Valery Nodem Archives

Cultivating hope and resiliency in South Sudan

Posted March 3rd, 2022

Nyapan Gai no longer goes to sleep hungry. The widowed mother of six children, whom prevailing customs and societal traditions prevented from inheriting her late husband’s cattle, had no choice but to work whatever jobs she could find to feed her family.

Delve into the Pandora Papers with Valéry Nodem

Posted November 24th, 2021

A trove of leaked documents about rich and powerful people funneling assets into offshore tax havens was the subject of a recent blog post by Valéry Nodem of the Presbyterian Hunger Program.

Presbyterian Giving Catalog provides pathways of empowerment for women and girls

Posted October 7th, 2021

For every step forward that has been taken toward closing the global gender gap, there have been at least two steps back. And then some — largely due to COVID-19.

‘Every day they have to fight’

Posted August 19th, 2021

David Guervil, who’s been consulting for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in Haiti throughout political unrest, Hurricane Matthew in 2016, Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and the tropical storm that followed, told an online gathering Thursday that most Haitians survive “on a daily basis. Every day they have to fight. Every day they struggle for the next day.”

Everyday God-talk reimagined

Posted July 23rd, 2021

Everyday God-talk returns for its first official season using the lens of Reformed theology to focus on environmental justice and climate crisis.

Day-by-day impact of climate change explored at Ecumenical Advocacy Days workshop

Posted April 22nd, 2021

Fabienne Jean of Haiti doesn’t need anyone to tell her that climate change is real. Her country and its people already are experiencing its effects.

Systemic poverty in Cameroon, Peru illustrates the complex barrier poor people face

Posted October 6th, 2020

The 85 or so Presbyterians studying the underpinnings of systemic poverty zoomed out to take in a more global perspective Monday, thanks to presentations by Valéry Nodem and the Rev. Jed Koball.

Guided by the LAMB

Posted June 18th, 2020

Congregations striving to maintain their outward incarnational focus, one of the seven marks of congregational vitality, can thrive for at least two reasons: they’re ministering to others while at the same time being ministered to.

COVID-19 helping to fuel global hunger

Posted June 15th, 2020

With the coronavirus continuing to infect scores of people daily worldwide, the number of people experiencing acute hunger is expected to skyrocket globally, and some partners of the Presbyterian Hunger Program say the economic ramifications of the pandemic already are hurting the ability of people around the globe to feed themselves and their families.

Once an oasis of peace, Cameroon is now a country in conflict

Posted May 1st, 2020

Once surrounded by countries in conflict, Cameroon was an oasis of peace in Africa. It is no longer.