Your Investment in Entrepreneurs Puts People First in Venezuela
Your Investment in Entrepreneurs Puts People First in Venezuela Our cohort of female entrepreneurs have had their small businesses open for 6 months. Collage by Kara Schectman from photos by our local partner. “Feeling that you are useful is really good,” Edgardelis says, an impish grin spreading across her face.…
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Venezuela Crisis: Abel’s Hungry. You Can Help.
As a parent, there are so many things you imagine yourself doing. Waking up a dozen times a night to make sure the baby is still breathing. Dealing with massive diaper blow-outs. Stroller walks and play dates at the park. Then there are the moments no one prepared you for,…
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You Can’t Drink Oil
Venezuela is facing a water crisis, and almost no one is talking about it. We visited a friend this week as he bought some water for his house. It looks clean, but you shouldn’t drink it. He doesn’t have any choice, though. He and his five children need water to…
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Living Her Last Days In Peace
“I would feel really peaceful and happy if I had some food for every day, for several weeks.” It was something of a dream for Hermilda, to have access to a few weeks worth of food, to be free from the worry of starving. “I ask God to send me his…
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Putting People First Creates New Hope in Venezuela
Raindrops plunked down on the zinc metal roof, sounding like a thousand tiny feet, dancing. Inside her house, Yajaira held out her outstretched palm and laughed. “I’m not getting wet anymore!” Yajaira laughed again, remembering how it had also rained as she rebuilt her roof, making the process all the…
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Put People First with a Holiday Meal in Juarez
Excitement crackled through the main room, which had been prepared for the occasion. All around the communal tables sat people ready to give thanks. “I’m grateful because I will cross tomorrow,” said one person who had been waiting months for an appointment. “I’m grateful because I’m waiting [here], and I’m…
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Food Packs Foster Connection to an Isolated Indigenous Community in Mexico
You’re clasping at the inside handle of the truck door as your car edges along a mountain peak, following old tire marks up a jagged, zig-zag dirt road. The truck drags a trailer, laden with food packs. Dust streaks the windows as the truck skids around a boulder, partially blocking…
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Putting People First with our Mobile Canteen
The clock reads 3:55 am. Nine-year-old Daniel* swings his legs over the side of the bed, quickly dresses, grabs a cart and some bags, and heads towards the lake. He races the Venezuelan sun, rising just over the horizon. Along Lake Maracaibo’s brackish water’s edge, he scrounges for pieces of…
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Putting People First with our Mobile Canteen
The clock reads 3:55 am. Nine-year-old Daniel* swings his legs over the side of the bed, quickly dresses, grabs a cart and some bags, and heads towards the lake. He races the Venezuelan sun, rising just over the horizon. Along Lake Maracaibo’s brackish water’s edge, he scrounges for pieces of…
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