"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (a Chinese Proverb)."
The IFD mission is to educate the needy to become self-sufficient, and to develop the ability to serve others in the high ethical standards of christian stewardship.
Poverty and misery are a sad reality, hurting millions of families and communities around the globe. Here are a few shocking international and local facts.
In the DR Congo, Central Africa, the unemployment rate among college graduates reaches 40%, with 71% of its population living under the poverty line (CIA factbook, 2012), despite the country's vaste natural riches. Empowering these graduates should lift up many families.