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I was not born in the days of the Holocaust, but growing up came to realize that millions of people were killed for no reason. Here I will tell their stories, so no man ever forgets.
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A Charity Worth Looking, At Freedom from Hunger
Freedom from Hunger remains one of my favorite charities. They do not just give food or money to people, they do so much more. They give dignity where there was none. They give chances to people who thought they had none. They give a hand to those wh...
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Pictured above: The number one reason that families stay trapped in poverty is poor health. That is why Freedom from Hunger developed the Credit With Education program which combines financial services with life-saving health information. Here, wome...
Picture of the week
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Picture Of The Week
Pictured above: Bolivian women in the Credit with Education program gather regularly to make payments on their loans or to take out new ones. While the women are together, they participate in adult education sessions on subjects ranging from health...
Picture Of The Week
Pictured above: Freedom from Hunger’s expertise is in delivering not just economic opportunities, but also powerful information to the people who need it most. In India, our Learning Games for adolescent girls bring messages about health, social em...
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Pictured above: The women that Freedom from Hunger serves with it’s innovative programs are the most important agents of change in their society. They directly affect their husbands, children, extended family and fellow loan group me...
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Pictured above: A certified success. In the Philippines, women receive special recognition for their achievements in saving money, repaying their loans on time and even showing leadership in their groups....
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Pictured above: While mothers gather in their weekly meetings, their children play nearby. Rigorous studies show that women participating in Freedom from Hunger's Credit with Education program know how to improve the health and nutrition of their chi...
Photo Of The Week
Pictured above: The Highlands of Peru have been bypassed by most micro finance organizations because ofthe cost of bringing loans and education to remote villages. But Freedom from Hunger and it's local partners are committed to reaching these ...
Good News For Freedom from Hunger
For the second consecutive year, Freedom from Hunger has received the highly respectable 4 star rating from Charity Navigator, the nations premier charity evaulator that offers "good housekeeping" seal of approval for sound fiscal management, for the...
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Pictured above: Because Freedom from Hunger focuses on serving women who live on $1/ day or less, the most common kind of business involves food processing. These activities give women a product to sell and excess with which to feed their...
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Pictured above: When families don't have enough money to send all their children to school, they often choose to keep the girls at home. Freedom from Hunger promotes education for girls, and gives women the means to earn enough money to send all t...
Picture Of The Week
Pictured above: The majority of the more than 12,000 children who die every day of causes related to hunger are only mildly to moderately malnourished. Freedom from Hunger focuses it’s food-security programs on women-and particularly mothers- becau...
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Pictured : Carmen had trouble selling the sculptures she carved from local stone until a loan from Freedom from Hunger’s local partner in Peru helped her pay rent on a kiosk at the craft market. Now tourists eagerly buy up her sculptures and Carmen...
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Pictured above: With pride of accomplishment, Pricilla reviews her passbook, noting the loans she has taken, her repayment schedule, and the savings she deposits faithfully each week in Freedom from Hunger’s Credit with Education program....
Is Food Shortage The Cause Of Death In Impoverished Nations?
Most people think that starvation is what is the cause of death among the worlds hungry. Disease from too little food is what causes death, not just the absence of food. Weakened bodies from too little food are susceptible to disease, mental retardat...
Picture Of The Week
Pictured above: A women’s first loan is a moment of truth. It is the first time she has ever been trusted with credit, the loan is often more money than she has ever held in her hands at one time, and it is a sure sign of the faith that Freedom fro...
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Pictured above: Learning when to take a baby to see a doctor is important knowledge. Going when it’s unnecessary can mean a day of lost wages and less food for the entire family. But waiting too long can cost a baby her life. Here, women participat...
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Pictured above: Mothers in the Philippines multi-task like Mothers everywhere. In Freedom From Hunger’s programs, women have the chance to create money-making enterprises at home where they can keep their young children nearby....
The Only Thing They Need
Pictured above: Many of the women who borrow money in Freedom from Hunger's Credit with Education program can neither read nor write. Their thumbprint and the joint guarantee provided by other women in her group acts as the only collateral we request...
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Rana, who makes fish traps and sells her catch on the streets of her village, has learned how to keep her children healthy by participating in learning sessions created by Freedom from Hunger....
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Pictured above: Freedom from Hunger's anti-malaria education programs teach women like Willie that malaria is especially dangerous to them and to their unborn babies during pregnancy. Freedom from Hunger is also training village women to sell insecti...
