No one should be hungry, unclothed or uneducated Erin Danae Fowler “The American materialistic young girl [inside] that went over to change India…she died. What was born was an empathy and a passion for the overlooked, the forgotten and the impoverished people here in my city.” -Denise Currie, Director/CEO of The Giving Closet, Vancouver, WA. Denise Currie sat across from me [...]
Kai Coffee is a fair trade and ethically sourced coffee. They have a purpose and passion to bring kids out of poverty. Kai Coffee donates 100% of its net profit to non-profit organizations dedicated to helping children in need. Kai Coffee is not just a regular brew, it’s coffee with a story. Hear what the founder Sean Naus has to [...]
By: Laura Stump Salvador Urbina is straight out of a fairytale. Towering, mist-coated mountains surround a valley of colorful churches and houses, interspaced with tropical flowers and fruit trees that give shade to community members who stop to visit with one another on their way down the road.And trust me—there’s always someone to visit with in Urbina. Most days, I take a [...]
Three Avocados is a non-profit organization that is fighting to ending the global water crisis, starting with Uganda. We aim to provide coffee lovers with a product that enables them to make a 100% socially responsible choice when purchasing coffee. Interview with Joe Koenig: What is Three avocados doing? Three Avocados is a non-profit coffee company, selling premium coffee from [...]
By: J.T. Liss A weed grows through a crack Of these sidewalks of pain that I walk on. Through violence and poverty, She slowly grows. Layers upon layers of cigarette butts And naysayers Attack. A daily life of Harlem trench warfare, Yet She overcomes. A tiny bud forms. A preview of all the beauty that could be. Maybe someday she [...]
By: Lova Rakoto During the current global financial crisis, immigration from developing countries has been blamed by several political parties as the source of unemployment in their countries. Even though there hasn’t been a single study, so far, that has proved that immigration has had in fact a meaningful role in the employment crisis, this belief remains strongly anchored in the [...]
By: Barry Rodriguez One of the most difficult aspects of sex trafficking is that it runs so deep into many other issues. Poverty, corruption, lack of education, hunger… All have ties to the terrible crisis of sexual slavery that is happening all over the world. There are a few fantastic organizations like the International Justice Mission that are dedicated to rescuing trafficked girls. [...]
Loveworks is an organization that helps to create change. By inspiring and empowering a young generation to work together to bring change for people. Below is their latest campaign to help restore the homes in Burundi after the long and forgotten civil war. Overview. Burundi is a small and beautiful country in the heart of Africa that is filled with [...]
BY JACOB PATTERSON-STEIN More Than Me is an organization that help get girls off the street and into school in one of the poorest slums in the world in Liberia, West Africa. This is a repost from their latest blogpost. This is a guest post from Billy Vierbuchen, a More than Me volunteer that recently joined Katie on the ground [...]
By: Faisal Kapadia Globalization is often touted as the solve it all solution of the problems this world faces today. However there are several very highly toxic effects of globalization as well. For instance these seemingly dissipating borders means that the western world has been and even now is engaged in dumping its plastic and medical waste to third world countries. They [...]
