The desire to succeed is not unique to America. Even in the poorest slums of southeast Asia, people have the desire to provide for their families. They want something else from life, a way to prepare for tomorrow.
They want to work. But they often lack the opportunity. That is changing. Read more
Burkina Faso is the fourth poorest country in the world. Most of the population is comprised of subsistence farmers.
Rainfall is highly unpredictable which makes it difficult for them to grow enough food. In addition, the literacy level among the ethnic Gourma people is less than 30%.
In eastern Burkina Faso, World Concern is working with the Gourma people. They are poor subsistence farmers who raise livestock and grow millet, sorghum, maize and peanuts.
We're helping with a Bible in one hand and a shovel in the other--about to send some very special families their way.
Though still a teen, A Tim is better able to make a difference in his Vietnam mountain community than most adults.
An ugly cycle
Yachim is a difficult place to live. Jobs here don’t pay much. Vietnam’s majority group commonly believes that ethnic minority people are not good workers, and marginalized minority families like A Tim’s struggle.
In the eighth grade, A Tim left school to help his family earn a living. He fell into a vicious cycle: youth who leave school for low-wage jobs later struggle to meet the needs of their own families like their parents did. Yet every day, we’re effectively breaking that cycle.
