Hal Donaldson

I told my wife, I said, hey, I think you need to take me to emergency. They need to give me something to pass the stone. And here I am with... a blood pressure cuff on my arm. And all of a sudden, the nurse said, this isn't a kidney stone. I think you're on the verge of a heart attack. And I just couldn't believe it.

I told my wife, I said, hey, I think you need to take me to emergency. They need to give me something to pass the stone. And here I am with... a blood pressure cuff on my arm. And all of a sudden, the nurse said, this isn't a kidney stone. I think you're on the verge of a heart attack. And I just couldn't believe it.

Next thing I know, I'm being strapped to a gurney and rushed into surgery, and they put two stents in my heart. That was a wake-up call. I literally came out of that surgery. And at the time, I was writing books. I was traveling and speaking a lot. I was working as the editor-in-chief of an international magazine. I was trying to do it all.

Next thing I know, I'm being strapped to a gurney and rushed into surgery, and they put two stents in my heart. That was a wake-up call. I literally came out of that surgery. And at the time, I was writing books. I was traveling and speaking a lot. I was working as the editor-in-chief of an international magazine. I was trying to do it all.

I was on like eight boards, board of directors of different organizations around the country, major organizations. I stepped off every one of them, and I quit two of my jobs, and I gave my life and my focus to Convoy of Hope, and that proved to be a very good decision.

I was on like eight boards, board of directors of different organizations around the country, major organizations. I stepped off every one of them, and I quit two of my jobs, and I gave my life and my focus to Convoy of Hope, and that proved to be a very good decision.

yeah it's grown what is the convoy mission today and has it changed at all over the years is it is it more encompassing than just making sure they're fed yes especially i would say like in the u.s like we do these city-wide festivals where we actually go in and provide free medical and dental care job fairs we help people prepare a resume we uh

yeah it's grown what is the convoy mission today and has it changed at all over the years is it is it more encompassing than just making sure they're fed yes especially i would say like in the u.s like we do these city-wide festivals where we actually go in and provide free medical and dental care job fairs we help people prepare a resume we uh

provide them with groceries we have things for kids we have new shoes and give them clothes and the list goes on it's a full menu of services here's what we've discovered in the united states is that no one has a monopoly on compassion that if you come in and you're neutral you can bring you can bring churches civic groups government and businesses all together to touch their city

provide them with groceries we have things for kids we have new shoes and give them clothes and the list goes on it's a full menu of services here's what we've discovered in the united states is that no one has a monopoly on compassion that if you come in and you're neutral you can bring you can bring churches civic groups government and businesses all together to touch their city

Often, they're working apart, and we've found that it's amazing to see them work together to make their communities a better place to live. Internationally, one of the things we found, we started with a feeding program of children, but we found that the mothers of these children would come to bring their kids, and they would just hang around all day while these kids were in school.

Often, they're working apart, and we've found that it's amazing to see them work together to make their communities a better place to live. Internationally, one of the things we found, we started with a feeding program of children, but we found that the mothers of these children would come to bring their kids, and they would just hang around all day while these kids were in school.

We feed the kids in school because that keeps them in school. You don't feed them in school, parents have them out on street corners begging or scavenging off of garbage heaps. You know, convoy typically what we'll do is we'll provide one meal a day at school, at lunch. And then for the weekends, they'll take home rations for their family.

We feed the kids in school because that keeps them in school. You don't feed them in school, parents have them out on street corners begging or scavenging off of garbage heaps. You know, convoy typically what we'll do is we'll provide one meal a day at school, at lunch. And then for the weekends, they'll take home rations for their family.

But what we found was that the mothers were hanging around. And so we said, well, what if we started a job training program for the mothers so that We don't have to feed their kids. They're feeding their own kids. And every year, 50,000 women go through the program.

But what we found was that the mothers were hanging around. And so we said, well, what if we started a job training program for the mothers so that We don't have to feed their kids. They're feeding their own kids. And every year, 50,000 women go through the program.

Yeah, I think, you know, our goal is not to go to a community and stay. Our goal is to go to a community and make sure that community is healthy and then leave to go to another community. And so one example would be in Nepal following earthquake some years ago.

Yeah, I think, you know, our goal is not to go to a community and stay. Our goal is to go to a community and make sure that community is healthy and then leave to go to another community. And so one example would be in Nepal following earthquake some years ago.

Convoy Hope came in and we began working with the farmers to really expand their yield and to show them what other crops they could be growing that would be financially lucrative for them. And over the course of a couple of years, we were able to bring that community back to health. We had a feeding program for kids, but they began feeding themselves and began feeding their own kids.

Convoy Hope came in and we began working with the farmers to really expand their yield and to show them what other crops they could be growing that would be financially lucrative for them. And over the course of a couple of years, we were able to bring that community back to health. We had a feeding program for kids, but they began feeding themselves and began feeding their own kids.