Our Projects

Empowering local change-makers means we don’t tell our partners what projects they should be working on. We let them tell us. Our partners have different passions and skills, and the result has been a very diverse slate of projects. The projects must meet a few criteria to ensure they align with our values, but otherwise our partners are free to design their own projects.

Our criteria:
• serve the most vulnerable groups in the community
• empower participants and avoid dependency
• be cost effective and impactful

GUATEMALA
Estudia Con Amor
Educational support for street children, mining children, and children of single mothers abandoned by abusive, alcoholic husbands keeps them in school and out of the child labor force.
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PERU
Heritage Trail
Many indigenous communities have been harmed by large companies exploiting the rich resources in Latin America. Those along the Choquequirao trail are now in such danger. Heritage Trail empowers these Quechua people with income-earning projects.
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INDIA
Heart of Himalaya 
In a cold and unforgiving land at the western fringe of the Himalaya, we are helping mountain communities gain access to education and healthcare while protecting the traditional culture that has made them strong.
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MOROCCO
Amal
Job training & placement for marginalized women allows destitute women to pursue their dreams. They find love, family, and hope at Amal, as well as financial security for themselves and their children.
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HONDURAS
Semillas de Esperanza
Our focus is student designed-and-led projects to address community issues paired with educational support for students who cannot attend traditional school due to poverty, distance, or danger.
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INDIA
JONG Trust
Low-caste villagers determine the issues they want addressed, and we respond: educational support to keep children in school, a maternal health program to stem maternal and infant deaths, and income-earning opportunities for widows.
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CAMEROON
ESARDEF
Agricultural and vocational training is helping vulnerable women and IDPs (refugees) begin their own enterprises and escape abuse and malnutrition. A side benefit is the protection of the endangered forest ecology.
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UKRAINE
GROWING OUR WAY HOME
By partnering with local heroes, we are bringing aid to central Ukraine. From evacuations to food relief, our partners are caring for the displaced and over a hundred newly orphaned and traumatized children.
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NEPAL
3 SUMMITS

One school at a time, communities are rebuilding their lives from the rubble of the 2015 earthquake. Education, with a special focus on girls, is the surest path out of poverty for these high mountain people.
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KENYA
Moi Girls Samburu 
Child marriage is a tough issue to tackle when it is steeped in traditional culture, but keeping girls in school as long as possible is proving to be a successful strategy that retains support from the local culture.
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CAMEROON
COREDA
Orphans and Internally Displaced children are the heartbeat of this program. From daily essentials like food, to hope for the future with education, and healing from the past with dance, COREDA cares for the most vulnerable.
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CAMEROON
REWOCAM
REWOCAM wants to create a world where violence against women is no longer accepted. Through brainstorming conferences and pilot projects, they are empowering women throughout Cameroon.
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