Our Worldwide Blog
Volunteer Spotlight: Matthia Family
Kurt and Sheela Matthia (the two senior citizens in the blue t-shirts above) live in Pleasant Grove, Utah. They became enthusiastic Bountiful supporters in August 2021 after watching Bountiful...
Hunger Banquet for Guatemala
We had a great experience at our May Hunger Banquet in Spanish Fork, Utah. It was a fun night for everyone involved! The goal was to raise money to help a new community in Guatemala. Here is a quick...
Volunteer Spotlight: Christine Maynor
Our volunteer spotlight is on Christine Maynor. Christine is in the photo above with her husband Mike at a Bountiful get-together at the Cheesecake factory. She heard about Bountiful through the...
Donor Spotlight: Davis Bell Family & Bountiful Jars
Did you know we have Bountiful jar labels that can be attached to a jar? Our donor spotlight is on the Davis & Melissa Bell family who say they have been fans of Bountiful's for years. The Bell...
Spotlight: Bolivia
Our spotlight is on the country of Bolivia. Bountiful began screening children for malnutrition in Bolivia in 2014. We are currently helping eight communities (one that has been adopted) and over...
Spotlight on the Philippines 2023
Bountiful Children's Foundation has been fighting child malnutrition in the Philippines for 10 years now and is helping in 45 communities. Cristie Deyro, M.D., Bountiful's regional coordinator in...
Holy Week in Guatemala
A large group takes a humanitarian trip to Guatemala during Holy Week. The Heatons along with others enjoy visiting Antigua, Lake Atitlan, the Mayan ruins in Tikal and more. With more than 20 people...
Our Guatemala NutriTour
by Sheela, Rachel, and Kurt Matthia March 5, 2023, Sunday Our red-eye flight from Las Vegas, Nevada to Guatemala City arrived at noon. Our tour guides Gloria and Raul Rosales along with Jorge Pavlo...
BYU Cougars and Utah Utes
Select the Blue or Red Button at Bottom Leftto Join the Fight Against Worldwide Child Malnutrition!Despite legendary Cougar-Ute rivalry, the article cited below shows that both can work together in...
Spotlight: Agnes Conteh
Our coordionator spotlight is on Agnes Conteh, the country coordinator in Sierra Leone. In the picture above, Agnes is shown recently receiving a Tonkolili and Bombali Women in Leadership Award. She...
Liberia Update
You may remember last year when Joseph Myers reached out while on a mission asking for help for children in his home country of Liberia. His dream has come true. Malnutrition screenings have begun...
Bountiful’s Impact In 2022
2022 was an exciting year as we continued to reach more communities asking for help. Our outreach in some of the poorest areas expanded by adding new communities in Ghana and Sierra Leone, opening a...
Round Up with Walmart – Charitable Donations
Amazon recently announced they are cancelling Amazon Smile, their charitable giving program. In light of this, we are so excited to hear that Walmart is now offering a Spark Good Round Up option....
Donor Spotlight: The Van Leeuwen Family
Neil and Cathy Van Leeuwen live in Kaysville, Utah and have been Bountiful supporters for over 10 years. Cathy shares: "We heard about Bountiful Children many years ago in a newspaper article. It...
Working With the Area Presidency in Guatemala
The area presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Guatemala will be providing supplements to children found to be malnourished at screenings in every community outside of the...
BYU Team Travels to Ghana
BYU public health professors and students traveled to Ghana to help train new Bountiful coordinators from several African countries and to screen children. Ava, a BYU student shares her experience:...
Hunger Banquet at BYU
Have you ever attended a hunger banquet? This 1 minute video summarizes the night... Everyone who attended had a wonderful experience at the hunger banquet on Friday, November 18 at the BYU...
Happy Birthday to Bob Rees, co-founder!
Happy Birthday to Bob Rees, one of Bountiful's founders. Bob has worked tirelessly since 2008 to make people aware of the plight of malnourished children. Thank you Bob for your service!Bob Rees...
Honor Gifts on Bountiful’s New Website
Meaningful #LightTheWorld Holiday Gifting Made Easy Spanish Fork, Utah — October 4, 2022 Bountiful Children's Foundation in its ongoing effort to end child malnutrition worldwide now offers honor...
Home Based Learning Program
by Cristie Deyro, MD Mothers from different parts of the Philippines enjoy studying and doing the activities with their children in the Home Based Learning Program, a program being piloted by...
Bayambang, Philippines Community Receives an Award
Philippines Country Coordinator, Doctor Cristina B. Deyro, MD, has shared with us that Alta Grace, the local Program Coordinator in Bayambang, Pangasinan, received recognition and a Certificate of...
Bountiful is working in Nigeria!
Bamitale (above) is the country coordinator who helped start screenings in Ibadan, Nigeria. Coordinators express their joy in being able to help families and children that are found to be...
Going the extra mile in Cadiz, Philippines
The coordinators and volunteers in Cadiz, Philippines really went the extra mile at their last screening for malnourishment. Sister Esperanza, age 78, lets them use her yard to do the screening. She...
Liberia Needs Our Help!
Joseph, a Liberian native, is currently serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will finish his mission in September and has asked for help for children in his home...
Bountiful Children Growing Up Beautifully 3
Iloilo coordinator Wilma (far left) was happily amazed when she realized that all 5 girls moving up to the Young women organization have all been her recipients in Bountiful. From left to right:...
Bountiful Children Growing Up Beautifully 2
Princess Mae, from Donsol, a town in Bicol region was only 2 months old when her mother stopped producing milk. At 6 months she was found to be underweight and started receiving supplements from...
Bountiful Children Growing Up Beautifully 1
Katelyn Louise was 2 years old when she qualified to receive supplements. During that time her mother Mazy started volunteering to assist the local coordinator with screening and distribution....
Focus on Ghana
Bountiful is helping more children in Ghana than any other country currently, and our focus this past week has been on Ghana. Did you know that 13% of the population lives on less than USD...
Baby Sensory Blocks for Cognitive Stimulation
Many volunteers in Springville, Utah have been making baby blocks for children in need of cognitive stimulation. They have been doing this for over 7 years! The last delivery of 125 blocks went to...
Screenings Start in Haiti
Brother Geneste is a missionary in Haiti helping with the BYU Pathway program. He sees firsthand how the children in Haiti are suffering daily from lack of healthy food, so he decided to do...