Do you know what the biggest humanitarian crisis is in the world today? I didn’t. I assumed it was the refugee crisis, or maybe diseases or natural disasters. But I was wrong. Right now, our greatest crisis is hunger. According to the U.N., 815 million people suffer...
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...
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...
Elsa was 16 years old and utterly destitute when she discovered she was going to have a baby. It was the last thing on earth she felt prepared to do. She wondered whether her emaciated, feeble body could even withstand the pregnancy. A gripping fear began to come over...
Most of us in America may just be hearing about the mounting crisis in Somalia and the surrounding nations in what is commonly called the “Horn of Africa.” Images of malnourished children and lines of refugees have only recently reached our television screens after...