Sucess Stories Archive

"Pick It Up Or Lift It"-The Wandering Teachers of Phakamisa
There is no money in Maphumulo, a Zulu-speaking community in South Africa where water comes from a communal standpipe and most of the adults are unemployed. Many are sick with AIDS. Most of the houses are made of iron sheeting. Snakes slither through the gaps. Young children scratch in the rubbish heaps for bones to eat. Nutritious food is scarce, and they are hungry.

Women Work Together in Colombia
Some 248 poor rural families-more than half of them headed by women-are improving their basic survival conditions by working together.They are among the many families in parts of southwest Colombia who live in extreme poverty.

Hope Comes Home in a Cow
Mrs. Phai lives in Cambodia's Svay Rieng province. Cambodia continues to be one of the least developed countries in the world.

"Thank You, Methodists": A Bishop Solidifies the Peace
United Methodists in the Democratic Republic of Congo believe food security is a key to peace. In the weeks since one of their bishops, Ntambo Nkulu, moderated a September 2004 peace accord in Katanga, they are emphasizing an agriculture ministry in the southeastern part of their nation, with the bishop in the lead.