Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Dezarie!
At Rise Against Hunger, our volunteers are the heart of our organization. This month, we are proud to spotlight Dezarie N. Mayers, Director of Colleague…
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Mayors of Birmingham and Hoover, Alabama Join Ismaili CIVIC to Package Meals and Impact Lives Around the World
On a Saturday in mid-July, Ismaili CIVIC (formerly known as I-CERV), an organization dedicated to mobilizing volunteers in the Shia Ismaili Muslim community to serve…
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Charmaine’s Dreams of Becoming A Doctor and Professional Singer Start With A Meal
At Age 15, Charmine is thriving in school as she is breaking the chains of poverty within her family and community. Charmaine attends Rock Mountain…
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Pascaline Gives Back to the Vocational Center She Attended Over 20 Years Ago
Pascaline, age 56, is a wife and mother living in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Pascaline was born with a disability and ostracized…
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How an After School Program Can Spark Community Wide Transformation
Alexandra dreams of a roof that doesn’t leak. At an after-school program in the Nueva Vida neighborhood of Ciudad Sandida, Nicaragua, Alexandra receives warm, nutritious…
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On World Refugee Day, Hope Starts with a Meal
Nothing exemplifies human fragility as mass movement; being uprooted from your home and thrusted into the raw reality of the unknown as one seeks safety…
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