Poverty

Water Tours, Central African Republic, Tourism

08 Dec Water Tours in the Central African Republic

Posted at 17:22h in Business, Community, Conflict, Infrastructure, International Development, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Tourism, Water by Florence Praly 1 Comment

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Imagine a Country with Almost No Access to Clean Water… I often ask people to count how many water points they have in their homes. On average people say 4 to 6, at least (shower, toilets, sinks, washing machine, etc.). Imagine now that in the Central...

05 Dec Opportunity & Freedom in Sri Lanka

Posted at 13:10h in Children, Community, Conflict, Freedom, Poverty, Youth by Gabi Fernandes 0 Comments

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Creating Opportunity and Restoring Freedom from Guinea-Bissau to Sri Lanka I was 14 years old when I took a week off from school to join my church on a mission trip to Guinea-Bissau. Filled with excitement and hope for adventure, I boarded a plane that would...

Soshanguve, South Africa, Community Development, INNERCHANGE

17 Nov Community Development in South Africa

Posted at 15:44h in Community, Poverty, Social Justice, Youth by Debbie Horrocks 0 Comments

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Empowering Changemakers in the township of Soshanguve We arrived in South Africa nearly three years ago filled with good intentions to make a difference. We had followed a sense of calling and found ourselves living and serving in the township of Soshanguve. Our organisation InnerCHANGE has small...

Builders Beyond Borders, Schools, Clinics, South America, Volunteering

17 Oct Building Schools & Clinics in South America

Posted at 17:28h in Infrastructure, International Development, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by Noah Cleary 1 Comment

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This International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Noah Cleary shares what his experience with Builders Beyond Borders has taught him about making a difference Builders Beyond Borders, or B3, is a non-profit organization that engages high school and college students in local and global community...

Founding Just Love, UK Universities, Christian student, Social Justice

05 Aug Founding Just Love across UK Universities

Posted at 11:00h in Advocacy, Exploitation, Freedom, Homelessness, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by Tomas Christmas 0 Comments

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Inspiring and Releasing Every Christian Student to Pursue the Biblical Call to Social Justice. A few years ago, several students in Oxford grew frustrated by the inaction and lack of passion for justice that they saw around them – in light of the injustice they’d seen...

02 Aug Medical Missions with YWAM in Tanzania

Posted at 15:30h in Childbirth, Children, Community, Healthcare, Poverty, Volunteering, Women, Young People, Youth by Constance Lee 0 Comments

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Serving at Uzima Mission Clinic Where Fifty to Sixty Babies are Delivered Monthly, & A Hundred+ People Visit Daily During the summer of 2013, I had the privilege of going to Tanzania to partner with a Youth With A Mission base in a village just an hour south...

Microcredit, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

21 Jul Interning at the Bank for the Poor, Bangladesh

Posted at 13:03h in Business, Community, Exploitation, Freedom, Microcredit, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Women by Tim Stackhouse 1 Comment

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Lessons from my Internship at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh Grameen Bank was founded in 1983. However, its story began seven years earlier in 1976. Muhammad Yunus, then an economics Professor at the University of Chittagong, decided to experiment with the notion of extending small amounts...

18 Jul Mandela Day

Posted at 18:45h in Advocacy, AIDS, HIV, Leadership, Peace, Philanthropy, Policy, Poverty, Social Justice, Volunteering by Amelia 0 Comments

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Happy Monday and Happy Mandela Day! In 2010, the United Nations officially inaugurated July 18th (Nelson Mandela’s birthday) as an international day for keeping Mandela’s legacy alive through service to our communities. Nelson Mandela devoted 67 years of his life– at great personal expense– to the struggle...

Nigeria, Teaching, International Citizen Service

15 Jul Teaching in Nigeria just after Boko Haram kidnapping

Posted at 12:33h in Children, Community, Education, International Development, Poverty, Volunteering, Young People by Lydia Bowden 3 Comments

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My Experiences as an International Citizen Service Volunteer in Nigeria In 2014 I took part in International Citizen Service, a development programme that brings together young people from the UK and developing countries, to volunteer in some of the poorest communities in Africa, Asia and Latin...