by International Samaritan | Apr 3, 2025 | Weekend Reflections
Zenebe grew up with his parents, aunt, sister, and brothers in a one-room rented home. They had to walk to a community bathroom. They didn’t have beds, so they spread cardboard on the floor to sleep on. Despite their extremely limited finances, Easter was always a...
by International Samaritan | Mar 20, 2025 | Weekend Reflections
Growing up, Sonia would wake in the early morning hours, and instead of heading to school, she’d walk for about 45 minutes to get to the city landfill. Day after day, sunshine or rain, she was at the garbage dump in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, collecting all kinds...
by International Samaritan | Mar 14, 2025 | Weekend Reflections
Villa Guadalupe is home to more than 1,000 people. This area was once part of the capital city’s dumpsite, and it is where our Samaritan Scholars and their families live. Most of the parents of our scholars previously earned their living by working at the open-air...
by International Samaritan | Mar 6, 2025 | Weekend Reflections
In the heart of Apartama, a neighborhood next to a city garbage dump in Ethiopia, one woman stands as a beacon of hope, strength, and constant care—Yeshi. Her presence is not just felt but deeply respected, a rare feat in a patriarchal society where women’s leadership...
by International Samaritan | Feb 21, 2025 | Weekend Reflections
Clothes were becoming a big deal for me as a sixth grader at St. Scholastica on Detroit’s northwest side in the early 1980s. Our school had gone from mostly white to mostly black over the previous two years, and I was doing my best to keep pace. I let go of my Gordon...
