Alina Mattson, a senior from Sewickley Academy in Pittsburgh, joined us for a trip last year and took the reigns this year to organize a trip for her fellow classmates. We admire her can do attitude and follow through and we look forward to her contributions for years to come. Check out her recap on her trip with us.
Read MoreThis year's Beach Day is a wrap! We had a blast with our 200 family members, team, and friends.
Read MoreThank you to our friends who helped us hit goal at our annual Pittsburgh event of the year to accompany our families into good, dignified jobs.
Read MoreWe were joined by supporters on our latest trip where we worked to build capacity of our programs in the community.
Read MoreWhen you return from a developing country, people always ask, “How was your trip?” “What did you do?” “What was it like?” More than once I’ve heard, “Is it as bad as it looks?” While I don’t struggle to answer those types of questions, I rarely trust that my answers adequately represent the experience. It’s very difficult to understand the conflicting ways that a people and culture can exist. Haiti, and Haitians are no exception to that statement.
Read MoreSo, why run across Haiti? Why put my body through 371km over only 8 days? This distance seems absurd to some people, nearly impossible to others. But for me, it signifies how ‘one foot in front of the other’ creates a movement.
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