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Lasting Solutions for Clean Drinking Water

May 20, 2020

Two billion people worldwide struggle to find water every day!

A sobering new report released by GFA World -- in the wake of World Water Day, held on March 22 -- reveals that two billion people globally are struggling to find enough water to survive.

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People have to choose between drinking tainted water and going thirsty -- it’s sobering.
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- Dr. KP Yohannan

Approximately 40 percent of the world’s land surface is desert or semi-arid, placing about two billion people -- one in every four people on the planet -- in peril, says the report, entitled Solving the World Water Crisis for Good: Lasting Solutions Can Defe…

'World’s Biggest Lockdown’ Enters Critical Phase Amid Starvation Fears

May 4, 2020

The world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown has been extended more than once -- leaving more than a billion people in India on the edge of survival amid fears of …

Helping Families on the Brink of Starvation

April 20, 2020

GFA World is helping to sustain desperate families pushed to the brink of starvation as South Asia battles the deadly coronavirus.

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Handwashing Crisis Could Compound Coronavirus

April 3, 2020

Hundreds of millions of people around the world can’t take the most basic precaution against the coronavirus or other diseases -- because they don’t have clean…

Experience Community Life at GFA's Discipleship Program

March 18, 2020

GFA World says community life is an important aspect of our Discipleship Program. The program is an intensive gap year for Christian single adults ages 18-27.

GFA World Highlights Lent Season, Calls Christians to Pray for Coronavirus Crisis

March 4, 2020

Unveiling a new devotional website for Lent 2020, GFA World called Christians to pray and fast for others who are suffering -- including those impacted by the …

The Need for Medical Ministry

Feb. 19, 2020

Prevention is better than cure. But what if you can't access either? Too poor to afford things like vitamins, fruits and vegetables—or routine doctor visits—fa…

Social Media Led Her to the Truth

Feb. 5, 2020

It was supposed to be Lochani’s first day of school, but it was not a happy day for her. Her family had lost everything in a fire that day—and now her parents …

Common Passion Unites Unlikely Team

Jan. 22, 2020

When André read Revolution in World Missions in 2004, it stirred afresh the burden God had given him after visiting a country where there were no churches.

Alone No Longer Because of Bridge of Hope

Jan. 8, 2020

Jenya lived with her grandparents on a tea plantation where they worked. The rest of her family lived on another tea plantation more than 30 miles away. Once a…