What’s on the menu for lunch?
Sundays are my meal prep days. I cook my lunches for the workweek, put them in Tupperware containers, and stick them in the fridge so I can grab them in the mornings before I head out the door. It’s easy, and it means I don’t have to think about what I’m going to eat...
What do you eat during a famine?
What if today’s only meal were a choice between eating grass or old melon rinds? Neither sounds too appetizing, right? But that’s the reality for families living in places ravaged by famine such as Niger, Zimbabwe, and South Sudan. Civil war, drought, famine, and...
A small sacrifice with a BIG impact
As you read this, a little girl in northern Nigeria is wondering where her next meal will come from — or if it will come at all. Of course, she’ll probably give most of it to her younger siblings. Ever since her country started experiencing famine, she’s made sure her...
4 ways starvation impacts a child
Have you ever held newborn babies? They are so tiny, and yet they carry so much potential for the future. As you cradle them in your arms, the whole world is full of possibilities. But when a mother gives birth in the midst of a hunger crisis, there is fear instead of...
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.