Metanoia Community Development Corporation and its activities
After-school program for young leadersIn 2002, the Chicora-Cherokee community had the highest per-capita rate of child poverty in South Carolina. This prompted Metanoia’s founders, the Revs. Bill...
View ArticleMichael Faye and Paul Niehaus: Trust the poor to make decisions
GiveDirectly’s mission is summed up in its name. Using cutting-edge technology, American donors can transfer cash to people in Kenya and Uganda who are living in extreme poverty.It’s a simple idea, but...
View ArticleMaya Ajmera: Luck, timing, strategy and hard work
Maya Ajmera founded the Global Fund for Children in 1993 with the “hallucinogenic optimism” and youthful naiveté that she could create an organization that would help children -- including street...
View ArticleCharlie Hale: Building a movement of young leaders in global health
Global Health Corps, a nonprofit that recruits young professionals to work in the field of global health, is based on two simple ideas, says Charlie Hale.The first is that health care is more complex...
View ArticleCarol R. Naughton: How willing are you to cause disruptive change?
When Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta nonprofit that works to revitalize troubled neighborhoods across the nation, is trying to recruit community leaders, it asks them a clear but tough question:...
View ArticleAn NYC nonprofit is a perfect catalyst, rallying communities to address...
Twenty-four years ago, Rosanne Haggerty transformed the way homelessness is addressed in New York City. She founded a nonprofit that renovated run-down buildings and converted them into housing for...
View ArticleRosanne Haggerty: These problems are solvable
Rosanne Haggerty has worked on the issue of homelessness for 30 years, and in that time she’s come to realize that, contrary to public belief, even the most complex problems can be solved.The key, she...
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