Unlocking Barriers in Bulgaria
Margie had six weeks to buy the building her community needed. The Visible Fund closed the gap, she repaid it in full, and The Gathering Place in Tulovo, Bulgaria is now a home for the whole town.
The Business of Lasting Change
Five years after a single Visible Fund investment, a youth-run recycling business in East London, South Africa is still creating jobs, partners, and now new business owners. Scott Worley, our Catalyst there, tells the story.
When Helping Helps
Gabriel Munanjala grew up in Chibolya, Zambia, and trained as a medic with help from One Collective. He explains what that support restored in him, and why poverty is about more than money.
Presence and Partnership
Rachel and Alonso Silva have spent eight years in Santiago, Chile, building trusted friendships with youth in state group homes. Now the government has written their program into its care plans.
Nations Worship in Bulgaria
In Tulovo, Bulgaria, a teenager asked Sam Jung to teach him piano chords. Not long after, 11 musicians from German, Bulgarian, Roma and Persian backgrounds had recorded an album together.
Dove Power, Serpent Power
Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra has helped churches move from compassion to action for nearly 50 years. Her story challenges us to ask: what if justice isn’t just a cause, but a calling for the whole church?
The Difference Long-Term Partnership Makes
Long-term partnerships are where lasting change happens, but starting one well is hard. How a church, business or university can come alongside a specific community without taking it over.
A Welcoming Community for Emancipated Foster Youth
DSF Werks brings emancipated foster youth together around classic car restoration, paid internships and Motor Mondays. Founders Joel Lueb and Marci Tasche on why relationships mattered more than skills.
See Partnership In Action
Mars Hill Church in Mobile, Alabama went to Masatepe, Nicaragua to listen first. A farm, a recovery center and local pastors running the work show what that partnership built, even through 2018’s unrest.
The Impact of Strategic Partnership
Calvary Community Church in Williams Bay, Wisconsin partnered with Mapalo Trust School in Chibolya, Zambia. Retired educators, teacher-led priorities and $25,000 for classrooms show what listening first produces.
Creating Opportunity Where the Need is Great
A lending library in Bayugan, Philippines, online business training in a Middle East city, a bilingual abuse-awareness task force in Elgin, Illinois. Three local answers to a pandemic that deepened need.