Ask the Experts: The Current State of Humanitarian Work
Unto Leaders Talk About the Needs of People Around the World By Amanda DeWitt Global suffering continues to intensify, and the number of people in need of humanitarian aid continues to rise. Humanitarian experts predict that in 2022, 274 million people will require humanitarian assistance. With so much going on in our world, Unto leaders […]
The Long-Term Effects of Hunger
How Food Insecurity Impacts a Child’s Future By Amanda DeWitt Around the globe hunger and malnutrition claim lives and cripple communities. Children, women, and all people living in poverty are especially vulnerable. As many as half of children under five worldwide lack access to the nutrition they need to properly grow and thrive. Roughly 45 […]
Finding God in Suffering
Why Do People Suffer — and Where Is God When It Happens? By Amanda DeWitt Everywhere we turn we are confronted with an unprecedented amount of suffering. The news and social feeds make us more aware of suffering than ever before. More people need humanitarian assistance than we have seen in decades. COVID-19, wars, and […]
Express Kindness Together
Take Your Family on a Humanitarian Quest By Amanda DeWitt We hear a lot of stories about suffering. Our children hear them too. With so much going on in our world, we all need a safe place where we can process, grow, and take action. You can help create that space — in your home, […]
Building a Brighter Future
How School Supplies Impact Children in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt Brightly colored crayons. Crisp white paper. A ruler with clearly visible markings. For many families in the toughest places, the items filling this child’s bag seem like an unattainable luxury — they simply cannot afford to feed their children and purchase the supplies […]
Never Thirsty Again
Why Water Filters Matter for People in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt He clutches his cup of safe, clean water. The expression on his face says it all. For him the water in his cup — purified by a water filter — means life-giving hydration so his body can grow strong and healthy. It […]
Our Humanitarian Quest: Food and Agriculture
Help Stop Hunger and Malnutrition That Claims Lives and Cripples Communities By Emily Pyatt In the toughest places on earth, food shortages are a growing problem. Many children, families, and refugees around the globe lack access to nutritionally balanced meals. In the last year global shutdowns, wars, and disasters have dramatically increased food shortages for […]
Webinar Library
Webinar Library Webinar Date: March 16, 2023 Endowment: Give Now and Fund the Future Endowments gifts allow you to provide sustainable funding for the causes you care about most while also yielding significant tax benefits. They are given with the intent to preserve the original value of the gift and to grow it over time […]
Our Humanitarian Quest: Clean Water
Clean Water Brings Hope for Children Living in the Toughest Places By Emily Pyatt You turn on the kitchen sink to fill a cup of water after spending time outside. You enjoy pasta for dinner, boiling the noodles in water. You take a bath or enjoy swimming in the pool on a hot summer day. […]
Our Humanitarian Quest: Critical Aid
Providing Essential Humanitarian Supplies for People in the Toughest Places By Emily Pyatt People in the toughest places need basic care to help them build a better future. Unto® team members distribute critical aid — provided by businesses and partners like you — to meet the specific needs of suffering families, expressing the kindness of […]
Running for Her Life
Relieving Suffering for Women in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt When it comes to suffering, women and children face the most. Just take a look at the statistics. Over 690 million people worldwide struggle with food insecurity — 60 percent of those going hungry are women and girls. In developing countries 80 percent of […]
Humanitarian 101: Clean Water
Providing Safe, Clean Water in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt Ask these women, and they will tell you — what they carry on their head is more than just a brightly colored bucket filled to the brim. Having a source of safe, clean water transforms their entire lives. Shortages of clean water and lack […]
Humanitarian 101: Trips
Go to the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt Do you have “cabin fever”? Do you find yourself daydreaming about where you could go once COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted? This just might be your year to go on a humanitarian mission trip. “Humanity is facing the greatest crisis any of us have seen in our […]
Humanitarian 101: Disaster Relief
Providing Help and Hope When Disaster Strikes By Amanda DeWitt Raging waves tear through colorful terra cotta homes dotting a rural coastal village — survivors wonder how they will ever rebuild. A nearly nuclear-sized explosion shakes a city, instantly making thousands homeless. When crises strike people need immediate help — and hope. Disaster relief focuses […]
Leaving a Legacy of Faith Part 3
Maximizing Your Impact Together By Amanda DeWitt When you think about legacy, what comes to your mind? And when you look at your own life, what legacy do you hope to leave behind? For most of us legacy looks like the faces of the ones we love. We want the toddler holding our hand, the […]
Humanitarian 101: Critical Aid
Send Necessities to Suffering People By Amanda DeWitt Hurricane victims watch their homes wash away. Refugee families use makeshift tents to protect their children from rain, sun, and frigid temperatures. Individuals living in war zones wait in long lines just to receive a few basic supplies. Every day millions of people worldwide face harrowing situations […]
Humanitarian 101: Food and Agriculture
Help Stop Hunger Worldwide By Amanda DeWitt The world faces a global hunger crisis unlike anything we have ever seen. Hunger was already on the rise, and now as many as 270 million people may soon struggle to have enough to eat. Food is one of our most basic needs. Experts estimate that a healthy […]
Leaving a Legacy of Faith Part 2
Passing on Generosity for Generations By Amanda DeWitt No matter who you are or where you live, you can leave a legacy of faith “Give me!” It seems to be one of the first phrases young children learn. And it tempts us even into adulthood. “Give it to me now” is a motto many people […]
Humanitarian 101: Getting Started
Providing Help and Hope in the Toughest Places By Amanda DeWitt What Is a Humanitarian? Look up humanitarian and you will find a variety of definitions: promoting human welfare, valuing human life, relieving suffering. To be a humanitarian means that you see people’s needs around the world, are deeply moved by their suffering, and do […]
Expressing Kindness in the Storm
Disaster Victims Share the Help and Hope You Gave By Amanda DeWitt No one expects to watch their home wash away in a storm. But when it happened to victims of Hurricane Dorian and Cyclone Idai, generous partners like you rushed disaster relief to hundreds of people who lost almost everything. The aid you provided […]
