A shipping container changes the story
I’ll never forget the faces of South Sudan’s children. Their eyes and cheeks were hollow, their limbs bony. Their stomachs were rounded and swollen — the painful effect of a prolonged fight with malnutrition. They moved slowly, their bodies lacking the energy they...
How one girl got her future back
Aline knows what it’s like to feel empty all the time. Her father died when she was young, leaving her mother to care for five children alone. This is difficult under any circumstances, but in rural Rwanda, poverty makes it nearly impossible for a single parent to...
Hunger steals from one generation after the next
Despite the meaning of her name, baby Genesis isn’t the beginning of her family’s story of struggle. That began long ago — decades before Genesis was ever born. And she isn’t the first in her family to suffer from malnutrition. Unfortunately, malnutrition is a vicious...
Countries in crisis: Haiti
I still remember the day a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country of Haiti.I was just a freshman in college, watching between classes as the images of dust and debris filled the news and the horrifying death toll continued to rise. It was heartbreaking. My life...
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.