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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Leaving a Legacy of Faith Part 1
Passing the Hope of Jesus to the Next Generation By Amanda DeWitt In these uncertain times family and faith feel more precious than ever. We want to hold our loved ones tight. We want to help those closest to us navigate the uncertainties they feel — teaching them to trust the One who holds their […]
When We All Work Together
Four Ways to Express Kindness Locally and Globally By Amanda DeWitt https://vimeo.com/371241824 Watch “On Behalf of All Who Need Hope” to see how acts of kindness from people like you make a big difference — opening doors for the hope of Jesus to be shared. What Can I Do? It is the first question we […]
Talking With Kids About Suffering
Five Steps for Creating Understanding, Empathy, and Action By Amanda DeWitt There is no escaping it. Right now we are all touched by the tremendous pain and suffering our world faces. Millions are out of work. Students cannot attend school. Hospitals are full. It is hard to take it all in — especially for children. […]
When Their Feet Are Still Bare
Continuing the Work Until There is No More to Do By Amanda DeWitt Thanks to generous partners like you, Unto® served nearly 2 million people in 34 countries last year. People experienced the kindness of Jesus, and many of them responded to the eternal hope He offers. Here are just a few highlights of how God […]
Sight for the (Almost) Blind
How Vision Clinics Help Reveal Eternal Hope By Amanda DeWitt Men and women stand in line, waiting their turn for an eye exam. Once seated they shift in their chairs, lean closer and squint at the eye chart — unable to make out the letters. For many of 1,200 people recently served through an Unto™ […]
Reporting Your Impact: Disaster Relief
Reporting Your Impact Through Unto and Strategic Partnership Because of support from people like you, victims of Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael, and Cyclone Idai experienced the kindness of Jesus through critical aid and the help of volunteers. To assist with disaster relief efforts for people affected by the hurricanes in the U.S., Unto® partnered with Cru® […]
Hope in the War Zone
How Simple Items Show God’s Kindness By Amanda DeWitt Hope. When living in a war-torn country, hope can be hard to come by — especially if one lives in a place experiencing what the United Nations recently called, “the worst humanitarian crisis of the century.” Here violent conflict rages. Three million refugees have fled. Over […]
