by admin | Mar 24, 2015 | Appalachia, Basic Needs, General, News
While spring is just around the corner, this past harsh winter in northeastern Georgia with its record-setting frigid temperatures and snow and ice storms won’t long be forgotten. In February, we heard from our partner there, Caring Hands Ministries, that they were...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Basic Needs, General, News, Personal Stories
Four young children and their baby brother were living in an unheated basement with no electricity or running water with their mother, struggling with an illness, and their father who is disabled. When Americans Helping Americans® partner Caring Hands Ministries in...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Basic Needs, News
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...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Basic Needs, Coats, News
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...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | Basic Needs, News
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...
by admin | Jan 6, 2015 | Basic Needs, News
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...
