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  • The Outreach Program Fights Hunger and Brings Sunshine to 9/11 Day

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    On September 11, 2018, The Outreach Program commemorated a day of tragedy by engaging thousands of volunteers across the U.S to do good deeds of packaging more than 1.6 millions meals for the hungry. 852,000 meals packaged by more than 4,900 volunteers in the Intrepid! In recognition of 9/11  as a National Day of Service…

  • The Outreach Program Celebrates Passing of Global Food Security Act!

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         Relief is one step closer for some of the one billion people across the world who suffer from food insecurity. On September 28, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2018 (S. 2269), a measure that passed in the Senate by voice vote in June,…

  • Making an Entrepreneur of a Barabaig Warrior, Chapter 5


         Kathy was startled to find a Barabaig warrior in full dress standing in her door way. She was busy packing bags for their return to America while Floyd was wrapping up the last bit of work on the hospital in Nkungi village.      “Late one afternoon I heard a ‘hody’ (hello) at…

  • Teaching Tanzania Carpenters: Sawhorses and Mortar Boxes -Chapter 4


         What would you do if the UPS delivered a CAT scan machine to your home? Unless you’re a medical professional, it would be unfamiliar technology and you wouldn’t have a clue what to do with it. You would need someone to show you how it worked and train you.  When Floyd began construction on…

  • Who Stole Floyd’s Bicycle?


    Who stole Floyd’s bicycle? Chapter 3 Who stole Floyd’s bicycle? You won’t believe the answer, but this is a true story. While working on the AIDs hospice in Nkungi village, Floyd’s major form of transportation was a bicycle with his plastic bucket of tools strapped to the back. Nkungi is not large so navigating the…

  • Trading Grain for Hand-Woven Baskets


    Trading Grain for Baskets: Disruptive Innovation in the World of Charity       In the early morning sun of the rural African village suffering from a three-year drought, women with starving families desperately sought food. An event transpired that would forever transform the village, and, in time, would impact millions of hungry people around…

  • Destination: Tanzania


    Do you draw inspiration from a good story about down-to-earth people who make the world a better place? Then you’ll enjoy meeting our founders, Floyd Hammer and Kathy Hamilton. They are a charming, unassuming couple from rural Iowa who, in their retirement, created such positive impact that two U.S. Presidents – Obama and George H.W.…

  • Just $15 for a School Uniform can Help a Child Break the Cycle of Poverty and Hunger

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  • You Can Help Houston!

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  • Meal Packaging Program in Canada With Accenture!

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    [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.51″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]   Meal Packaging in Canada With Accenture “(The) Outreach Program were great to work with and our partnership was a huge success that delivered 100,000 meals for the local Greater Toronto food bank. The food packaging provided an opportunity for our Accenture…