Stories tagged with: jeff palmer

• Agriculture: A way BGR sows seeds of God's love

  by Casey Watson, posted Tuesday, September 04, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  SOUTH SUDAN (BP) -- The light was soft as Monica* weeded her garden on a community farm in South Sudan. A picture from that day shows her sitting quietly among other garden plots, her legs folded demurely under her thin body. A long scarf is tied around her head for protection from the blazing African sun.

  Susan Hatfield remembers the moment well. It was the day Monica learned that her nephew had been killed in a fight that took place while he had been watching over his family's cows. Read More

• Comencemos la batalla en contra de la crisis mundial de hambre

  Por Jeff Palmer, posted Friday, October 03, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Hace varios años, viajaba por el sur de las Filipinas, en dirección de una comunidad donde íbamos a ayudar en unos proyectos de agricultura. Por el camino, pasamos a través de una aldea donde una larga sequia y el conflicto armado habían forzado a varias familias a refugiarse en una escuela local. Read More

• Start combatting the global hunger crisis

  by Jeff Palmer, posted Friday, September 26, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Several years ago, I was traveling in the southern Philippines, headed to a community where we were going to help with agricultural projects. Along the way, we passed through a village where a prolonged drought and an armed conflict had forced several families to take refuge in a local school. Read More