Here Your feet walk. As the sun rises, your toes feel the red dirt still cold with early dew As your mother watches your silhouette shimmer and glimmer and disappear. Girls like you who’ve had to stay home, Girls like you who’ve dared to believe, Know it’s your place to weave the future. …
As Loom looks forward to the new decade ahead, we’ve gathered online with social innovators across Africa to discuss their vision for their communities. While we discussed the immense challenges they face in areas of education, job creation and healthcare, one theme that kept emerging was that of generations. “This is about the youth, the…
Enjoy a global culinary feast with us! As we continue celebrating Loom’s ten year anniversary, we want to honor the many different cultures and nations we come from to make Loom what it is today. From Thailand to Cameroon, each Loomer has submitted their favorite recipe for this virtual dinner party from around the world.…
Vuka small business graduates have been working hard for several months to launch their new social enterprises. Hear them share what they have learned in their own words – their joys and struggles, stories and celebrations. Geoff and Beatrice: “We are celebrating the start of the peanut butter making! Little by little it is…
Ten years ago, a small team of international trainers walked up a red clay path and entered a classroom in Kigali, Rwanda. Inside sat fifty pastors, teachers, caregivers, Sunday school leaders, and nonprofit workers who would become the first-ever participants of the Celebrating Children Workshop. The month-long workshop was the product of two and a…
In each community Loom engages, we discover extraordinary people. They have emerged from the same circumstances as those around them. Some were refugees from wars, others were orphans, others knew the nightly pain of going to bed hungry. Some walked miles to school and never saw a library until they were a teenager. Yet they…
After decades of aid all over the globe, the overwhelming reality is: it hasn’t worked. Nearly 1,000 children under age 5 still die every day from contaminated water and poor sanitation. Each year, close to 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution. Hunger still kills more people every year than…
This Zulu greeting has been on our tongues and in our hearts for much of the past ten years. It literally means “I see you.” More than words of politeness, sawubona carries the importance of recognizing the worth and dignity of each person. It says, “I see the whole of you—your experiences, your passions, your…
“In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn…let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.” – John Lewis Around the world, we have paused…
It is not difficult to see the impact that COVID is making on the world. Every single day brings new stories and information that can send anyone into a personal landslide. The world is in a frenzied state where most information is unknown and heartbreak remains the title of all headlines. In the midst of…
