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In a family setting with parents or guardians caring for young children, climbing out of poverty can be extremely difficult. In these situations, parents or guardians often struggle to balance the need to […]

CARE is a nonprofit international organization that has worked for 75 years to create better lives for the underprivileged. In 2020, CARE implemented 1,300 projects that reached 90 million people across 100 […]

Namibia ranks sixth in the Global Gender Gap Report of 2021, the highest-ranked African country for bridging the gap between women and men economic opportunity, educational attainment, health and political […]

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, malaria infections stood at almost 230 million globally. Of these malaria incidents, 409,000 cases led to fatalities. These are the striking and often […]

Habitat for Humanity GB partners with Blackstone Real Estate to deliver social housing in London
 
Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (GB), a charity focused on long-term poverty alleviation through the […]

Despite great progress in economic growth and poverty reduction, the gender wage gap in Ghana shows the distribution of these benefits remains unequal. A huge portion of Ghana’s labor market is in the l […]

Helping women in Zambia build a better tomorrow

Women in Zambia face significant challenges in securing the rights to their land and homes. After being widowed, some may even find themselves homeless as their […]

Helping women in Zambia build a better tomorrow and saving for a better future

Women in Zambia face significant challenges in securing the rights to their land and homes. After being widowed, some may even find […]

It’s always so touching to hear what children in poverty feel thankful for. They live with less than most people, but their gratitude overflows. It helps put t […]

It was 1995 when 20-year-old Bonnie picked up a child sponsorship packet from a table at church. She looked down at the photo of a girl in Uganda who was waiting […]

When we think of people living in poverty, we often think of how we can help them. But have you ever considered that everyone has something to give? Even people we see as poor can love their neighbors as […]

Twin sisters who were separated as toddlers and raised without knowledge of each other were reunited at their Compassion center after both were registered in the […]

Most people know Mike Donehey for his singing and songwriting. But the children Mike sponsors know him for another reason: his letters of encouragement.
Mike has […]

Santa isn’t the only one making a list and checking it twice. Impoverished communities in the 20+ countries where FH serves are, too. And this year, they’ve added 13 new items to their Gift Catalog “wish list” […]

Since mid-2020, more than a thousand low-income families have brought their sick and suffering pets to the nonprofit Pet Support Space, housed in a tiny Los Angeles storefront. One 14-year-old dog had a tumor that […]

In Uganda, Olive smiles as a neighbor invites her to a family member’s wedding. But secretly, her heart sinks. She doesn’t own clothes nice enough for the occ […]

Some problems require a little extra creativity to solve. And some solutions open new pathways for creativity to blossom, too.
Just take Asep for example. He’s a 13-year-old boy in Indonesia who found cool new w […]

Alex is just 16 years old. But he’s already endured more sadness than most experience in a lifetime.
First, his mom passed away. Then, his dad died, too. By age nine, Alex was the head of his family: two little s […]

What does strengthening marriages and families have to do with ending poverty around the world?
Everything, as Yalew and his wife Yebirguwal discovered.
For years, Yalew and Yebirguwal struggled to put food on the […]

At the height of the pandemic, nearly 93 percent of U.S. households with children were involved in some form of distance learning from home, according to Census Bureau data. Yet even when there were few […]