“I call so much to God that angels will come to release a little of the burden that I carry day by day,” Maxima said. That burden includes venturing out in the Guatemalan heat to tend to her small garden so she can eat each day. It’s much too heavy a burden to bear on...
After a spinal injury left him paralyzed from the waist down, Felix felt powerless to provide for his family — and that was before the pandemic struck. Felix used to work as a bricklayer, making only a small income but enough to take care of his wife and...
“COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicenters of hunger across the globe. … The pandemic is the final straw for millions of people already struggling …” This quote from a recent Oxfam study is just a confirmation...
To this day, near the deadly shoals of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, stand several life-saving stations from the 19th century. A life-saving station was used as a way to patrol the waters for shipwrecks, especially during storms. Brave men known as surfmen would...
“Please take my kids!” Mahdi’s desperate plea cracked over the poor reception of the phone line. And our partner in Jordan thought he must have heard Mahdi incorrectly. But he repeated, “Please take my kids.” Because he could no longer feed them. We’ve changed Mahdi’s...
