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August 17, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Help open doors in NINE closed countries

John,Right now, Unto® has shipping containers being prepared to ship to NINE closed countries in the next few months. The containers are packed with lifesaving supplies that our local staff will use to serve more than 238,000 people. Currently, 1 in 23 people will require humanitarian assistance t…
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August 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Jamal Found Jesus in an Unlikely Place...

John,Jamal* never thought he would be in this place. But war in his home country forced him to seek safety in a neighboring Middle Eastern country where he lives as a refugee. It is a difficult life as families have no choice but to live in crowded camps and rely on the humanitarian assistance of p…
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August 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus - How can we pray for YOU?

“Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” — James 5:16, ESVThe apostle James reminds us of two key truths — prayer is collective and effective.Prayer is an essential part of Chri…
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July 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: Why Water Really Matters for People in the Toughest Places

For people in the toughest places, safe, clean water is a precious commodity. Families often spend hours searching for it each day. And when they cannot find it, they may be left with no choice but to drink dirty water — knowing it could make them sick. How can something so freely available for som…
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July 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Are Helping Develop Multiplying Disciples

John,In one Southeast Asian country, only one percent of people follow Jesus. Despite the challenges, our local Unto® staff teams are committed to sharing the message of hope and developing multiplying disciples. Humanitarian aid allows them to access unreached people groups and share the eternal h…
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July 21, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Your gift for clean water can be DOUBLED!

For families in the toughest places, the provision of safe, clean water does more than just relieve thirst. When people like you help drill a new clean water well, or repair a broken one, it transforms the entire community. With a working well, families now have clean water for drinking and cookin…
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July 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Clean water leads to new life in Malawi

Nyauhanga dreamed of having a clean water well in her community. Women in her rural Malawian village used to walk three miles to the nearest water source. When she was not able to access water, her family had no choice but to drink from dirty sources contaminated by animals. As a result, her childr…
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July 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Matching Gift: You Can DOUBLE Your Impact This Summer!

The suffering of people around the world continues to intensify due to war, disaster, famine, and other crises. This year an unprecedented number of people — 339 million — will need lifesaving aid just to survive. Through the Unto® Summer Gift Catalog you can help! Right now any gift you make to th…
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July 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM

It May Be Warm Now...But it Will not Last Long

It may be warm where you are spending the summer. But soon winter will set in — and for people in the toughest places, the dangers are real. For refugees and many others, winter temperatures can be life threatening. Without adequate warmth they are at risk of hypothermia. Building a fire from basic…
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June 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM

BLOG: How Families Build a Life in Unlikely Places

Surviving in the toughest places is not easy. Daily people struggle to access the basic items they need. Wars, disasters, droughts, and other crises only make life more difficult — often forcing families from their homes with little more than the items they can carry. Far too often families lack ad…
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June 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Maximize Your Impact in the Toughest Places This Summer

Currently, every one in 23 people worldwide lack access to the food, clean water, or basic items they need to survive. People in the toughest places continue to struggle as they face unprecedented suffering. Through the Unto® Summer Gift Catalog you can help provide meals for children at risk for f…
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June 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Help People Who are Trembling and Traumatized

The trembling has not stopped … Ever since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Turkey on February 6, people there have been living in constant fear. They have experienced thousands of aftershocks. The ground continues to literally tremble beneath their feet. They are also trembling with…
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June 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Eren felt like he lost everything...

During a recent trip to Turkey, our Unto® team member met Eren*. Eren’s family-owned rental car business is right across the street from where our local church partners set up a camp to serve those who are displaced. More than 7,000 people who’ve lost everything now live in tents in the camp. They’…
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June 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Give Your Dad a Father’s Day Gift That Really Makes an Impact

In the toughest places dads struggle to provide for their families. Your help can relieve their suffering AND celebrate a special dad in your life by making a gift in his honor. When you make an honorary gift this Father’s Day, you will help meet the physical and spiritual needs of struggling famil…
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June 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus

“‘Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.’” — Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)How many times have you looked at an impossible situation and watched as God brought something beautiful from it? God will go to great …
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May 31, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Rush Aid to Suffering People Struggling to Survive

The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance continues to increase. More and more people in the toughest places cannot access the basic items they need to survive. Now is our opportunity to provide help — and share hope. Local Unto® staff teams in nine countries are counting on us to de…
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May 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Helped Alina Discover the Truth About Jesus

Like most people in her closed Central Asian country, Alina* followed the majority religion. She believed Jesus was a prophet but nothing more. When local Unto® staff team members came to her village to distribute aid, Alina gladly welcomed them. She was so grateful for the food and clothing she re…
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May 18, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Your Gift Goes Four Times as Far to Deliver Aid in the Toughest Places

In closed countries and other tough places, people often have very little access to the basic items they need for survival. Most have also never heard about Jesus. Right now you can help serve those in some of the most unreached countries on earth — reaching them with lifesaving help and hope. Eve…
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May 12, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: How Women Influence the Next Generation

In the eyes of a child, she is strong, brave, and beautiful no matter if her surroundings are in a modern city or some of the toughest places on earth. Her name is a simple word uttered no less than a hundred times a day — mom, ummi, mãe, madre, mama, ma, mum. Around the world women shape the next …
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May 11, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Celebrate Mom With a Gift in Her Honor

“You’re such a good mother...you care deeply for your children.” In most developing cultures mothers are the bedrock of society. They care for their children, work hard, and support community life. Yet no one has ever told them their contribution matters. This Mother’s Day you can help tell them — …
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May 8, 2023 at 2:02 PM

Celebrate Mom With a Gift in Her Honor

“You’re such a good mother...you care deeply for your children.” In most developing cultures mothers are the bedrock of society. They care for their children, work hard, and support community life. Yet no one has ever told them their contribution matters. This Mother’s Day you can help tell them — …
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May 4, 2023 at 2:40 PM

She Has Seen Nearly 300 Women Respond to the Message of Jesus

Ayisha* lives as a refugee in an overcrowded camp in a closed Middle Eastern country. Her husband died in the Syrian war, and she and her daughter were forced to flee for their safety. Multiple times she has been offered a way out — asylum in Europe. It is every refugee’s dream. And yet each time s…
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April 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM

BLOG: How You Help Drill Wells for People in the Toughest Places

In the toughest places people lack access to the safe, clean water they need to survive. Women and children are often forced to walk for miles searching for a water source. As they make their way through dangerous terrain, they are also at risk of being assaulted, attacked by wild animals, or succu…
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April 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Matching Gift Doubles Your Donation to Provide Clean Water in Tough Places

Right now people in East Africa face the worst drought ever recorded. More than 24 million people do not have the clean water they need. They are at risk for deadly waterborne diseases. Without water to grow food, their children are severely malnourished. Millions are leaving their homes behind to…
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April 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Clean Water Changed Elida’s Entire Life...

Elida* once followed the religion of people in her village. But instead of life and peace, her heart was filled with spiritual oppression and hopelessness. She suffered terribly from what she describes as demon possession. In addition people in Elida’s country lack access to the safe, clean water t…
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April 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Unto Prayer Focus

“‘He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.’” — Matthew 28:6 (NIV)It had been three long days, drenched in grief and cloaked in darkness. They still could not believe Jesus was gone. What happened to His promises? Then on Sunday morning light broke through the darkness and joy wiped away the g…
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March 30, 2023 at 2:39 PM

BLOG: Unto CEO Talks About Unprecedented Hunger in the Toughest Places

We face an unprecedented global food crisis. The number of people struggling with acute food insecurity is at the highest point since World War II. In the toughest places people simply cannot afford or access the nutrition they need to survive. Unto® President and CEO, Al Goff, answers questions ab…
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March 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Gave Families a Sustainable Food Source

Around the globe hunger and malnutrition claim lives and cripple communities. Unto® works with local partners to provide sustainable solutions to hunger by providing agricultural supplies and trainings in communities where people need food most. Families learn to grow their own food — and sell the…
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March 22, 2023 at 2:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: Water Helps a Local Pastor Build Credibility

Pastor Emmanuel serves as a local church pastor in Tanzania. He wanted to tell people in the remote, Mtwara region of his country about Jesus. But ministry was difficult. Most people followed the majority religion. They did not know about Jesus and had very little interest in learning about Him. Th…
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March 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM

You Can Help People Facing Severe Food Shortages

As the global food crisis continues, war, drought, economic shocks, and other factors have left people in the toughest places unable to access the nutrition they need to survive. Many of these individuals are cut off from help — and have very little access to the message of Jesus. Together we can …
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March 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Nasir Had Never Heard About Jesus...

When war broke out in his homeland, Nasir* and his family were forced to flee with nothing more than the items they could carry. Local Unto® team members met them while they were living in a refugee camp in Lebanon.Our team members provided the family with meals and began building a relationship wi…
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March 8, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Making an endowment gift is as easy as 1-2-3

You are invited to relieve suffering for people and reveal the eternal hope of Jesus in the toughest places now and for generations to come. When you donate to the Maximum Impact Endowment Fund at Unto®, your gift allows our teams to meet physical and spiritual needs where most urgently needed. It …
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March 3, 2023 at 3:53 PM

You Can Help People Facing Severe Food Shortages

When we hear about the millions of people around the world facing severe food shortages, it can feel overwhelming. With problems here in America as well, what should we do? How can we make a difference when the needs are so great? We cannot save everyone in the world who is hungry. But we can make…
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March 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Mark Your Calendar: Give Now and Fund the Future Webinar

Mark your calendar for a special Unto® webinar! Endowment: Give Now and Fund the Future Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 12 PM Eastern (11 AM Central) Register Now You will hear from Cru Foundation® advisor, Katie Brubaker, as she shares how endowment giving can help you make a significant impact in th…
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February 27, 2023 at 8:16 PM

Rita Can Still Remember Wishing for More Food...

Because of economic challenges in her home country, Rita’s* parents struggle to find work and provide for their family’s basic needs. Rita can still remember how she used to wish for more food during her family’s once-a-day mealtime. Now she and five of her siblings walk to the feeding program host…
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February 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Frontline Prayer Focus

“This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” — 1 John 4:10 (NLT)True love acts. It serves without being asked. It takes up responsibilities not its own. It moves toward another without expectation. God came and sought us out …
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February 9, 2023 at 3:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: You Helped Feed Families Struggling to Survive

Thank you for your faithful partnership with Unto® and your generosity to feed hungry families living in the toughest places on earth. Last year you helped provide meals for nearly 600,000 individuals. Local staff teams and partners personally distributed the meals to families. They also built rela…
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February 7, 2023 at 9:53 PM

URGENT: Earthquake Rivets Turkey — You Can Help Those Suffering!

More than a third of Pakistan is under water as deadly floodwaters create ongoing disasters. One of the strongest earthquakes on record struck Turkey in the early morning hours of February 6. The devastation extended into Syria with the two countries already reporting over 7,000 casualties. The los…
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February 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM

You Can DOUBLE Your Impact Every Month!

What if you could do twice as much every month to relieve suffering for people in the toughest places? You can by joining a special group of committed monthly donors we call Unto Partners™. Your recurring gifts will help express the kindness of Jesus every month of the year. And right now your sup…
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January 24, 2023 at 3:00 PM

BLOG: Teach Children to Pray for People in the Toughest Places

Unlike any other generation we watch suffering in real time. Our children do too. They see the faces of others just like them who do not have enough to eat. They are shocked to discover millions of families around the world are forced to drink dirty water. They overhear news clips about wars and re…
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January 20, 2023 at 3:00 PM

SPECIAL REPORT: Your Partnership Maximizes Ministry

Thank you for your partnership, gifts, and prayers at a time when people face multiple humanitarian crises. Your support in 2022 has helped to relieve suffering, restore dignity, and reveal hope in the toughest places.Help and Hope For Families in MalawiMalawi is experiencing the worst food crisis …
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January 17, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Rush lifesaving aid to people in closed countries

Global suffering is at an all-time high. People in closed countries and other tough places lack access to the help and hope they need. Right now you can help families in critical need. Every $10 you give assembles, ships, and distributes $100 worth of lifesaving aid. Things like meals, water filte…
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January 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM

You Can Share Hope With Those Who’ve Never Heard

The Antar* family lives in a closed Middle Eastern country where less than two percent of the population knows Jesus. And those who respond to the message of eternal hope may face severe persecution. Despite the risk, Unto® continues to serve through Cru® partnerships — the main reason their minist…
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January 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM

A Special Gift for You — FREE Phone Wallpapers!

Thank you for sharing help and hope with people in the toughest places on earth! We are so grateful for your partnership with Unto® and have a special gift for you — FREE phone wallpapers to remind you of those whose lives have been impacted through your gifts of lifesaving humanitarian aid. Here a…
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December 26, 2022 at 3:00 PM

VIDEO: Frontline Photo Album

Your generosity reaches the toughest places — where people lack access to the basic items they need to survive and where they have little opportunity to hear the message of Jesus. In this FRONTLINE Photo Album, you will get a glimpse of how God uses your partnership to relieve suffering, restore di…
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December 14, 2022 at 3:00 PM

VIDEO: FRONTLINE Short, A Community’s Garden in Zimbabwe

In the toughest places people are often unable to grow food during the dry season due to the lack of rain. As a result children and their families lack the nutrition they need. In this FRONTLINE Short, Roger Strain, Unto® Field Operations leader, shares how helping a community plant a garden and in…
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December 12, 2022 at 3:00 PM

WEBINAR: Making the Maximum Impact in the Toughest Places

The United Nations reported 274 million people will require humanitarian assistance this year.People in the toughest places now face a multi-year humanitarian crisis.Over the next three years, we expect to see more people suffering — and in need of assistance — than ever before. When you consider …
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December 8, 2022 at 3:00 PM

When Ayana Received Meals for Her Family, She Knew It Was from God

As part of a nomadic people group in Ethiopia, Ayana’s* community depends on the rain to grow grass for their pasture animals. When drought struck the country, and everything dried up, they were left with no source of food or income. On the day local Unto® staff members visited Ayana in her hut, th…
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December 5, 2022 at 2:00 PM

Frontline Prayer Focus

And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.’” — Luke 2:10 (ESV)It is one of the first New Testament proclamations of the gospel. On a quiet Judean hillside good news came — but not in the way people expected. The good news o…
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November 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM

It Is Here — DOUBLE Your Gift on #GivingTuesday!

Today is #GivingTuesday! Right now you can DOUBLE your gift and share twice the help and hope with suffering people in the toughest places. Your gift to the Unto® Maximum Impact Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $260,000, to meet the most urgent needs of children, families, and war vic…