Posts Categorized: Presbyterian Hunger Program

Clean and safe water for families on Zapatera Island

By Jaime Enrique Muñoz Hernández | Asociación Fénix, Nicaragua The families of the San Miguel community, located on Zapatera Island in Nicaragua, have always relied on Lake Cocibolca (or Lake Nicaragua) for water despite its high levels of contamination. The lake is the largest in Central America. Several rivers flow into this lake, which, as… 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 »

The Fall 2022 Edition of the PHP Post is Available!

In the Eradicating Systemic Poverty issue… From Reform to Transformation: Ending Hunger and Eradicating Poverty Eradicating Systemic Poverty and Hunger Building Relationships First, Then Working Together for Change Matthew 25 Assertions on Poverty The Global Debt Crisis and Worsening Hunger and Poverty International Guests Become Friends The Three L’s of Relationships Global Hunger on the… Read more »

2021 PHP Impact Report is Available!

Download the latest PHP Impact Report and see what your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing and PHP helped achieve in 2021. https://www.presbyterianmission.org/resource/2021-php-impact-report/   The work of the Presbyterian Hunger Program is possible thanks to your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing.

World trade should support healthy and sustainable communities worldwide

World Fair Trade Day is celebrated this year on Saturday May 14. It’s an opportunity to envision a world where trade helps support healthy and sustainable communities around the world. We are called to not only reflect on the importance of our consumption choices, but also to evaluate the larger systems at work. International governance… Read more »

The Spring 2022 Edition of the PHP Post is Available

The theme of the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s latest resource is congregational vitality How do ministries of alleviating hunger, providing affordable housing, caring for the earth and building just societies help enliven congregations? Read about congregational vitality that comes through efforts to work on hunger and its root causes in the latest edition of the PHP… Read more »

Global hunger and poverty outlook for 2022

Global partners persist in the face of chaos By Eileen Schuhmann | Presbyterian Hunger Program A few months into 2022, and looking back through 2021, the world has been affected by so many crises, each of them impacting people and the planet in unprecedented ways. But working with incredible partners in the middle of endless… Read more »

The Plight of Widows in Rural Malawi

By Dr. Fletcher Padoko | Kasupe Ministries, Malawi On June 23, the United Nations observes International Widows Day to lift up the voices and experiences of widows. The widows in rural Malawi consider themselves abundantly blessed even if they only receive half a meal in a day. They can go for days on end without… Read more »

Infographic: Gender-Based Violence and Hunger

Download the Infographic as a JPG Download the Infographic as a PDF The work of the Presbyterian Hunger Program is possible thanks to your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing.