This past week we received an update from John Mukolwe, a Social Innovator who has been part of development work in a village called Engikaret. For years the Engikaret clinic has been operating only when they could afford to bring in a doctor and supplies. Women and children would walk for five or six hours…
Bosco Tuli is a social innovator working near Lira, Uganda in the wake of Northern Uganda’s civil war. His goal is to give the youth of Uganda an opportunity to rebuild their future through education and job skills training. Northern Uganda is recovering from over two decades of armed conflict, which resulted in the displacement…
“I’ve never sat in better training, ever.” – Jane Brenda, Uganda “It’s one of the best trainings I’ve ever done. It opened my mind. I learned so much about trauma-related issues and their impact on children.” – Helen, Kenya “This training filled a void that I had and it is not to me alone but…
In September 2015, 193 United Nations (UN) member states adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to be pursued by 2030, and pledged to “leave no one behind” while endeavoring to reach “the furthest behind first.” What does this mean? Individuals are left behind when they are trapped in cycles of extreme poverty. They are left behind as…
“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…
In November of 2016, Loom took our first Woven trip of friends to meet with partners on the field in Tanzania. It was there that Ike Kim, who is now a member of the Loom staff, had a vision of partnership through the many medical needs he saw there. Sixteen months later, the first Woven…
Shame is dangerous. If you haven’t watched Brene Brown’s TED Talks on shame and vulnerability, do yourself a favor—stop right now and do it. They’re phenomenal. She discusses the crippling effects of shame on our ability to live whole-hearted lives and explains how it is the single greatest obstacle to our ability to accept and…
