Pandemic and hurricanes created the ‘perfect storm for poverty’
Families in Guatemala were already raising a white flag last year as a sign that they were out of food due to the pandemic when two record-breaking hurricanes tore through their country. “With the storms and COVID together, it really created this perfect storm for...
Inside Latin America’s clean water crisis
Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest rivers and lakes. The region gets more rainfall than most other places around the globe. So why is it that Latin America is suffering a major water crisis? The answer — while there is plenty of water in Latin...When Small Homes Make a Big Difference
When I was young, I used to love building forts in my backyard. My friends and I would use sticks and branches to form tent-like structures and then hide underneath and play games. Our forts were ramshackle and poorly constructed, so they usually fell apart by the end...Impacting Children in Haiti: Five Years Later
More than 230,000 lives were taken, 300,000 injured, and 1.5 million people were displaced by the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 . . . five years ago. This nation still feels the effects of this tragic disaster, as an estimated...Called to Bring Sustainable Change
This is Christ Community Church (CCC) from East Taunton, Massachusetts—a family of Christ followers that is partnering with World Help to bring sustainable change to impoverished Guatemalan villages. They first came to Guatemala several years ago, where they were...
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