STORIES
It’s easy to ignore a statistic, just a large number that informs us there’s a desperate hunger problem happening right now in the world. But when we are able to associate real faces with the crisis, it’s much harder to forget.
True Stories, Real Life Impact
We want you to realize the tangible impact you make when you participate in an event like Slammin’ Famine. While the statistics of hungry children left in the world are still staggering, we are seeing thousands of individual lives saved and futures changed. Each child featured here is a beautiful testimony of how God has used these food-packing events to change the course of someone’s life.
From Miserable Pain to Radiant Joy Deep in the rural mountains of Haiti, in a dusty village where life is hard and food is scarce, 3-year-old Tisine’s eyes were glazed with pain. He showed signs of kwashiorkor, a horrible symptom of malnutrition that often causes intense swelling and extreme... |
In Haiti: Two Brothers Were Left to Die They stared blankly. Their eyes said it all. The two brothers, Michelet, 9, and Machelet, 8, clung to each other along the edge of a steep rocky mountain path in Haiti. They had been abandoned by all of their loved ones and left alone to die. Michelet was... |
You Turned Her Struggle into Joy Sweet Mary Joy struggled to grow. She was 3 years old and weighed only 17.6 pounds, more than 10 pounds below what a 3-year-old normally weighs. Her parents lived in a small mountainous community in the Philippines. Mary Joy’s father had a difficult time finding work,... |