What images come to mind when you think of East Africa? Blazing heat? Wildebeest and zebra migrating across the savannah? Dhows on the Indian Ocean? The smell of earth as the rains begin? How about freezing temperatures, high altitudes, wind, and pitch black? Yeah, not the typical images but this is
What is your position at Thrive for Good and what do you do? I work as Program Manager in Thrive for Good, presently based in New Delhi, India. I work with partner organizations to help communities and churches get access to healthy and nutritious food so that they may have a
We’ve recently put the finishing touches on our new course. Actually, it's 2 courses: One on Growing Food and one on Healthy Eating. The focus of the Growing Food Course is, yes, growing food, but more specifically, growing extraordinarily nutrient-dense food using organic methods. Here's a little video: I moved into an old
Thrive for Good is a charity established to bring nutrition, health, economic security, and hope to the poor. Thrive's vision is to empower 1 million people in the developing world by 2025 to lead healthy and sustainable lives by training them to grow an abundance of nutritious, organic, whole foods. Thrive
The tomato taste test. You slice a tomato from the garden – along with one that came from the grocery store – and taste them both. There are many reasons the one from the store often doesn’t taste like much. First, the variety of tomato is bland to begin with. It was chosen
Thrive for Good is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 to help eradicate extreme poverty. Thrive took a different approach than most to the concept of charity, though, and instead of giving help in the form of money or handing out single meals, they dug deep to find the roots of
Maybe you’ve seen emails, social media posts or even ads sharing, “When you donate $15 to Thrive for Good, you can transform an individual's life forever.” Your first thought might be “HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?". Followed by “$15 isn’t a lot of money, how can that change someone’s life forever!” Don’t worry,
My journey arriving at Thrive is scattered with God’s grace and sovereignty. But, that has been the case with every major life transition I have made. What ultimately brought me to Thrive is my passion to join a movement that helps lift others out of poverty. I hate poverty. God’s
Imagine a forest fire, raging out of control. Each time the wind shifts, the fire’s path changes. On an incline, the fire spreads more quickly. In a situation like this, experts are consulted to analyze many factors, such as fuel type, fire-weather conditions, topography, and human activity. They then present
This year we are thankful for something very simple. We are thankful for something that is used in some way, every single day, by every single person in this world. They are used in recipes, calendars, driving instructions, phone books, stores, clocks, birthdays, mail and most importantly, they are used