The newest member of the First Fruit team is a 20-something North American recently back from a stint in the Philippines. We asked her to try to put to words what her initial “baptism by fire” has been like as an employee of a 40-year-old foundation privileged with relationships with thousands of leaders and organizations worldwide….
Is It All About ISIS?
The speed and disruptive force of the lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has caught the world by storm and has made ISIS the latest fixation of the international media. It’s no coincidence that, according to the latest report by the UN refugee agency, the global number of refugees,…
The Crisis in South Sudan
Large populations in the Majority World have experienced mass trauma due to war, natural disaster, and other catastrophic events. This article, published in the Lausanne Global Analysis, was borne out of reflections from four recent trips (2009-13) to two such countries — Sudan and South Sudan. The Crisis in South Sudan has led to First Fruit applying…