Food and Agriculture:
Planting hope into hearts and minds
When returning refugees learned the biblical principal of unity, they discovered the kind of hope that only God offers
The devastation of a 35-year civil war is unimaginable, unless, like 37-year-old Chuol Gatkoth Luoth, you’ve experienced it. Before fleeing Southern Sudan to Ethiopia when he was in his 20s, Gatkoth violently lost his parents and property. “War is destructive,” he remembers with a distant stare.
Gatkoth married while in Ethiopia and now has five children. In 2006, the family returned from Ethiopia only to discover that their country completely lacked infrastructure—no roads, schools, medical facilities, or economic activity. The family was welcomed into a new village, Koat, where Food for the Hungry was walking alongside community members to help farmers learn improved agricultural techniques and develop other sources of income.
My life has changed,” says Gatkoth. “When I first came home, Food for the Hungry provided my family blankets, sauce pans, mosquito nets and other things that are important to start normal and peaceful life once again
He also received land to farm, and Food for the Hungry provided agricultural tools. In partnership with the community, Food for the Hungry helped develop demonstration farms designed to help farmers teach each other improved farming methods. Staff members regularly meet with farmers both individually and in groups to discuss ways to generate income beyond subsistence farming.
“I have started catching fish that I sell to purchase other items we need for living,” he says. “I see brighter days ahead for my children. That is the gift I have received through the love of God.”
What we do
Food for the Hungry walks with the poor to improve the three main areas of food security: food access, availability and utilization.
Economic Development: Increasing FOOD ACCESS
Agricultural Development: Increasing FOOD AVAILABILITY
Health and Nutrition: Increasing FOOD UTILIZATION
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