Uganda

How Gospel-Centered Mercy Ministry Changed Paul’s Family for the Better

This blog post, “Changed for the Better,” shares how Paul, the oldest of three children living in a slum area of Kampala, Uganda, looks after his younger sisters while their mother, Agatha, struggles to provide for them by selling vegetables in the market. When members from Gaba Community Church discovered their fragile home of wooden walls and a plastic sheet roof, they brought Food Paks and shared the hope of the gospel, meeting the family’s immediate needs and strengthening their physical health. Through ongoing mercy ministry visits, Agatha has come to faith in Christ, is learning work skills, and now believes that nothing is impossible with God, while Paul dreams of becoming a pastor—evidence that their lives have truly been changed for the better.

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Meet the Children’s Hunger Fund Dallas Team Serving North Texas Through Gospel-Centered Mercy Ministry in Prosper, Texas

“Meet the Children’s Hunger Fund Dallas Team!” introduces the dedicated Dallas office staff who are delivering hope to suffering children by equipping local churches for gospel-centered mercy ministry in North Texas, especially as a new facility is built in the Town of Prosper, Texas. Through stories from team members like Anthony Alexander, Cameron Crane, and others, readers see how the Dallas team serves Jesus by supporting volunteers, partnering with pastors, packing Food Paks, and preparing for expanded ministry opportunities through the new North Texas building and Poverty Encounter experience.

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Resilient Hope: A Father’s Journey in Rural Uganda

A resilient hope shines through a father’s journey in rural Uganda as Martin, a single parent of three daughters, struggles to provide in a poor community with no land left to cultivate food. Through regular visits, Food Paks, and gospel-centered mercy ministry from Community Worship Church – Bajjo and Pastor Kamya, this single father experiences the love of Christ, finds a supportive church family, and learns to trust God regardless of their condition. As his daughters grow healthier, attend Sunday school, and dream of a better future, Martin’s story shows how Children’s Hunger Fund equips local churches to deliver both physical relief and eternal hope.

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Bringing Hope to Karamoja: Gospel-Centered Hunger Relief for Uganda’s Most Vulnerable Children

In “Hope for Karamoja,” Children’s Hunger Fund shares Anna’s story from a tiny rural village in northeastern Uganda, where prolonged hunger, recurring droughts, and locusts have left families in the Karamoja region suffering severe malnutrition and deep poverty. Through in-country partners like Africa Renewal Ministries and local churches, food distributions, home visits, and gospel-centered mercy ministry are bringing tangible relief and renewed hope to vulnerable children, elderly people, and those with disabilities who might otherwise be forgotten.

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Bringing Lasting Hope in Global Disasters: How Children’s Hunger Fund Serves Families in Crisis

Children’s Hunger Fund is responding to disaster with hope by equipping local churches and partners to bring food, essential resources, and the hope of the gospel to children and families devastated by crisis around the world. From the flooding around Lake Victoria in Uganda that destroyed homes and livelihoods, to the bombing in Lebanon and one of the most severe Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, our emergency relief efforts—through partners like Africa Renewal Ministries, local churches in Europe, and distribution hubs in Houston and San Antonio—help ensure that immediate physical needs are met while reminding suffering families that God has not forgotten them. Through Food Paks, hygiene items, Gift Paks packed by students, and emergency relief grants, we are humbled to see communities come together so that, even in the midst of disaster, children can experience compassion, dignity, and lasting hope.

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From Honduras to a Bigger Garage: How Children’s Hunger Fund Grew to Deliver Hope Worldwide

Our story, A Bigger Garage: The Story of Children’s Hunger Fund, began when God broke Dave Phillips’ heart for the poor in a run-down hospital in Honduras, where impoverished children facing terminal cancer were met with basic care and the love of Christ. From those early days of storing donated medicine and food in Dave and Lynn’s garage to becoming the largest food distribution warehouse still standing after the Northridge Earthquake, God has continually expanded our capacity to deliver hope to suffering children by equipping local churches for gospel-centered mercy ministry. Today, what started as one couple’s desire to alleviate the suffering of children and encourage the church to serve the poor has grown into partnerships with churches in 29 countries, thousands of volunteers, and what feels, in Dave’s words, like God “just keeps giving us a bigger garage.”

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From Food Pak to Salon Owner: How the Local Church Is Sustaining Hope in Uganda

Rosie’s story shows how God is sustaining hope in Uganda through the local church and faithful partners. Once trapped in poverty, abuse, and hopelessness in Kawempe near the Kimombasa slum, she encountered Pastor Eddie and Bible Gospel Church Kawempe through a simple offering of food and the gospel, which led to a transformed life and a new career in hairdressing. Through the Uganda Mercy Network and Children’s Hunger Fund’s long-standing partnership since 2002, Rosie moved from receiving Food Paks to owning a salon and now joyfully delivers food and job training to other vulnerable women, multiplying hope in one of Kampala’s hardest places. As we at Children’s Hunger Fund continue delivering hope to suffering children by equipping local churches for gospel-centered mercy ministry, stories like Rosie’s remind us why the Mercy Center, Food Pak ministry, and our partners in Uganda matter so deeply.

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