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Surprised by Water
I sat on a log along with hundreds of others both standing and sharing the log with me in a remote village in Zambia… We all had our eyes glued on the large drilling rig, hoping to see water gush up from the ground…
International Women’s Day: Elevating Women’s Voices in Sierra Leone
This International Women’s Day learn how we #ChooseToChallenge gender stereotypes and the pull-down syndrome against women by elevating women’s voices. đź’Ş
Why 2021 Matters
2020 was a wild ride, but a new year finally is here! After talking to people across the world I understand we all are weary and ready for a change away from this global pandemic. This new year, 2021, matters greatly – and we are going to see transformation take place around the world!
Mushrooms, Migration, & Opportunities
Growing mushrooms has many benefits for farmers in Kampong Khan, Cambodia. It’s contributed to food security, reduced labor migration, and family reunification.
How Did You Start World Hope?
Since childhood, though, God has put in my heart a sense of justice for the vulnerable and the voiceless. Throughout my life, I have sought to live this out—but there came a huge turning point in my life in 1985…
Equipped for Entrepreneurship
45 adolescent girls in Sierra Leone seized an opportunity to participate in a soap making and selling training program. What happened next?
New Partnership Increases our Impact Here at Home
We love the power of partnerships! Read on to find out more about our newest alliance with the Salvation Army in emergency disaster response, and how this will allow us to broaden our impact within our own communities in Canada!
How I First Learned the Meaning of Loving My Neighbor
In 1985, I was visiting an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in the rural part of El Salvador. I was visiting El Salvador with a group of faith leaders on behalf of the Grand Rapids Center for Ecumenism, an agency of the Christian faith community of Grand Rapids, Michigan, focusing on hunger issues in the troubled region of Central America at this time…
Zaldy and the Gift of Education
At World Hope International, we look forward to Christmas celebrations with our Child Sponsorship communities every year, but this past December’s time of special activities was even more anticipated around the globe after the many hardships of 2020.
Moving From Grief to Hope
Saidu Kanu, World Hope’s Country Director for Sierra Leone, shares some personal reflections and offers this message of healing and hope as he reflects on the turbulent events that took place in Sierra Leone on January 6th, 1999, and on January 6th, 2021 in the United States and Ghana…
