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What alternative is there? Hope and resiliency in Kukuo Villiage
The people in my life who know me have always told me that resiliency is among my strongest traits. In my family, we refer to it as being “German stubborn” because my mother’s father’s family hails from Germany and every last one of us is stubborn to the teeth. If you want to get me…
Read MoreKukuo medical project wrapping up, still in need of funding help
The medical project in Kukuo will be ending soon, probably within the month of May. The Humanist Action: Ghana wants to make sure that there are many benefits for locals who partner with them and with Songtaba to serve their communities. When asking the volunteers what types of skills would help them, many of the…
Read MoreLLS awarded $2100 grant, reaches $1 million milestone
Foundation Beyond Belief is thrilled to announce that the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) is our Q4 2015 Small Grant Awardee, with a monetary award of $2100 through our Humanist Giving Program. FBB has a rich history of service with LLS, including years of support of the Light the Night walks. With the addition of this latest award, FBB's total…
Read MoreBeyond Belief Network Guides: SquareOne Villages
SquareOne Villages is Foundation Beyond Belief’s (FBB) Quarter 1 2016 Human Rights beneficiary for the Humanist Giving program. SquareOne Villages was chosen based on compatibility with the FBB mission, program effectiveness, financial responsibility, and an innovative approach to solving a problem. SquareOne Villages is focused on creating self-governing communities of low-cost tiny houses for people…
Read MoreSquareOne Villages
SquareOne Villages is a collaboration between the housed and the unhoused providing stable, safe, and sustainable places to live through alternative, cost-effective approaches for transitioning the unhoused to more permanent living situations. The villages accommodate about 30 individuals and couples who would otherwise be homeless in small houses built by volunteers. Cooking, gathering space, restrooms, laundry,…
Read MoreKilling witchcraft with kindness
Due to a technical issue on our blog, we were unable to post these articles as they were being written. We apologize for the delay. This article originally ran at Applied Sentience. If you are interested in being a part of the 2016-2017 Humanist Action: Ghana, we are currently accepting applications. You can find all…
Read MoreGlobal Village Project
The Global Village Project (GVP) is an innovative special purpose school for refugee girls and young women with interrupted schooling. Their mission is to develop a strong educational foundation for each student within a caring community using a strengths-based approach and intensive instruction in English language and literacy, academic subjects and the arts. Global Village…
Read MoreFBB Hits $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed
Foundation Beyond Belief is proud to announce that it has reached the $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed to charities in the United States and around the world. In addition to small grants in the $10,000 range to dozens of organizations during that time, that total also includes larger Compassionate Impact Grants to…
Read MoreAn Interview With Humanism at Work Speaker Monica Miller
In anticipation of this year's Humanism at Work conference, to be held in Boston on July 25, we are interviewing some of the people who will be speaking there. The first is Monica Miller, Assistant Professor of Religion & Africana Studies and Director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Lehigh University. 1. Do you…
Read MoreCompassionate Impact Grant – New Generation Educators will unlock a Girl Pioneers Power
When choosing a beneficiary for our Compassionate Impact Grant, we do look at the entire organization, but we also ask our applicants to submit a proposal for a specific program. Starfish, our current CIG beneficiary, introduced us to its Girl Effect program, which is supplying mentors and promoting initiatives to secure education for those in…
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