Over the last several months, we’ve all heard and applied many different adjectives to the unfolding story that has been COVID-19. We’ve witnessed the spread of the virus across the planet and have been affected in many different ways. New…
“Social distancing” and “shelter in place” are new terms I’ve added to my vocabulary this year. I’m now in the middle of week three of self-quarantining, socially isolating, or whatever you want to call it. I’m continuing to work as…
The number of coronavirus cases in Zambia is still relatively low, with just 16 confirmed cases to date. When asked about the impact of the worldwide pandemic on Zambia, Bright Hope Country Director Mark Brubacher shared with us their current…
By Kyle Davidson; reprinted with permission from Compassion International. Extreme poverty is a heartbreaking thing to behold. It’s especially crushing when you see how it affects an innocent and vulnerable child. When you see children suffering, the natural reaction is…
“Different areas of business tend to look at the [nonprofit] field with confusion about how nonprofits actually work, whether they should be making a profit or what kind of causes they support,” says a recent article by the Forbes Nonprofit…
Julius, a Bright Hope staff member from Uganda, shares His prayer for his country and the world in general as we look for Hope and strength during the coronavirus pandemic. Please read and be comforted by the truth and peace…
“If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.” Psalms…
I think it’s something I got from my mom, but I love maps. As a child, I remember her excitedly poring over them and talking her way through them—whether tracing and explaining to us the journeys of Paul the Apostle…
March is chicken month. I basically feel like I’m one of the flock at this point… I’m writing about chickens, sifting through pictures of Bright Hope chickens, looking up chicken jokes, and throwing out random chicken facts. Such as: “There…
Harriet faced a lot of resistance from her non-believing husband when she first joined the grandmothers’ club at Namasujju Community Church in Uganda. Her husband was constantly angry at her for attending the church, and he made it well known…