“Shame on you for going to the witch doctor and sacrificing your son just so that you can get rich.” These are the words Magreth Paschal read in a text message one day about her son with Down Syndrome. In Tanzania, where she lives, it is still believed that people have Down Syndrome because their…
“I am fascinated by stories I hear, stories of people, the choices people have, and the decisions they make with them. I heard about Loom from a mutual friend, and what interested me most was Loom’s grassroots approach in lifting vulnerable communities of the world out of poverty through the involvement of their own community…
Nightlight ThailandDESCRIPTION: More people globally are expected to join the middle class over the next two decades. This is good for individual prosperity but it will increase demand for more services, including the sex industry which thrives in many areas of the world, such as Thailand. NightLight Bangkok builds trusting relationships with individuals in the…
Sustainable Communities in New DelhiDESCRIPTION: Lal Kuan, a slum area in New Delhi, India, is an area with high poverty and lack of opportunity. Most children do not go to school, but instead help their parents by working as garbage collectors, carwashers, or helping in shops. Nearby government schools are known for being crowded, with …
Project Destiny KidsDESCRIPTION: Project Destiny Kids (PDK) is a nonprofit organization reaching out the needs of street children in Butuan City in the Philippines. PDK consists of weekly outreaches to street children in the streets and a rehabilitation home called The Shelter. Their desire is to reach out to hurting, neglected, abused, addicted children and…
Reduced Inequality in MumbaiDESCRIPTION: For the poorest girls in Mumbai the inequality gap is staggering, leaving them extremely vulnerable. Female adult literacy rate in India stands at 47%. Many never receive an education and are never able to get employment that provides for their basic survival. Many end up falling prey to traffickers. The social innovators…
Reduced Inequality for First NationsDESCRIPTION: The life of America’s first citizens, especially those now living on federal reservations, is quite different from the majority of Americans. Broken treaties, historic poverty, isolation, racism and injustice are still impacting Native Americans today. The tenth Sustainable Development Guide is Reduced Inequality, is particularly applicable to this people group who still face prejudice,…
Trauma Informed ClassroomsDESCRIPTION: According to the Fourth Sustainable Development Goal (Quality Education), ‘more than half of children and adolescents worldwide are not meeting minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics. Refocused efforts are needed to improve the quality of education’. Improving education is not just about equipping teachers in literacy techniques, but understanding how children…
Barriers to Education Among the Most VulnerableDESCRIPTION: More than half of children that have not enrolled in school live in sub-Saharan Africa, making it the region with the largest number of out-of-school children in the world. In this region girls still face many barriers to entering both primary and secondary school. These disadvantages in education also translate into…
Health and Wellbeing in NepalDESCRIPTION: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Children born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the age of five as those from wealthier families. This is why the third Sustainable Development Goal is “Good Health and Wellbeing.” Dinesh…
