How to Have Long-term Impact
Phil and Debbie Douce spent more than 40 years with vulnerable kids, from foster care in Missouri to street boys and trafficked girls in Quito, Ecuador. Why depth of relationship matters more than scale.
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.
Working Together to See the Invisible
Rachel and Alonso Silva coordinate volunteers from 10 churches to mentor young people in state care in Santiago, Chile. Yanira, who entered protection at 12, is beginning to see her own worth.
Tables Instead of Walls
In one of Fresno, California’s poorest neighborhoods, youth whose parents fear deportation hosted a Love Feast and invited the police captain. Nancy Donat on choosing a table over a wall.