Tag: Non-Profit

Prison libraries help residents gain new perspectives. Now, a non-profit organisation in the US is supporting communities with libraries of a different kind. Founded by a 17-year-old female high school student, the organisation uses public libraries and food banks to address the impact of ‘food deserts’, providing residents with seed packs free of charge. Locals thus have the opportunity...

A venture capital firm is specifically backing LGBTQ+ teams, while an app focuses on the community’s mental health. For some time, a German non-profit organisation has been using wool from gay rams to promote its pro-LGBTQ+ message. A message that was recently given a global platform with financial help from a queer dating app: special wool pieces, whose designer...

An app is inspiring children to read books. But as a non-profit organisation in the US has shown, books are also highly valuable in prisons. The organisation’s founder, a former prison resident himself for nine years, discovered how stories and books could provide perspective during his long stay in solitary confinement. In the meantime, the registered lawyer has been...

A tattoo can help protect people from sexual assault. Whereas a non-profit organisation in Berlin is focusing on how to combat gender-based violence within relationships. The group’s app allows those affected to keep an incident log, which serves as proof in court proceedings. Additionally, information is available on different types of violence. For security reasons, details of the app,...

Sustainable shops and restaurants can be found online. People on the autism spectrum, with ADHD or learning difficulties have their own specific needs. Now a non-profit organisation from Alabama has created an online map tool for New York to drive inclusion of the neurodivergent community in public life. Users can add their favourite spots to the map assuming they...

Not long ago, birdsong stormed the charts in Australia. And now two artists in the greater Washington area have combined with musicians, producers and students to set local prison residents’ lyrics to music. The songs were written by incarcerated people and initially sung by them a cappella. Financial support came from a university team. Their initiative is aimed at...

Thanks to a dating app, single parents can find both the right partner and the right babysitter. Young parents in the US, however, can get help during their studies through a charitable organisation. Its scholarship programme provides not only emotional support, tutoring and a schooling allowance, but also helps scholars’ children prepare for nursery. With a commitment to establishing...

A community is helping stateless people overcome personal and professional challenges. In modern-day Canada only around 1% of Indigenous peoples work in the technical sector. Now, a not-for-profit organisation in Vancouver is aiming to change that, harnessing the culture and knowledge of British Columbia’s 204 First Nations to create new technological solutions. Enhancing access to the economy and politics...