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OUR GOSPEL IMPACT

Fulfilling a Physical and Spiritual Hunger

Training in sustainable agriculture gives families the skills, resources, and seeds they need to rise above hunger and poverty. Whether through training, outreach, or programs, we pursue our mission from a Gospel-centered perspective, driven by key Biblical themes.

Creation Care, Agroecology, and the Heart of ECHO

Across much of the world, hunger is not caused by a lack of land or effort. It is often the ...

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Building a Community Seed Bank in Myanmar

From Training to Transformation When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted travel in early 2020, Tone Ma Lay from Myanmar found herself ...

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Virak’s Story: From Newcomer to National Influencer

When Virak first attended the ECHO Asia Conference in 2017, he arrived with no agricultural background, only a deep desire ...

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Seed Banking: Your Top Questions Answered

Access to locally appropriate seeds can mean the difference between hunger and harvest for families around the world. Through ECHO’s ...

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International Agriculture Conference

ECHO conferences around the world connect missionaries and development workers who are on the front lines of working to alleviate the challenges of world hunger. The International Conference, held annually in Fort Myers, FL, regularly attracts participants from over 30 countries. Interested in getting involved?

Our Impact Stories

Hunger in the World

Two-thirds of undernourished people worldwide live in two regions — Sub-saharan Africa and Southern Asia

ECHO's response to this inequality is to empower small-scale farming families to increase their harvests, while also increasing the nutritional diversity of their crops.