World AIDS Day is December 1, 2009. In this interview, Carolyn Wetzel shares the story of 36 African women who turned away from prostitution when they were shown a way out.
Carolyn Wetzel is Health Programs Coordinator for Food for the Hungry. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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PU 043: Preventing AIDS Among Women – Nov 30, 2009
Posted in Africa, HIV/AIDS, health, women, tagged Carolyn Wetzel, Christian, dependency, Food for the Hungry, health, HIV transmission, HIV/AIDS, holistic development, international, missions, Mozambique, podcast, poor, poverty, prostitutes, prostitution, sex workers, Wendy McMahan, World AIDS Day 2009, worldview on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PU 041: Child Headed Households – Oct 9, 2009
Posted in Africa, HIV/AIDS, children, orphan care, tagged audio, Chad Mower, Child headed households, Christian development, Ethiopia, Food for the Hungry, HIV/AIDS, holistic development, international, ministry, missions, needs, needy, orphan care, orphanage, orphanages, podcast, poor, poverty, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic development, world hunger on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are 132 million orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. In some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, one of every ten children is an orphan. The need for orphan care is staggering. In this interview, Chad Mower shares about a unforgettable 13-year-old he met in Ethiopia while on an open team. It’s a [...]
PU 036: Church Partnerships – Jun 5, 2009
Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America, causes of poverty, church, world hunger, tagged Alisa Schmitz, audio, Bible, c2c, Christian, Christian development, church, church partnerships, dependency, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, ideas, international, ministry, mission trip, missionary, missions, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, Scripture, short-term team, transformational development, United States, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world, world hunger on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alisa Schmitz answers questions about church partnerships. When a church in the U.S. partners with a community in the developing world, life change occurs on both sides of the relationship. The overseas community can be released from poverty, and the U.S. church can also learn and grow. Ultimately, church partnerships exist to bring about the [...]
PU 033: Why We Ship Goods Overseas – Apr 16, 2009
Posted in Africa, Asia, children, health, world hunger, tagged Andrew Crawford, audio, Bangladesh, Bible, Cameron Calabrese, Christian, Christian development, dependency, deworming medications, Food for the Hungry, Gifts in Kind Resources, handouts, holistic, holistic development, international, matching, ministry, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, Scripture, transformational development, Uganda, USAID, Watoto Children's Choir, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Questions and answers about gifts in kind. Are handouts ever appropriate in community development?
Andrew Crawford and Cameron Calabrese work for Gifts in Kind Resources at Food for the Hungry, a department that handles non-cash items going to other countries. In this interview we discuss if and when “handouts” are appropriate, a case study in charging [...]
PU 031: Surviving an Economic Downturn – Feb 27, 2009
Posted in Africa, Asia, Latin America, children, world hunger, worldview, tagged audio, Bible, Christian, Christian development, creative, economic downturn, economy, Food for the Hungry, frugal, Great Depression, holistic, holistic development, housing crisis, ideas, international, ministry, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, recession, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
People who live in poverty are experts on how to get through tough economic times. Here are some tips learned from people who live on less than two dollars a day.
Mentioned in this episode: Rooftop and Urban Gardening, a resource from ECHO
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PU 030: Recording Artist Jeremy Willet on Poverty – Feb 6, 2009
Posted in Africa, HIV/AIDS, world hunger, tagged audio, Bible, Christian, Christian development, Christian music, Ethiopia, Food for the Hungry, HIV/AIDS, holistic, holistic development, international, Jeremy Willet, ministry, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world, Zeway on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Three brothers – Jeremy, Justin and Jordan Willet – make up the band Willet. In this interview, Jeremy Willet shares the heart of the band, his experiences in Ethiopia, and how Christians can make a difference in the fight against poverty–no matter what their profession. Jeremy invites you to e-mail him with your comments.
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PU 028: Conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo – Jan 9, 2009
Posted in Africa, causes of poverty, tagged audio, Bible, child soldiers, Chris Sheach, Christian, Christian development, civil war, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, international, ministry, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, rape, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, women, world on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced a 20-year civil war, with millions of deaths and internally displaced people. Chris Sheach shares the reality from his experiences on the ground in Congo.
Chris Sheach worked in the hotel and security industries, as well as two years in provincial government, before starting his relief and development career. [...]
PU 023: Thinking about HIV/AIDS – May 2, 2008
Posted in Africa, HIV/AIDS, causes of poverty, health, tagged audio, Bible, Christian, Christian development, counseling, Ethiopia, Food for the Hungry, Haiti, HIV/AIDS, holistic, holistic development, international, ministry, missions, Mitzi Hanold, Motivational Interviewing, Mozambique, needs, needy, Nigeria, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, prevention, radio, Scripture, trainers, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We often hear talk about how medications and education can fight HIV/AIDS, but how much do we hear about counseling as a cure? Mitzi Hanold shares a counseling technique that is preventing HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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Mitzi Hanold is HIV Training and Curricula Specialist for Food for the Hungry. She is involved with [...]
PU 022: The Pastor and the Grocery Store – Apr 9, 2008
Posted in Africa, causes of poverty, church, world hunger, worldview, tagged audio, Baptist, Bible, Burundi, Christian, Christian development, Dwight Jackson, Food for the Hungry, holistic, holistic development, international, ministry, missionary, missions, needs, needy, outreach, podcast, poor, poverty, radio, Rwanda, Scripture, transformational development, Wendy McMahan, wholistic, wholistic development, world on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The story of how one missionary’s theology was forever changed by a grocery store in Africa. In this humorous and insightful story, Dwight Jackson describes how he came to embrace holistic ministry.
Dr. Dwight Jackson works for Food for the Hungry as Country Director in Rwanda and Burundi and Regional Director of the Great Lakes Region [...]


