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My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I'd love to hear about them too.

Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I work (part time/retired) for a nonprofit that coordinates and connects volunteer tutors with kids experiencing homelessness.

Never occurred to me (before I signed on) that kids in shelters or on the streets are still going to school while having to deal with no consistent β€œhome” to do homework, irregular/unreliable sleep schedules, absent or overwhelmed parents, etc. Most Volunteer Tutors become important positive role models and a reliably supportive, adult presence in their lives, and the value is immeasurable.

I mostly help the org with marketing material β€” including editing videos with heartfelt testimonials and Thank-You messages from students β€” and I swear, most of the time I can barely hold it together to get the work done!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well done giving these kids meaning and hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you for the work. Growing up poor and precariously housed, I used a lot of programs like these until I was a young adult really