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April 13, 2020
Listening, respect vital to Joining Hands’ success By Cindy Corell | Mission Co-worker Haiti In 2013, when I began serving in Haiti as a companionship facilitator with our Joining Hands network FONDAMA, I saw so much potential. In the spirit of Joining Hands, our network in Haiti would identify root causes of the country’s massive… Read more »
April 13, 2020
The Presbyterian Hunger Program’s national hunger concerns work is outlined in the centerspread of this PHP Post. The stories throughout this issue reflect the foci of national hunger concerns: food justice, climate justice and worker justice with overarching principles of community-listening and movement building. Download the National Hunger Concerns Poster Download the Spring 2020 PHP… Read more »
March 18, 2020
Dear Friends, 20 years ago, the Presbyterian Hunger Program was invited and challenged by our global partners to deepen our response to hunger and poverty. Our partners were seeing and experiencing systemic injustices that cannot be addressed through “projects” alone. At the invitation of our partners, we tried a different approach. One that brought together… Read more »
March 17, 2020
The Millennium Challenge Corporation compact could lead to more privatization and marginalization By Herman Kumara | Chairperson Praja Abhilasha, Joining Hands Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is in the midst of a debt crisis. In 2016, 95.4% of all government revenues were going directly into debt repayment. According to the Minister of Finance (2018), the country’s… Read more »
March 12, 2020
Communities in Peru and the U.S. join forces in the fight against toxic metals By Jed Koball | Mission Co-worker Peru The encounter between residents of Herculaneum, Missouri and La Oroya, Peru over 15 years ago was nothing less than serendipitous. Twenty years ago, when the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) was launching its Joining Hands… Read more »
March 6, 2020
Reflecting on 8 Years of Joining Hands El Salvador By Doris Evangelista | ARUMES, Joining Hands El Salvador Para la versión en español Doris speaks to the media. Photo courtesy of ARUMES.In September of 2011, I decided to quit my job and gave myself some time to look for a new one. I had one… Read more »
March 6, 2020
Reflexionando sobre 8 Años de la Red Uniendo Manos El Salvador De Doris Evangelista | ARUMES For the English version Doris speaks to the media. Photo courtesy of ARUMES.En septiembre del 2011 decidí renunciar a mi trabajo, dándome tiempo para buscar uno nuevo, encontré una oferta muy buena, y en ese proceso estaba cuando yo… Read more »
March 6, 2020
De Conrado Oliver | Red Uniendo Manos Peru For the English Version Aquí en Perú, a fines de la década de 1990, con la facilitación de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE. UU.), una convergencia de personas e instituciones de ideas afines se unieron… Read more »
February 26, 2020
Joining Hands Peru celebrates twenty years of ministry By Conrado Olivera | Red Uniendo Manos Peru Para la versión en español Here in Peru, at the end of the 1990s, with the facilitation of the Presbyterian Church (USA), a convergence of like-minded people and institutions came together to form the Red Uniendo Manos Peru (Peru… Read more »
February 11, 2020
Vulnerable and disadvantaged farmers in the most damaged areas of Gaza benefit from agricultural support The Gaza Strip is a self-governing Palestinian territory bordered by Egypt and Israel along the Mediterranean sea. There are more than 1.8 million people living there on land that measures just under than 150 sq. mi. Since 2007, Israel and… Read more »