Category: Local Heroes

  • Rejesha Project

    Rejesha Project

    The name Rejesha is derived from the Kiswahili word ‘kurejesha’, which means to restore or return. Founded in 2019, their mission is to create a compassionate environment where marginalized women in commercial sex work can find healing, hope, and pathways to sustainable employment. Many women are driven to commercial sex work by circumstance, be it…

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  • HungerMitao

    HungerMitao

    1 in 7 people in North Texas faced food challenges in 2023, the majority of whom are children. Overall, Texas is leading the nation in food insecurity with 5.4 million people facing hunger. HungerMitao is a volunteer movement marshaling the Indian American community against the hunger crisis. Rather than creating another 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Raj…

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  • Kreative Change

    Kreative Change

    Kreative Change is an NGO based in Pune that focuses on furthering education in India (Grades 6-10), especially in areas that are often isolated from the rest of the country or face difficulties in terms of education. In July of 2024, Mr. Saurabh, a Bangalore resident passionate about teaching and helping the younger generation, joined…

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  • Usikimye

    Usikimye

    “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor” Desmond Tutu  In Kenya, there is an ongoing femicide crisis, and now more than ever, women are the most unsafe group in the country. However, organizations such as the Usikimye stand as a beacon of hope and female empowerment…

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