Goats are at the top of my Christmas giving list this year. I’ve also been encouraging family and friends, especially children, to add a gift selection from the Gifts for Life Catalog to their...

October 15 is Blog Action Day, and this year’s theme is “The Power of We.” I can’t think of a better example of the power of collective spirit than an agricultural initiative in the Solomon Islands....

Think again about the consequences of not having access to water: What would you do to address the domino effect of resulting problems, as happens for many people in rural West Bengal, India? The...

In Nicaragua, our partner El Porvenir is working with communities on integrated water, sanitation and hygiene programs that are notably impacting people’s health. Zeneyda, a resident of the...

As I gazed out over the land behind St. Joseph’s Church in Marabulig, the Philippines, a few small piles of rice on scraps of cloth caught my eye.  I asked Father Sanchez Ollibac, the pastor, what it...

At the Episcopal School of Knoxville, we are literally getting “hands-on” experience in finding out what it is like to produce our own sustainable food supply. Using the Abundant Life Garden...

Yesterday in Juba, Southern Sudan, a joyous and carnival-like atmosphere surrounded the beginning of the weeklong voting period in the referendum on whether Sudan will remain unified or the...

Mothers' Union members in Zambia help launch the Episcopal Relief & Development NetsforLife® program partnership for malaria prevention. Photo courtesy of Harvey Wang.As Mother’s Day approaches, I am...

In all the recent coverage of the pirate activity off the coast of Somalia, an interesting detail struck me. The U.S. ship that the pirates attacked was carrying food aid from the United States...