In 2013, our Ten Thousand Homes location in South Africa started holding an annual Day of Royalty. This day is dedicated to making the kids in our feeding programs feel like kings and queens. They are bused in from the communities where they live for a day full of activities, food, and lots and lots […]

This is the story of an unforgettable adventure in the middle of Malawi. want to volunteer with us in africa? Tell me more

by Jennifer PriceThe year was 2009. I was not quite a year into a new hobby. Knitting. Everyone I knew was getting hats and scarves as I practiced making handmade goods with yarn and needles. My burgeoning skills had me devouring all things knitting…books, blogs, email subscriptions, you name it. It was there that a […]

Jeanette and her four children moved to a new community for a better life. Here she could live with her brother, a respected father figure in her life. Together they lived in a house that was little more than a single room with a lean-to on the side.  Life as she knew it was shaken […]

This year, 2020, has been one for the history books. The impact of this pandemic has reached people from every walk of life and every part of the world. COVID-19 has touched all of our lives, impacting us to varying degrees. Some have lost loved ones, jobs, homes. We feel like the fortunate ones. We […]

 Just a few reflections from Marte Nymoen, a former Ten Thousand Homes volunteer. A pandemic, the death of Georg Floyd, and the Australian bushfires are just some of the things that rattled 2020. This year hit us with a bang, making us, or at least me, realize how privileged many of us are. The breakdown […]