The devastating earthquake of January 2010 has made it virtually impossible for Haitians to make a living. Raw materials have been wiped out, there are a lack of secure and sanitary conditions and little funding to support economic relief. For the first time since the January 2010 earthquake, the artisans of Jackmel are working again and making a living. BRANDAID [...]
Cura Orphanage is a residence for nearly 50 children, ages 4 to 13 who have lost their parents to AIDS, in Kenya, Africa. The Orphanage raised funds to build a rabbit hutch last year, which has not only provided food but income when the rabbits are sold in the market. To date, nearly all 50 in the home received a [...]
Room To Read, an organization committed to educating children in order to better our world, screened “Changing the World on Vacation,” a film by DEEDA Productions, to their directors. This film follows the work of PEPY, a grassroots organization in Cambodia that has become a leader in responsible “voluntourism” and education. After the Room to Read directors viewed the film [...]
Recently, the DJ AM Memorial Fund has donated funding and DJ Equipment to the Phoenix House Academy of Los Angeles. Much like DJ AM, Phoenix House works to help those communities, families, and individuals battling substance addiction. Their holistic approach to understanding and conquering addiction includes a music program that the DJ AM Memorial Fund was excited to support. Over [...]
After six weeks in the Sichuan Province of China, the launch of an alpine climbing school, two first ascents of incredible peaks, and injured friend and a rescue, the Elevation team has returned home to the USA. During the expedition, the team spent time in Rilong, a small village recovering from the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake. Alongside some of the [...]
During their trip to Nairobi, Elischia and Francis had a chance encounter on a bus heading to Kibera. They met Sister Roselyn Osoo, a friendly and laughter filled individual who worked at the organization Gods Last Appeal Chruch (GLAC), which is a church that doubles as different community centers in Kenya. Sister Roselyn’s chapter doubled as a school. GLAC was [...]
In the few sneak-previews screenings of the film to approximately 1,000 people, the majority has expressed that they learned a lot from the film that is applicable to their day-to-day lives. Many people have said that just watching the film has made them happier. Recently, a woman came to a screening that we had in Bali who said that she [...]
Juan Gerardo Ayala “Liqui” is from Capapegua, a small farm town, two hours away from Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. Liqui’s mom works as a maid in Asuncion and his dad is a driver. Liqui was able to learn the flute thanks to Szaran’s free music program that reaches children of low-income families in remote towns.Liqui is the flutist of [...]
The Hilde Back Education Fund (HBEF) continues to keep students in school, where they are not only taught vital life skills, but also the importance of psychological and social motivation. Hannah Waruingi is the Finance Officer at the Hilde Back Education Fund. Hannah pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business Administration, Finance option at the United States International University in [...]
Healing Sounds‘ orchestra and its accompanying music program have started a construction workshop in the forgotten reaches of rural Paraguay which will last 9 months. At these workshops, street kids learn how to build instruments made out of trash, and then are taught by the kids already in the orchestra to play their unique and personal instruments. As the lives [...]
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