Jesus loves the poor – but what does that look like? Here are 6 Bible verses about helping the poor – and what they mean for us. 1. The Tithing Widow The Lord cares about someone’s heart – not their financial status Mark 12:41-44 41 And he (Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury and watched […]
Category Archives: Nonprofit & Charity
Bissau Campus, Nonprofit & Charity, WAVS News & Updates
The behind-the-scenes story of how we opened the Bissau campus
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May
May
We all know it takes three things to start a fire: heat, fuel and oxygen. It also takes three things to turn a dream into reality: faith, a great team, and people like yourself who invest in the vision early on. Just like a fire, if you don’t have all three, you’re left with nothing. […]
About Guinea-Bissau, Nonprofit & Charity
5 reasons apprenticeships in Africa don’t prepare youth for real-world work (and how vocational schools can help)
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Feb
Feb
In many parts of Africa, it’s common for young people learn a new job skill through an informal apprenticeship. But these apprenticeships are much different than the apprenticeships offered in places like the United States or Germany, where formal training at a trade school is often paired with the apprenticeship. In Africa, apprentices often end […]
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Jan
Jan
”Eat your dinner. There are starving children in Africa!” … so our parents told us when we were kids. Well, we know now that this was just a ploy to get us to eat our squishy, overcooked peas. But even as adults, we can still get guilted into doing things that don’t actually do much […]
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Aug
Aug
When you click “donate” to buy school supplies for a kid in Africa, to help a woman in India start a business, or to help feed a poor family in rural Guatemala – where does your money go? Nonprofits usually try to give donors a simple message: Donate $50 now to help someone in poverty. […]
Nonprofit & Charity
How to help people in poverty: Donate to nonprofits that give OPPORTUNITY, not CHARITY.
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Jun
Jun
For a long time, nonprofits have tried to help people in poverty through charity – by giving them things for free. Free meals, free clothes, free electricity-generating soccer balls. Free anything. The reason is simple: unlike businesses, nonprofits are not funded by the people they serve (the homeless don’t pay for shelters, for example). Instead, […]
