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Spotlight: City of Hope
Not long ago, hope seemed distant to the Kuria people of Tanzania. They were living in a war zone: two rival tribes ransacked one another’s villages, killing people and stealing their cattle. Many children were left with one or no parents from this tribal violence. The challenges of poverty, AIDS, illiteracy and lack of access to health care also held a strong grip on the Kuria. But much has changed since 2006, when Teamwork Ministries started the City of Hope (COH) in Ntagatcha village in Western Tanzania. At the COH’s Christmas celebration in 2010, more than 1,000 people from the surrounding villages (once main tribal war zones) were gathered peacefully. The killing has stopped and the cattle thievery has declined. Read more...
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Forsaken Generation
Right now, there are more than 1 million homeless students in the United States, and children make up 27 percent of the country’s homeless population. Forsaken Generation is an organization working to help change those stats through advocacy and joining forces with other organizations hoping to bring an end to this issue. Here, we talk to Sean Wrench, the founder, about the prevalence of homelessness in the States, how it’s connected to modern slavery and what can be done about it. Read more...
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1% for Humanity
One percent doesn’t seem like a big figure. Even in terms of giving, setting aside 1 percent for a charity doesn’t seem like an intimidating order ... right? And yet, average corporate donations in the U.S. come in closer to one tenth of 1 percent of sales. Which is why Nick Pearson founded 1% for Humanity, to generate an intentional revenue source to worldwide poverty and injustice issues. Read more...
100cameras
Sometimes a picture is worth far more than a thousand words. Sometimes it can change a life. Read more...
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Haiti: The Vanilla Bean Project
Editor’s note: Back in 2008, we asked a group of people who worked in Haiti to record some thoughts and images with us. Little did we know that, less than 18 months later, the island would be in the eye of the world as it was rocked by one of the most powerful natural catastrophes in the Western Hemisphere. Today we look back at an island that was devastated by poverty and natural disasters even before it was completely knocked flat by the 7.0 earthquake. Read more...
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Sweet Sleep
It’s not uncommon to hear someone complain of not sleeping well—though they most likely spent the night on a comfortable mattress, which could be anything from an expensive, down pillow-top model to a cheap box set from a warehouse store. In any case, though, these beds do offer a degree of comfort and safety. For some children, however, sleeping in a bed isn’t part of their daily life. Many children around the world are orphaned and abandoned, cold and without a bed. They are all too familiar with the misery of not sleeping well. Read more...
Rice Bowls
In 1980, a pastor from South Carolina went on a trip to Calcutta. Confronted with the realities of poverty, famine and disease, he returned home determined to contribute to orphanages in such communities. But the goal was to innovate traditional methods of giving, creating a tangible reminder of the need in order to make a tangible difference. The result? The Rice Bowl, a small, plastic container that works like a piggy bank, only it resembles a bowl full of rice, the standard meal for much of the world. Thirty years later, Rice Bowls is a respected nonprofit that has collected tens of millions of dollars via Rice Bowl donations to feed and provide for orphans around the world. Read more...
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Compassion Corps
In the shadow of Yale University, a small community of people has taken up residence in a violent, drug- and prostitution-ridden part of New Haven, Conn. Over the past four years, they’ve embraced the lifestyle of modern-day friars living, working and ministering among the people there. Read more...
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