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.

Five years after one Visible Fund investment, a youth-run recycling business in East London, South Africa still creates jobs and partners, and its first new business owner. Catalyst Scott Worley tells it.

Calderon, on the edge of Quito, Ecuador: David and a team of local skaters run a park built by skaters for skaters. Young people written off as troublemakers are becoming leaders, and the team needs a new one.

Oxford, England: Ben spent years hidden at home, isolated by anxiety. One invitation to a friendship lab at The Jungle got him out the door, and that small step is still changing everything.

Oxford, England: after a season of loss and anxiety, Nikki needed somewhere she and her daughter could feel safe. At The Jungle she found warmth, friends and something close to family.

Santiago, Chile: Rachel and Alonso work inside government group homes, pairing official care with long-term mentors and local churches. What it takes for a young person in care to trust an adult again.

One teenager’s wish to learn piano grew into a music ministry that now brings people from five nations together to worship. How a small ask became a movement for unity.

Masatepe and Papagayo, Nicaragua: a short tour of the communities where One Collective’s work is growing. See the people and places for yourself instead of imagining them.

Masatepe, Nicaragua: Lauren went to make a difference and came home changed. Conversations with local families and quiet reflection turned one week into the start of a long-term calling.

Hope Trainor on what a gap year in Nicaragua does to your friendships, family ties and sense of belonging. Why stepping away from home can bring you closer to the people in it.

Hope Trainor went to Nicaragua on a short-term trip and is now moving there for two years with One Collective’s team. The provision and sense of belonging that made the decision clear.

Oxford, England has world-class education and every resource, yet loneliness is rising. How a small team is building the kind of community the city is missing, one gathering at a time.

Athens, Greece: One Collective works alongside local churches and organizations to reach women caught in sexual exploitation. Why no single group can end trafficking alone, and what happens when they team up.

Tulovo, Bulgaria: a simple round table where teenagers share dreams and find purpose. How a weekly meal is raising a generation that believes in its own worth and passes that on.

Tulovo, Bulgaria: generations of division kept Bulgarians and Roma apart. Teens, men and women now gather at the same table and find they are not so different after all.

Change starts with one leader, a Catalyst who brings people and resources together to break cycles of poverty and injustice. How a single community’s turnaround becomes a movement where no one is invisible.

South Africa: local leaders are building businesses that fund the work and create jobs in their own communities. Why social enterprise, not aid, is the path to change that lasts.

A short look at One Collective’s global strategy: local leaders, whole-community work and partners who stay. See how the pieces fit and where you could join in.

Joe Pringle on how he and his wife Tammy made unconventional choices so their children would grow up generous. A clip from his conversation with Scott Olson on the Lasting Change podcast.

Quito, Ecuador: local leaders are taking ownership of change in their own neighborhoods, and it is spreading. See what happens when the people who live there set the agenda.

Athens, Greece: Jordyn Fouts left everything familiar to serve with One Collective in a new country. How she found purpose, community and a deeper faith when nothing felt certain.

From the cobblestone streets of Mishkara to the shanties of Masatepe: how one life, one Catalyst and one spark grow into a community that meets its own needs. The model behind everything One Collective does.

Quito, Ecuador: One Collective partners with local leaders to give at-risk kids education, support and a way forward. What lasting change looks like for a young person growing up on the margins.

Calderon, Quito, Ecuador: La Roca opened a skate park and found one of the best ways to love a neighborhood. How skating became friendship, mentoring and a place to belong.

Masatepe, Nicaragua: deep friendships, local leadership and ventures that fund themselves are breaking cycles of poverty and addiction. How change here happens one life at a time.

The Lasting Change podcast introduces leaders around the world who are solving complex problems with sustainable strategy, fresh ideas and a lot of humility. A trailer for what you will learn from them.

What if your giving worked like an investment? The Visible Fund blends impact investing and philanthropy to back local changemakers, and every dollar is accountable and repaid to go to work again.

Zambia: local leaders and One Collective walk with women escaping poverty and abuse through faith, skills training and farming. What a sustainable path out looks like from the inside.

A longtime One Collective donor received an unexpected inheritance and chose to turn it into a legacy. How one family’s faith and generosity will care for people in need for generations.