The Frontlines blog category showcases real-life stories of children and families impacted by Children’s Hunger Fund’s mercy ministry around the world, highlighting how local churches use Food Paks and the gospel to bring both physical relief and spiritual hope. Recent posts feature testimonies from places like Albania, the Philippines, Madagascar, Guatemala, Peru, Malawi, and communities across the United States, all emphasizing Christ-centered compassion expressed through consistent, relational care.
Each article on this page invites readers to see poverty through the eyes of specific individuals and families while also showing the long-term fruit of faithful service—such as restored families, growing local churches, and children moving from vulnerability to active involvement in ministry. The page also connects visitors to ways they can get involved, donate, or learn more about Children’s Hunger Fund’s programs, making Frontlines both an inspiring storytelling hub and a practical on-ramp for ongoing partnership in serving children in need.
Children’s Hunger Fund shares the words behind the mission that drives everything they do: to deliver hope to suffering children by equipping local churches for gospel-centered mercy ministry. Each term—deliver, hope, suffering, children, equipping, local churches, gospel-centered, and mercy ministry—is unpacked to show how food, relationship, and the local church work together to meet physical needs while pointing families to the eternal hope of the gospel.
At Children’s Hunger Fund, there is a spirit of excitement as local churches engage in gospel-centered mercy ministry, delivering Food Paks, building real relationships, and bringing hope to suffering children and families in hard places around the world. Through simple visits, smiles, and prayers, pastors and volunteers are seeing lives transformed, new believers welcomed into the church, and struggling parents strengthened to follow God’s plan for their families.
Located on the western coast of South America, Peru is the third largest country on the continent and home to incredible wonders like Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, and the headwaters of the Amazon River. From alpacas that provide luxurious wool to ancient salt mines in the Sacred Valley, floating islands on Lake Titicaca, and world-famous Peruvian food like ceviche and cuy, these 10 interesting facts about Peru highlight a rich culture where local churches—partnering with Children’s Hunger Fund—serve suffering children through gospel-centered mercy ministry.
From surviving to spiritually thriving, Leticia and her four boys in southern Texas walked through unimaginable loss when Sebastian was killed during a crossfire shooting in Mexico, leaving her to struggle as the sole provider. Through the gospel-centered mercy ministry of Children’s Hunger Fund and the local church, regular Food Pak deliveries, loving visits from Dora Garcia, and renewed involvement at Centro de Oracion y Restauracion helped this grieving family move from merely trying to survive to emotionally and spiritually thriving, as Leticia and her sons found healing, hope, and new life in Christ. Today, her boys are serving in worship, dreaming about ministry, and the whole family has publicly declared their faith and been baptized, experiencing true hope for the first time in a long while.