Bringing Skills From Syria To Jordan Manar lives in Jordan with her husband and two daughters. She is a Syrian refugee and a mother with big dreams. Manar dreams of having her own small business to support her family side-by-side with her husband. As a skilled embroiderer, she creates pieces of decorative art with colourful Read more…
Fighting For Equality In Nepal
Discrimination in Rural Areas of Nepal Radhika Rana and her family have been branded “The Untouchables of the Untouchables” by everyone they know in the Badi Community, ever since Radhika can remember. This cruelty stemmed from caste-based discrimination that looked down on people based on superficial traits such as skin tone. Despite the caste-based system Read more…
Investing in People and Business
Ricardo’s Business in Simon Pele Political instability, food shortages, unemployment, a lack of basic infrastructure, and disasters have kept most Haitians trapped in a cycle of poverty for generations. Ricardo Toussaint, 31, is a small-business owner in Simon Pele, Haiti. He lives with his wife and two children, Roodson (9yrs old) and Roodmia (5yrs old). Read more…
Growing Home Together
One of the families who have been helped thanks to the generosity of people like you is Tat and Khon, who were supported with a new home through Habitat for Humanity Cambodia after a lifetime of poor housing. Tat lost part of one leg when he stepped on a landmine during the civil war period. Read more…
How Women Are Changing Philanthropy
Rebecca McMurray is Director, Private Philanthropy at UK for UNHCR, the UK National Partner for UNHCR, where her role is to build high-impact partnerships with philanthropic individuals. She is joining us for this month’s blog to explore the growing significance of women-led philanthropy, and what that means for causes supported. How Women Are Changing Philanthropy Read more…
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