Sarah Shearer – Horizon: Empower the Orphaned

Sarah ShearerJuly 23, 2021Uncategorized 0 comments

Coffee’s Bitter Reality.

Exploitation to Empowerment. Some of the world’s largest coffee-producing countries also have a high prevalence of poverty and abandoned children. A child, barely old enough to work, labors in the field day after day. Her days under the sun are long, stretching from night to night. The pay she receives is vastly disproportionate to..

Sarah ShearerJuly 13, 2021Impact Investing, Uncategorized 0 comments

Play Ball!

La Providencia's new sports court PLAY BALL! La Providencia is home to the newest sports court in the area! This multi-purpose court, built for basketball, soccer and volleyball, sits on a high point of the community’s property. By late afternoon, the courts is filled with children deep into a soccer match or other game. By..

Sarah ShearerJuly 13, 2021Family First 0 comments

Global Talent

TALENTS GLOBAL A talent is developed in the little moments, through arduous practice behind the scenes. A chance to showcase the fruit of that labor can help motivate people to go the extra mile, and kids are no different. Recently, kids in the community had that opportunity through staff-organized events. Kids got their paint..

Sarah ShearerJuly 13, 2021Family First, Kenya 0 comments

Testing into the Future

TESTING INTO THE FUTURE Education is never easy — but for some families, it's nearly impossible. Parents wake up as early as 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, leaving home to do meagre jobs, such as weeding or harvesting on a local farm. Their goal is often one of survival: putting food on the..

Sarah ShearerJuly 12, 2021Impact Investing, Kenya 0 comments

Computer Literacy at Baba Nyumbani

A KEY TO THE FUTURE AT BABA NYUMBANI COMPUTER LITERACY The room is light blue, lined on all sides with wooden desks and dividers. Older children in the community come in, sit down at their desks and press the “on” button. An entire world opens up in front of them. Computer access in the 21st..

Sarah ShearerJune 22, 2021Family First 0 comments

ATTUNED TO THE MUSIC

ATTUNED TO THE MUSIC No one needs to convince Paulyne, Fernmonica or Lewinsky of the power of music. These girls are just a few who make their surroundings a little more beautiful with their art – art that takes the barriers out of language and, just maybe, some of the hurt out of life. “I..

Sarah ShearerJune 22, 2021Family First, Guatemala 0 comments

EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION

TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION The brightly decorated classrooms are divided into arts and reading areas. Teachers sit with students in small groups, helping them sound out words and read books on their own -- some of them, for the very first time. The students work through their classwork, with access to help, in a positive, productive atmosphere. ..

Sarah ShearerJune 22, 2021Impact Investing 0 comments

LET THE LIGHT SHINE IN

LET THE LIGHT SHINE IN Sustainability comes in many forms. Sometimes, it comes through profits from in-country businesses: think Guatemala's plantain farm or Honduras' coffee farm. Other times, sustainability beams down directly from above. Horizon's team in Zacapa, Guatemala has finished installing 99 solar panels to harness the sun’s energy. The road to the panels was a complex..