Teachers in the Toughest Places
How Educators Help Children Build a Brighter Future By Amanda DeWitt The job will not make you a fortune. It will not gain you a place on the news, and it will likely not win you many awards. But that is not why teachers stand up at the front of their classrooms each day. When […]
In Their Own Words
The Difference Water Makes for People in Tough Places By Amanda DeWitt /*! elementor – v3.19.0 – 29-01-2024 */.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Shortages of safe, clean water and a lack of sanitation and hygiene programs create the most significant source of suffering on earth. It is one thing to know the statics. But it […]
Breaking Up Dry Ground
How Agricultural Training Makes Way for Hope By Macy Daniel Food brings us together. At birthdays. At weddings. And around the weekday dinner table. In one Tanzanian village, our local Unto® partner is using food to not only bring people together — but to also introduce them to hope! Pastor Bariki grew up in a […]
Getting Aid to the Toughest Places
Your Support Reaches the Unreachable By Amanda DeWitt Have you ever wondered how lifesaving humanitarian aid gets to suffering people in the toughest places? Many would call the tough places where Unto® serves unreachable, inaccessible, or forsaken. But together we are going to areas where very few others can access — providing lifesaving humanitarian aid […]
Christmas in the Toughest Places
How People Celebrate Around the World By Amanda DeWitt For two days in December, most of us pause to celebrate. We hang lights. Gather with family. And give gifts to friends and loved ones. The way Christmas is celebrated is tied to one’s faith and also to the culture in which you live. For millions […]
Raising a Generous Generation
Four Ways to Cultivate Generosity in Children By Amanda DeWitt Around this time of year, children make their Christmas lists and check them twice. They marvel at the images that flash up on our screens. They notice the latest gadgets in store windows. Then they go back to their lists and add a few more […]
We Can Relieve Suffering for People in the Toughest Places
We Can Relieve Suffering for People in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt They live in the toughest places — without access to the basic items they need to survive and without access to the message of eternal hope in Jesus. And yet our local staff teams and partners are determined to reach them. Together […]
Five Tough Questions about Water Answered
Why Water Really Matters for People in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt For people in the toughest places, safe, clean water is a precious commodity. Families often spend hours searching for it each day. And when they cannot find it, they may be left with no choice but to drink dirty water — knowing […]
Surviving in the Toughest Places
How Families Build a Life in Unlikely Places By Amanda DeWitt Surviving in the toughest places is not easy. Daily people struggle to access the basic items they need. Wars, disasters, droughts, and other crises only make life more difficult — often forcing families from their homes with little more than the items they can […]
How Women Influence the Next Generation
How Women Influence the Next Generation By Amanda DeWitt In the eyes of a child, she is strong, brave, and beautiful. Her name is a simple word uttered no less than a hundred times a day — mom, ummi, mãe, madre, mama, ma, mum. Around the world women shape the next generation. Their influence forms […]
The Making of a Well
How We Drill Wells for People in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt In the toughest places people lack access to the safe, clean water they need to survive. Women and children are often forced to walk for miles searching for a water source. As they make their way through dangerous terrain, they are also […]
Ask the Experts: The Global Food Crisis
Unto CEO Talks About Unprecedented Hunger in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt We face an unprecedented global food crisis. The number of people struggling with acute food insecurity is at the highest point since World War II. In the toughest places people simply cannot afford or access the nutrition they need to survive. Unto® […]
Teaching Children to Pray
How to Intercede for People in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt Unlike any other generation we watch suffering in real time. Our children do too. They see the faces of others just like them who do not have enough to eat. They are shocked to discover millions of families around the world are forced […]
Help Your Family Focus on the True Meaning of Christmas
Help Your Family Focus on the True Meaning of Christmas By Amanda DeWitt Children stand wide-eyed, admiring oversized evergreens lit up with twinkling lights, icicles, and ornaments. Store widows and online shops feature the best gifts for everyone on your list. Holiday parties and family activities fill up every weekend on the calendar. With all […]
They Went From One Meal to Two
How the Hunger Crisis Is Affecting Families By Amanda DeWitt “It is easy for us to wake up and eat breakfast. Before it was not like that.” When an Unto® team member recently asked a family in The Gambia how the gift of meals impacted their lives, they explained it simply. Now they get to […]
Back to School
How Children in the Toughest Places Balance Learning and Life By Amanda DeWitt Brightly colored backpacks. Freshly sharpened pencils. Crisp white paper filled with straight blue lines. In just a few weeks, many children will be heading back to school. Their bright eyes will fill with wonder as they learn about math and science, language […]
Plant a Garden and Keep It Watered
How a Clean Water Well Allows Families to Grow Nutritious Food By Amanda DeWitt People are hungry and thirsty — and the two go hand-in-hand. Experts estimated that 2.2 billion people do not have adequate access to safe drinking water. By 2025 up to half the world may live in water-stressed areas. Additionally, as many 811 […]
Where Do You Call Home?
How People in the Toughest Places Find Shelter By Amanda DeWitt Bricks. Mortar. Wood. Straw. Mud. Fabric. Cardboard. Tarps. Stone. In the toughest places “home” takes a variety of forms. But no matter where you live, it fundamentally meets the same need in all of us. Home is a place where we gather. It is […]
Mothers in the Toughest Places
How Humanitarian Aid Helps Women Around the World By Amanda DeWitt Women are the bedrock of society in most developing cultures. Often they are forced to navigate life’s constant insecurities and challenges without adequate support. Mothers everywhere work hard to support their families. But in the toughest places they are forced to work even harder. […]
Clean Water: For More Than Just Drinking
Why Sanitation Matters By Amanda DeWitt Water gives life — for more reasons than we sometimes consider. The World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that currently 19 percent of the world’s population lacks access to clean drinking water. And 22 percent of people are without basic handwashing facilities. Most of these people live in the toughest […]
