Redesigning recovery
Creative Matters offers new chance at imaginative career In Los Angeles, one residential treatment center is taking its client job placement program further by providing professional internships and jobs. Creative Matters is a full service creative agency staffed almost exclusively by those
Can a job save the world?
With creativity and commitment, The Adventure Project is putting people to work. Becky Straw has an energy and zeal you can feel. She has an ease about her that permeates from her hazel-green eyes. Straw is the co-founder of the nonprofit The
Riding through recovery
While the road to recovery from addiction or trauma is particularly long and bumpy, any road is better traveled on a bicycle. Gearing Up offers women in transition from abuse, addiction or incarceration the skills, equipment and guidance to safely ride
Behind the lights
Its glitz and glamour are known the world over. Home to the entertainment industry, studios and stations dot the map below the iconic, white, 45-foot-tall Hollywood Sign. Yet hiding behind the lights is a population of homeless, drifting youth looking for
Carry an education
A porter named Benson helped Matthew Clough summit Mt. Kilimanjaro, carrying a heavy rucksack and thus enabling Clough to reach the top. On the climb down, Clough learned that Benson didn’t earn enough to put a child through school. Eager
Education is life
The violence against Malala Yousafzi wasn’t an isolated incident. Around the world, people—girls, in particular—fight to earn an education. The world recently cried #BringBackOurGirls as nearly 300 high-school girls were held captive. The name of the extremist group responsible for
Flipped Learning
It started with one student. Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, tutored one of his cousins in math via phone and interactive notepad. At the time, Khan was an analyst at a Boston-based hedge fund, and eventually his one student turned
As American family changes, mission to help remains
In her 16 years of service at The Salvation Army, Ana Aguirre has seen the American family change before her eyes. As program director for the Zahn Memorial Center, an emergency shelter for families in downtown Los Angeles, Aguirre is
The Food 4 Life Market
Walk into Sydney’s Food 4 Life Market and something might confuse you: None of the products have price tags. That’s because customers always pay the same price for all of their groceries––just $15. The Salvation Army in Australia opened the Food
Back in business
Jerry Ernst was sitting pretty, making a cool $140,000 a year in retail management. All the while, he was battling an addiction to methamphetamines. Eventually, his addiction caught up with him and landed him in prison. Ernst is now 46 and
Transforming water
A book you won’t put down [huge_it_slider id="13"] From a straw filter to household water filtration units, borehole wells, pump repair, water systems and water source fencing, to proper sanitation training and development and integrated hygiene curriculum programs, WATERisLIFE has worked since
Modern miracles
In Zimbabwe, Howard Hospital offers health and care. [huge_it_slider id="8"] The Salvation Army has served the people of the Chiweshe community since 1923 when Howard Institute, a school, was founded some 50 miles north of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. The hospital