Women Rebuild Haiti
Fight Hunger and Oppose Congress' SNAP Decision Don't let the government make any more cuts to hunger-fighting programs!
More than two million people would be dropped from our food stamp program (SNAP) on September 30 if the current version of the Farm Bill passes. The time to act is NOW.
Healthy Food Carts for Kids in Indonesia
Street kids and children of the urban poor rely on "fast food" around the world. In Indonesia, street carts often serve as a primary source of meals for young children. Mercy Corps' KeBAL ('My Child's Cafe') has grown from a small nutrition project in 2009 to a sustainable venture that may serve as a model for fighting malnutrition across Asia.
Read more and watch video footage here.
A New Pair of Shoes Protects More Than The Feet
Tim Kunin, CEO of GreaterGood, Lynn Peterson, Director of Media Outreach at GreaterGood.org, Michelle Schechtman, Handmade/Fair Trade Buyer from GreaterGood, and Leah Davis Ewart, a GreaterGood intern, traveled to Haiti this spring to visit nonprofit partners and artisan/fair trade companies. It was a chance to see first hand what clicks, shopping, and donations can do in a country still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake.
Mom Walks For Six Hours to Save Her Malnourished Child
Maya's mother Janaki married at the age of 15. She had three older children as well as a mentally ill husband. Although the staff of the Nyaya Health's Bayalpata Hospital urged the mother to stay so they could closely monitor Maya while they nourished her back to health, there was nobody else to take care of her family.
"As Janaki walked out of the hospital with Maya, I worried that we would never see them again," said Rajeev, who is the U.S. Watsi coordinator for Nyaya Health.
