In the mountains of Surigao del Norte, the village of Barangay Matangale sits quietly—home to farmers, coconut harvesters, and indigenous families trying to rebuild from years of conflict and loss. For decades, this community has lived in the tension between armed rebel groups and the military. Then in 2021, Super Typhoon Odette struck, wiping out […]
Bringing Life to Gambata: How a Village Took Action for Clean Water In the rural community of Gambata, Southern Guinea, life during the dry season was a daily struggle. With small rivers and ponds drying up, families were left without access to clean water. Women and children walked over five miles through dense forests just to fetch water—after long […]
A Vision for Change: How Local Leadership Transforms Communities In Village M, Indonesia, a small farming group faced a crossroads. The long-term effects of the pandemic had disrupted their cooperative efforts, and for more than a year, their once-thriving community livestock group sat idle. Without a new project to rally around, motivation was dwindling, and […]
Subsistence farmers tend to be risk averse, tradition bound, and blindly follow what their elders did. In today’s market driven world, it pays to be creative, use new and effective strategies for increased production, and focus attention on what sells and is most likely to bring the best results. Our Community Health Evangelism (CHE) teams […]
Jesus preached radical messages when He was ministering on this earth. He talked about being selfless and putting others’ interest above our own. He talked about forgiving those who had harmed us and loving our enemies. He talked about being generous givers. All things, that (on the face of it), didn’t make sense! This story […]
Persistent poverty can cause a whole community to abandon hope and become stoic. The way they cope with their situation is to reduce expectations and choose the only way out – just laze around. A visit to a community such as this gives the visitor the impression that it is a “sleepy community.” Our CHE […]