Theme: Emergency Relief

Our food voucher program allows people to choose what they want and shop as regular customers do. Photo by our local partner.  What if your children’s safety depended on the price of your morning latte? An everyday purchase we take for granted is the price some parents in the Northern…

Some of our new cohort in our education and nutrition project. Photo by Luis Silvera. Andres* is 11 years old, and until March 2023, he had never been to school. COVID struck his neighborhood in Venezuela when he was about to start the first grade. Venezuela had already been devastated…

You don’t know your last name. You don’t know your age because you don’t know your birthday. You know it’s almost Christmas, but you don’t know where your mom is. You lost her in the rainy jungle when the angry, shouty man with the gun tucked in his jeans carried…

When you were a kid, do you remember that special feeling you had when someone paid you a bit of attention just because? You might have stood a little taller or smiled a bit broader because you felt seen. Thanks to our community of peacebuilders, we’re making 300 kids and…

As a parent, there are so many things you imagine yourself doing. Waking up a dozen times a night to make sure the baby is still breathing. Dealing with massive diaper blow-outs. Stroller walks and play dates at the park. Then there are the moments no one prepared you for,…

Venezuela is facing a water crisis, and almost no one is talking about it. We visited a friend this week as he bought some water for his house. It looks clean, but you shouldn’t drink it. He doesn’t have any choice, though. He and his five children need water to…

“I would feel really peaceful and happy if I had some food for every day, for several weeks.” It was something of a dream for Hermilda, to have access to a few weeks worth of food, to be free from the worry of starving. “I ask God to send me his…

Nadima’s vision was so clear, she could imagine every element. She dreamed of opening a glamorous salon for women. The interior would be spacious and clean; painted a chic charcoal grey with mirrors and trim details picked out in gold. It would be a comfortable space for women to get…

Excitement crackled through the main room, which had been prepared for the occasion. All around the communal tables sat people ready to give thanks. “I’m grateful because I will cross tomorrow,” said one person who had been waiting months for an appointment. “I’m grateful because I’m waiting [here], and I’m…

You’re clasping at the inside handle of the truck door as your car edges along a mountain peak, following old tire marks up a jagged, zig-zag dirt road. The truck drags a trailer, laden with food packs. Dust streaks the windows as the truck skids around a boulder, partially blocking…