They perform 66% of the world’s work, earn only 10% of its income, and own only 1% of the world’s property. The girl child has been unofficially dubbed as being endangered due to infanticide, sexual exploitation and statelessness. And yet, the world not only needs women for obvious reasons, the world needs women because of […]
...continue readingAuthor Archive for 52
I don’t think Shane ever pictured himself doing this. I am going to guess that he never, ever wanted to think about it again. But this time, when it came back to him, he was ready for it.
His earliest memory was coming through the front door of his house at the age of five, and […]
Love is a word we use so often in the English language that we sometimes forget the power and force behind what it means to truly love. I love chocolate, but I also love my husband. I love sunshine but I also love my family. In our current culture, people fall in and out of […]
...continue readingSometimes the time is right to bring about instant change. Sometimes our words or actions become part of long chain of events that bring about the occurrence of hope. Always, in what we do in Absolute, we are doing it with the intention that in some way we are going to be able to be […]
...continue readingThe Arroyo Seco school and community centre was built by hand - many hands from around the world. It started with one man’s vision to educate a community and it has done that. But it has become about more than that. It has become a place of hope, signifying a future that people dared not […]
...continue readingJudel’s smile lights up his eyes and is as wide as his whole face. He is quiet and shy, but always full of insight when you sit down to talk to him. Judel is incredibly kind, meek and full of hopeful thoughts. I have never known him to be demanding or ungrateful about anything in […]
...continue readingHappy New Year!
One of the main things that we have realized over the last few years is the power of personal story. One child dying of hunger is a tragedy…. 10,000 dying daily, sadly, is just a number. We have begun to understand, that hearing real life stories is the best way to get a […]