Those are such encouraging words to hear, aren’t they? They tell you that you’ve truly made a difference. And it’s remarkable to think someone you’ve never met — on the other side of the globe — feels that way about you!...
When you give water, you change a life
Christmas is just around the corner, which means the World Help Gifts catalog is back! And it’s full of ways you can choose to transform a life. Every gift is unique, which means there’s a gift that’s perfect for you! Many of our gifts are immediate — they provide...
How church buildings bring hope to communities
My name is Pastor Gulab … My old life was very bad. Before knowing the Lord, I used to perform witchcraft. I was in witchcraft practice for 13 years. Gulab was born into a tribal family. He remembers being a child when he first heard whispers around the village about...
Urgent: Maria pummels Puerto Rico
One to four months — that’s how long Puerto Ricans are preparing to live without electricity in the wake of Hurricane Maria. With screeching 150 mph winds, Maria is the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century. And debris left by Hurricane Irma could...
Umuoru Usmuode: The village with no water
The villagers of Umuoru Usmuode in Nigeria were tired. Each morning, the children of the village would venture out with buckets to walk the long, dangerous road to the nearest water source. By the time they filled their buckets from the dirty, shallow stream two miles...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.