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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
