It’s Not What You Think It Is
Researcher Joy Lee on why dramatic rescue stories distort Christian anti-trafficking work. The case for listening to survivors, protecting their agency and accepting that recovery is rarely a straight line.
Change-Maker
Libbie spent her life next to Chibolya, Zambia, and wanted a place where people could know God and learn to provide for themselves. She died in April 2022; the young women she helped carry on her work.
Setting the Stage for Lasting Change
In Chibolya, Zambia, a women’s empowerment program started by Ben and Kristin Choitz is helping women like Sylvia, a single mother of six, build real businesses. A new ministry center is about to multiply it.
Generosity That Multiplies
After selling their business, Robert and Tessa Swarthout wanted their giving to build independence, not dependence. Why One Collective’s model gave them a way to invest in communities shaping their own futures.
Empowering Innovation that Transforms a Community
In Buffalo City, South Africa, a generation of job scarcity has left young adults disillusioned. Catalyst Scott Worley is piloting entrepreneurial training that starts with mindset, not short-term fixes.
Rebuilding Hope Together
When war sent displaced families into Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Doug Landro’s team had 14 churches and 21 organizations already at the table. How those ties became 18 solar-powered tiny homes and a community center.
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.
Hope in Complex Situations
In central Athens, Greece, Danielle Kelly’s team could not serve every need at once, so they focused on mental health and dignity. How showers, laundry and meals with a local church changed a man named Chet.
Finding Healing & Unity Together
In Tulovo, Bulgaria, Catalyst Margie Brown works with Rroma families facing generations of segregation. An after-school program, girls training as hairstylists and Mira’s preschool dream show healing beginning.
Empowering Communities for Exponential Change
Aaron Passmore in Quito, Ecuador on why the work starts with relationship and a safe place to grow, and why no one should be the hero. Healthy people make healthy community, and that community makes more.
The Impact of Investing in Generosity
Jared and Lori Blong asked how they could do more than support their church. A serve, pray, pay framework and a donor-advised fund changed how they give. Their view: passive investments never get it done.
A Vision for Sustainable Change
Hector Chavez met Catalyst Nancy Donat as a teen in Lowell, a Fresno, California neighborhood with few paths forward. Now he wants to lead the change she started, and she is doing it again in Hidalgo.
Innovative Solutions that Create Lasting Change
In a rural South Asian community where most families cannot afford school, a villager named James suggested beekeeping. Seven farmers trained, hives are multiplying and each new one creates jobs.
The Gift of Generosity
When Tony Parmer inherited the family estate, the money felt like a weight. Planned-giving help from One Collective turned that anxiety into a plan to give now and later to young women escaping oppression.
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.
Creating Opportunity When the Need is Great
In a Middle Eastern city creating half the jobs it needs, Caleb and Jessica launched online business training early when lockdowns loosened startup rules. Sarah, jobless for seven years, now supports her family.
Opening the Door for Lasting Change
Kimberly was selling drugs at nine and in prostitution at twelve so her sisters could eat. In Quito, Ecuador, she found Debbie’s ministry, and during lockdown she helped deliver food to women no one else remembered.
Seeing What’s Possible Through the Ways of Jesus
Doug Landro noticed Roma pastors left out of a prayer breakfast in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. From a trash cleanup to a donated X-ray machine, how one Catalyst’s network grew into an alliance of thirty groups.
The Difference You Make Around the World
Haya fled war in the Middle East and was labeled a refugee everywhere she went, until she reached a One Collective ministry in Europe. Her thank-you shows what your giving means to one person.
The Impact of Generosity
Tim and Becky Obendorf have given to One Collective for over a decade, and Tim serves on its board. Why they expect giving to produce real, accountable results, and what a visit to South Africa settled.