Sower of Seeds

Guest blog post by Ian Hamp.
It is too much to bear to think about slavery. It grieves my heart and God’s heart to see people enslaved.  I am tired of seeing people mistreat others. I would like to see the world be free and like to be free.
I want people to realize what they are [...]

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“Close to half of all young children in India — or a staggering 60 million — are malnourished. Only Bangladesh and Nepal have a higher percentage of underweight children.” via High rate of malnourished children embarrasses India – an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The high rate and extremely high number of malnourished children in India continues [...]

“Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. ” – Proverbs 22:6 Amplified Bible

It is hot and we’re close to the end of summer. This means that it is almost time for young people to go back to school…

Poverty has sunk its teeth on the developing world and it is up to us to save children from its evil grip. By providing a comprehensive package that brings education and proper nutrition to poor communities, especially in slums, entire communities are transformed and we believe we can see the cycle of poverty broken and its ripples through society calmed.

It’s God’s heart to see lives changed by His power, not by human hands and not by us. And He rejoices with us when we celebrate each other’s victories.

Today, August 12, 2010 the U.N. observes International Youth Day. The theme they have decided on this year is “Dialogue and Mutual Understanding.”

We know for a fact, that technology and social media, enables cross-cultural dialogue and it is going on every day and that it is easier than ever before. Along with that, I hope the furthered communication is helping to foster greater understanding across cultural and national borders. The question that arises in me is, “For what purpose?”

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“JHABUA, India — Inside the drab district hospital, where dogs patter down the corridors, sniffing for food, Ratan Bhuria’s children are curled together in the malnutrition ward, hovering at the edge of starvation. His daughter, Nani, is 4 and weighs 20 pounds. His son, Jogdiya, is 2 and weighs only eight…” – via With Many Still [...]

Doctors without Borders and VII Photo Agency partnered to produce a series of short multimedia pieces that highlight the plight of the world’s malnourished on www.starvedforattention.org. This piece highlights the plight of children in India: 1 in every 3 of the World’s Malnourished Children live in India…