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A tale of two hungers

Physical poverty

Three billion people find themselves in poverty, unable to meet basic human needs, lacking shelter, clothing, water, and food.

Spiritual poverty

The Western world is blessed with unprecedented material wealth. But lives of excess have left people hungry for more.

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Change powered by a global community

The world’s problems are overwhelming, but together we can change lives.

From churches and community groups to businesses and charities, Hungry For Life connects groups hungry to help communities in need.

Teams

We believe in fostering lasting relationships through direct engagement that results in life change.

Renew Church

Renew Church - March 2024

Boracay, Philippines

In march 2024 a team from Renew Church hopes to travel to the Philippines to work along side Strong Roots Ministry. The team will participate in a house build, food hamper distribution, school feeding program, after school program, Grade 6 English tutoring, volleyball ministery, camping with a group of boys, and teach Sunday school classes.

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HRC Jordan Youth Group

HRC Jordan - March 2024

Juan Tomas, Dominican Republic

A team of 25 youth and leaders from the Heritage Reformed Church of Jordan, Ontario hopes to travel to the Dominican Republic in March 2024 to work alongside our partners in a variety of community development projects, children's ministries and school construction projects. Follow their daily blog posts for stories and photos from the field.

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Voice of Hope Ontario

Voice of Hope Ontario - March 2024

Kakamega, Kenya

In March, a team of 7 ladies led by Sue Koopman from Voice of Hope will be returning to Kenya to serve alongside our partners as they engage in the widow care program, provide spiritual and healthcare teaching in the community, and assist with a variety of community development projects. Follow their daily blog for stories and photos from the team!

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Where we work

Aside from the below countries, we also work in a few closed-access nations.

Community spotlight

Powerful stories from around the globe. Read about life-changing work that tackles physical and spiritual poverty.

Medical Clinic

Medical Clinic

Haiti is the poorest and least developed country in the western hemisphere. Due to lack of infrastructure, knowledge and clean water, diseases spread quickly and health care is lacking. Our partners at Haiti ARISE Ministries have a desire to see people in their community become healthier and suffer less. Our goal is to send teams of doctors and nurses to this area semi-annually to provide medical care to the surrounding community. These clinics typically see 800-900 people, with some patients needing follow up and even surgical care. Additionally, training and program oversight are provided to build up the local medical staff and clinic workers. A local dentist and laboratory staff treat over 12,000 patients per year.  Medical teams from Canada are able to work alongside the clinic on a regular basis.

Medical

Medical

There are many people that need medical attention but are unable to see a doctor. These medical issues often escalate, causing dire conditions for people. Strong Roots will continue to provide funds and transport the sick to get medical help that is beyond the scope of the medical clinic in the community center. Strong Roots also assists medical teams who arrange for clinics in the communities to provide extra resources and care.

Agricultural development

Agricultural development

Two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the agricultural sector, mainly through small-scale subsistence farming. They are vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters exacerbated by the country’s widespread deforestation. In Caiman, the largest obstacles to success for farmers are a lack of access to water during the dry season and a lack of education in farming methods. United Christians International (UCI) is addressing these issues by providing irrigation pumps and agricultural education in the community. Sol Louie is an agronomist who teaches at the university and is on the UCI board. Sol, along with some of the agricultural students from the university, provide most of the agricultural training for local farmers, including training on how to use and maintain a mechanical irrigation system. These systems are made up of a portable water pump and plenty of flexible piping that allow the farmers to fill basins on higher ground with water from the river. The water is then gravity-fed from the basins to the gardens and fields. Usually between three and five families share each pump. Each family pays a small amount to cover the fuel and maintenance costs of the systems and meets with the rest of the families regularly to share ideas and talk about how things are going with their crops.

Sol also oversees an animal husbandry program at UCI. Pigs, goats, and cows are given to a local family under the condition that the first litter be given back to UCI. UCI then gives the animals to other families in the area. The program is growing at such a rate that an enclosure needs to be built for litters of animals that have come back and are waiting until being given to families.

With the success of these programs, UCI envisions future projects of benefit to the community and the university. A 10,000 bird chicken barn, an aquaponics system, and many more agricultural trainings are on the table for the future.

Pastoral training and evangelism

Pastoral training and evangelism

A community once overshadowed by Vodou and dominated by fear and hatred is now a community working together as a result of the gospel and pastoral training. Evangelism, discipleship and training are UCI's main focus and through their ministry over the years they have been able to lead 29 witch doctors to Christ, plant 17 churches, send out 3 national missionaries and train over 60 pastors.

Education

Education

United Christians International (UCI) believes that a solid, Christian education is key to addressing both spiritual and physical poverty within communities. UCI now operates 2 elementary schools and a high school, providing education to over 1300 children, as well as a Christian university and tech school for over 900 students!

Elementary School

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6​

UCI is committed to providing a biblically-based education and utilizes certified teachers. There is a scholarship program that allows students the opportunity to go to school. At UCI, the parents are encouraged to work once a month at the school to help pay back and invest in their child’s education. Justin Mompremier ensures that the teachers adhere to the national standards of education as well as UCI's standards for spiritual formation.

Just $15 USD per month provides a child with a quality Christian education and a meal each day.

UCI University

“A Biblically-transformed life that will transform the lives of the Haitian people and the world”

UCI opened the university in 2012 with 80 students and has now grown to over 900 students. The university has a science lab, computer lab, dissection lab, clinic, and Internet in the classrooms, all for use in building up well-rounded, well-trained students. On all levels of schooling, a scholarship program allows students the opportunity to go to school. All university scholarship recipients have work-study, behavioral, and academic requirements. Lamour Mompremier is the board member that oversees the dorm life at the university, helps with disciplinary issues, and verifies that accreditation requirements will be met. The following programs are currently offered at the accredited university:​

  • Theology (4 years)
  • Agriculture Science (5 years)
  • Nursing (4 years)
  • Medical Doctor (6 years)
  • Elementary Education (3 years)
Days For Girls Proinfancia

Days For Girls Proinfancia

In partnership with our Dominican partner, Carlos Pimentel, and his ministry Proinfancia, we support the Days for Girls (DFG) program in the Dominican Republic. Proinfancia focuses on menstrual health education and the production and distribution of menstrual kits containing supplies that allow girls to manage their menstruation.

Since almost 100% of vulnerable girls between 10 and 18 years old, living in poverty in the rural batey villages, have no access to feminine hygiene, it soon became clear that these girls are in great need of Days For Girls education and kits. These girls are at risk of sexual abuse, in danger of child trafficking, exposed to a "teen pregnancy epidemic," and isolated due to cultural taboos related to menstruation.

Proinfancia's goal is to provide menstrual health education and DFG kits to girls in the Dominican Republic through schools and female groups. One Days For Girls kit can be used for 3 years, enabling the girls to attend school and live their lives during their menstruation period.

Proinfancia produces the feminine hygiene kits in-country in their sewing centers, facilitating jobs for women who help produce the kits. With the support of many Canadian partners and the incredible work of Dominican Days For Girls ambassadors, Proinfancia produced and distributed over 13,000 feminine hygiene kits to women in the Dominican Republic in 2022.

Come alongside Proinfancia and support their goal to provide every girl in the Dominican Republic with a Days For Girls feminine hygiene kit.

Glory Centre Academy Secondary School

Glory Centre Academy Secondary School

As the students from Seje Glory Centre Academy and Yogo Glory Centre Academy reach Class 8 and move on to secondary school, many of them are unable to afford to attend a quality school.

In February of 2020 a parcel of land was located and a commitment made to purchase the land.  A dream has taken tiny roots in rich Kenyan soil - a dream for the continuation of the excellent education provided to the current 500+ students as well as to many more students in the future.

Partners will be needed to bring the buildings and the infrastructure up to par. A plan has been laid out for the facility to grow year by year as the students graduate and the need expands.

Yogo Glory Centre Academy

Yogo Glory Centre Academy

The nearest public primary school is located 2 km away, but the quality of education in the government run school is inferior to this burgeoning community-run Christian school.

Yogo Primary school provides an excellent Christian education from toddler (JK) to Grade 8. The school consistently ranks first in the area and in the top five in the region for educational results. Many of the students who attend Yogo GCA are from the poorest families and cannot afford tuition costs.

The answer was to start a school farm where the parents of project students could volunteer time to help raise crops that will feed the children and be marketed to provide enough profit to cover the operating costs of the school.

Both the farm and the school are growing and thanks to generous donations from western groups the infrastructure has been able to (mostly) keep up with the incredible growth of this school.

Widow Care

Widow Care

In October of 2014 the Voice of Hope group (VOH) made their first visit to Kakamega. During their time in Kenya they met some beautiful women who, because they are widows, are trying to make a life for themselves and their children without the protection or income that a husband provides. Since that first visit, the team has invested in capital projects (improving homes and living conditions), and in food hampers, tuition, agriculture training and access to business training and microfinance loans for a very grateful group of families.

man smiling around kids - Hungry For Life (HFL) is a non-profit based out of Chilliwack BC, Canada that works alongside churches, community groups & businesses to reach out to global communities in need, help transform lives, fight extreme poverty, and end needless suffering. Moving People Towards Life.

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Hungry For Life (HFL) is a non-profit based out of Chilliwack BC, Canada that works alongside churches, community groups & businesses to reach out to global communities in need, help transform lives, fight extreme poverty, and end needless suffering. Moving People Towards Life.