Lessons of Charity Resilience in Haiti
On August 14, 2021, Hope for Haiti, a US-based nonprofit focused on improving the quality of life for Haitian people, found its local headquarters in Les Cayes, Haiti at the epicenter of a massive earthquake. The timing of the quake could scarcely have been worse for...
Fighting Hunger in Colombia
A 2018 United Nations study found that food insecurity is a deadlier crisis than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined: 9 million people die each year from hunger and hunger-related diseases. Banco de Alimentos was founded in 2001 to reduce food insecurity in the...
Celebrating Expressions of Faith, Diversity, and Culture through the Arts
Observed by Muslims worldwide, the holy month of Ramadan is the most sacred time of year in the Islamic faith. Nearly 2 billion Muslims celebrate this spiritual period, or roughly one-quarter of the world’s population. It is a time of spiritual unity that binds this...
Preserving our Waterways for Tomorrow
There are an estimated 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in the world’s oceans. With single-use bags found even in the depths of the Mariana trench, the deepest sea floor, no place is untouched by our inorganic waste. Plastic is an enormous threat to marine mammals,...