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Network Invites Us to Build Harmony, Bring Justice

Global Solidarity Network Provides Spaces to Learn, Serve Globally and at Home By Cindy Corell, mission co-worker in Haiti, and Jed Koball, mission co-worker in Peru   *This article was originally published in the PHP Post Summer 2023 Issue It is nearly impossible to start the day without laying your hands on something — some… Read more »

The 2022 PHP Impact Report is Available!

Learn how your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing and the Presbyterian Hunger Program made a difference in 2022. Printable as an 11×17 page, the Impact Report is also the centerfold of the summer 2023 PHP Post. Download PDF     The work of the Presbyterian Hunger Program is possible thanks to your… Read more »

The Summer 2023 PHP Post is Available!

In the Addressing Root Causes issue… Holy Glimpses of Impact Tamales, Wheels & Axes Network Invites Us to Build Harmony, Bring Justice Planting Wetland Grasses as an Act of Love and Care How Congregations Are Increasing Affordable Housing and Addressing Unhoused Populations Conflict and Climate Change Push Millions Close to Famine in Somalia Hunger Action… Read more »

Take Action on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

By Eileen Schuhmann | Presbyterian Hunger Program Staff Negotiations for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) are set to begin in early May. This is not a traditional trade agreement, it is an economic arrangement, rather than a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), meaning that it won’t increase market access or reduce tariffs, but it has the… Read more »

The Pitfalls of Mining in Cameroon

By Josephine Maidjane, Guy Le Brun and Jaff Bamenjo | RELUFA, Cameroon The East Region of Cameroon has attracted local artisanal miners for decades in search of gold and diamonds, working with rudimentary tools. And since 2016, semi-mechanized mining companies, primarily from Asia and South Africa have started to flock to the zone. Semi-mechanized mining… Read more »

Sri Lanka, the Shattered Pearl of the Indian Ocean

By Herman Kumara | Praja Abhilasha, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka was known worldwide as the pearl of the Indian Ocean, but that pearl has shattered into pieces thanks to almost 3 decades of civil war followed by the current food, fuel, energy, and finance crises. And the crises culminated in the April 2022 declaration of… Read more »

Baking the Future

Women owned and operated bakery transforms lives in Malawi By Fletcher Padoka | Kasupe Ministries Malawi In 2022, Kasupe Ministries, with the support of funding from the Presbyterian Hunger Program, installed the Kasupe Women’s Bakery in Kasupe, Malawi. The goal was to create a women owned and operated bakery that would address the local shortage… Read more »