Good news out of Kenya. According to the Food Security Steering Group, nutrition in drought-hit areas has improved considerably due to an increase in food supplies. However, it is no time to be complacent. The situation remains at critical levels in key rural areas. Click here for the news story. How Cross Catholic Outreach is […]
Photo Blog: Food and Education
Photo Blog: Food and Education Education is a necessary path to future employment and prosperity for Belizean children, but they cannot benefit from their schooling unless they are healthy. That’s why Cross Catholic Outreach and our supporters provide students at Mount Carmel Primary School in Benque Viejo with nutritious, daily lunches. These meals are giving […]
Rescued and Renewed
“I was begging on the streets because there was no food at home,” Edward Ekadeli remembered. He told me the story of his childhood as we sat together beneath the hot African sun. I met Edward last month in Kitale, a city in western Kenya. At the time, I was visiting our Cross Catholic Outreach […]
An Offering of Love
A simple plastic bag filled with food. It’s something I take home from the grocery store each week without really thinking about it. While I’m by no means rich and don’t buy extravagant grocery items, I’ve never had to worry about whether I have enough money to buy the food I need. For the deathly […]
Ringing in the New Year
2012 is here! And the blogosphere is buzzing with New Year’s resolutions, end-of-the-world theories, and political campaign predictions. With the holidays behind us, society’s focus has shifted a little more toward personal weight loss goals and a little less toward feeding the hungry. But of course, hunger never takes a holiday. I’m sure many people […]
Food for Life
“Without this help, life would be very difficult,” 82-year-old Gustave Destave told me on my recent visit to Kobonal, Haiti. “I don’t have any money to buy something to eat, so this food makes me well and strong.” After her husband died and her children moved away, Gustave has found it difficult to survive day-to-day. […]
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