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This Mother’s Day, Help Keep a Baby Free of HIV
When you think of the risks of HIV/AIDS infection in Africa, do you worry about babies? I do. When an HIV-positive mother is pregnant, her baby is at risk to HIV exposure in three different phases: during pregnancy,…
The Dignity of Dorkas
It’s been a number of years now, but this story continues to remind us why our work goes beyond just helping Africans, and what our underlying desire is to see through these partnerships. Our band and Co-Founder Jena…
Photo Friday: Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope is our partner in Zambia. They have a dynamic staff that serves the communities by producing Biosand filters. Contaminated water from a river or water hole is poured in the top of the filter and…
Photo Friday: A Long Walk
Hiding behind her bucket is her 3-year-old daughter. They have an hour walk to their nearest water source where she’ll fill up 60 pounds to carry back in 105 degree heat. But you wouldn’t know it from the…
Save a Drink for this Season of Lent
Lent is just a few days away, and I often need to be reminded about the spirit of Lent. Each year, my husband, James, and I read through a devotional called Bread & Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter….
Photo Friday: Friends
Our Friday photo blog comes from Barak’s recent trip to Kenya, visiting partners and communities. “Friends are like flowers… You may be mzungu, I may be African, but we can be friends in the garden of love” ~…
Help Bring Biosand Filters to Zambia
This is Samson. He was the patient one who taught me how to build a biosand filter in Zambia—which is no small task for a girl who’s not very savvy with any kind of manual labor. It required…
As We Depart
I never had any plans to go to Kenya. And, I certainly never had any plans to go to Marsabit. As I was headed to the airport for my return flight home in January 2011, my driver was…
Save a Drink, Save a Life
I’ve never been to Zambia, and maybe that’s why it’s easy for me to live in my own bubble, with my own problems and pretend my world is the only one that exists. But I am moved by…
How Violence Plagues the Poor
“The locusts of everyday violence have been allowed to swarm unabated in the developing world. And they are laying waste to the hope of the poor.”-Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros in their new book, The Locust Effect…