When Nothing’s For Dinner

Our team meeting this past week was a tough one. Each week, we discuss the 100 or so “connections” that our team members recorded the week before about their one-on-one meetings with our Samaritan Scholars or their parents around the world. These conversations...

Faith, Hope, Love

I see our organization as a beacon of light, a force for good. The Samaritan Scholars and team members I work with are a testament to the boundless power of faith, hope, and love to transform lives and uplift communities. Faith At the heart of International Samaritan...

A 180-Degree Turn

Working as our Program Director in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, I regularly see one of the worst forms of child labor: children working in garbage dumps. And yet I also get the chance to tell students, in person, that there’s another way. By studying and working...

8 Over 80

In just about every big city, a 40 under 40 list is published each year to recognize 40 people under the age of 40 who accomplished something special that year. It’s supposed to be a big deal, but is it really? Heck, you can do so many things under 40. Do something...

Filling the Gap

A note from Mike …In our mission to help people break out of poverty, we find it helpful not just to study the causes of poverty but also the causes of prosperity too. Factors ranging from national policy issues to cultural values and local community challenges...