What happens when you give lifesaving aid?
Have you ever wanted to make a big impact for people in need but felt like you didn’t have the resources? It’s a common misconception that you need massive influence to change the world. In reality, when you give to projects like shipping lifesaving supplies,...
Pandemic and hurricanes created the ‘perfect storm for poverty’
Families in Guatemala were already raising a white flag last year as a sign that they were out of food due to the pandemic when two record-breaking hurricanes tore through their country. “With the storms and COVID together, it really created this perfect storm for...
When Small Homes Make a Big Difference
When I was young, I used to love building forts in my backyard. My friends and I would use sticks and branches to form tent-like structures and then hide underneath and play games. Our forts were ramshackle and poorly constructed, so they usually fell apart by the end...
Inside Latin America’s clean water crisis
Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest rivers and lakes. The region gets more rainfall than most other places around the globe. So why is it that Latin America is suffering a major water crisis? The answer — while there is plenty of water in Latin...Impacting Children in Haiti: Five Years Later
More than 230,000 lives were taken, 300,000 injured, and 1.5 million people were displaced by the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 . . . five years ago. This nation still feels the effects of this tragic disaster, as an estimated...
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