On the morning of Wednesday, December 31, the last day of 2014, the low temperature in Cleveland, Georgia, where our partner Caring Hands Ministries is located was 29 degrees. The forecast for the first week in January 2015 there also calls for low temperatures below...
In places such as War, West Virginia, Rogersville, Tennessee and Cleveland, Georgia, temperatures can hover around freezing during the months of January and February for days, or even weeks, at a time. Now, try to put yourself in the place of a young boy or girl...
A little more than 30 miles south of Washington, D.C., there is a community named Triangle, Virginia. Located in Triangle, there is a large low-income apartment complex known as Melrose Apartments. But besides being affordable, what may attract many families to choose...
Life can take unexpected turns, but many in Appalachia lack the resources to prepare for these surprises. One family we helped fell on hard times when their daughter had a stroke during her sixth month of her pregnancy. The family was living in a trailer with pieces...
It’s practically impossible for the vast majority of Americans to comprehend – much less imagine living in — such conditions of squalor. For thousands in Appalachia, living in a decrepit house, on a meager fixed income and no means to repair leaking roofs,...
