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…
Do your summer plans involve some time in the sun? Looking for the perfect book for that beach read or long flight? Here are ten books that made our summer reading list! Brave Souls: Experiencing the Audacious Power of Empathy Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City The Dressmaker…
Loom is excited to announce a new partnership with Sypora Achieng, Early Childhood Education Services Coordinator. Sypora grew up in Kenya, where she was in and out of school due to a lack of school fees. “I had dreams,” she said with a grin, “to be a news anchor!” After graduating from secondary school, she…
Ending Hunger in BurundiDESCRIPTION: In Kibezi, Burundi, the indigenous Batwa are perpetually struggling to survive while being denied land rights. Their work as pot makers does not provide enough income to meet the cost of survival in a community still recovering from Burundi’s civil war. Unemployment estimates in the Kabezi region are as high as…
No Hunger in VietnamDESCRIPTION: The yoke of poverty hinders and robs many around the world of opportunity. The second Sustainable Development Goal is “No Hunger,” because hunger is inexplicably linked with poverty and the lack of health and opportunity. Globally, Asia is the continent with the hungriest people – two thirds of the total population. YWAM…
Women’s Empowerment in EngitaniDESCRIPTION: Ending poverty requires the creative leveraging and distribution of resources. At the women’s mill in the village of Engitani, Tanzania, women are learning to collectively address the problem of poverty in their community. Together they run a mill for the maize grown in surrounding areas, and collectively decide how to allocate…
No Poverty in UgandaDESCRIPTION: Up to 42% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line. The first Sustainable Development goal is “No Poverty,” because poverty doesn’t just cause hunger or homelessness. It also manifests in limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion, and the breakdown of…
Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to create sustainable change. Yet according to global statistics, just 39 percent of rural girls attend secondary school or have any kind of job skills training, and it is estimated that 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls. Without education a woman’s…
We are deeply saddened by the news of Jean Vanier’s passing today. Vanier was a important voice to the power of community and the dignity and value of the poor. His heart and his voice will be greatly missed, but we hope his mission lives on. To honor Vanier’s legacy, we wanted to share some…
