Fallbrook couple starts Reaching the Hungry

FALLBROOK – The Sales family joined the Fallbrook community in September 2017. Carlos Sales, with the support of his wife Lisa, founded Reaching the Hungry, after years of working with international organizations.

"During a trip to Africa, I recognized that many organizations have a tendency to give a handout. And, in a sense, that's great. We should do what we can to help one another, but I wanted to approach it differently. These places did not need a hand-out. They needed a hand-up. We wanted to approach it innovatively and strategically," Carlos Sales said.

Reaching the Hungry was established to help people of all backgrounds go into nations of poverty and at risk communities and supply them with water, clothes, school supplies and more. Some of the focal trips of Reaching the Hungry are "water well trips," which not only supply water wells to the people groups, but teach the community to fix and build the wells themselves.

Another aspect of these trips is to uplift and invest in the lives of the visited communities, accomplished through lasting relationship, continual support and genuine friendships.

"Often, the people we encounter are blown away that we would take the time and resources to be with them," Sales said. "More than just the wells, they thank us for the personal connection. And we are thankful too."

These relationships are often mutually beneficial. As the world becomes a smaller place and the human race begins to embrace each other, love becomes a dominant characteristic of all those involved. In recalling the impact in team member's lives, Sales said he remembered the mental, emotional and spiritual impact these trips have.

"It's holistic and powerful," he said. "We are on this planet to learn from and help one another, and Reaching the Hungry is certainly investing in this wholeheartedly."

To be part of a trip or to sponsor a water well, visit http://www.ReachingtheHungry.org or email [email protected].