StartSomeGood News: Sewing schools and life saving social networks
Brand New Good! Recently launched campaigns:
Fresh Stops has recently launched a unique new campaign to transform our industrialised food system and bring affordable, healthy foods to communities regardless of income. Through an online platform, Grow Your Own Fresh Stop, communities will be able to source sustainably grown fruits and vegetables for families on an income-based sliding scale. Four such Fresh Stop initiatives have already been established Washington DC and Indianapolis. A tipping point of $7,000 will enable the development of a sound technical infrastructure to better manage and automate the already successful Fresh Stop model. Also be sure to check out some of their creative rewards
TalkLife is a social network with a difference that is really saving lives. This free app, available on Android and Apple devices, allows young people to talk about ‘taboo’ issues like depression, self harm and suicide. It’s an online, understanding and safe community for people who feel alone and isolated, and allows them to find others who understand. Their tipping point of $7,000 will allow TalkLife to further their work and use ‘big data’ obtained from their platform to analyse, predict and prevent high risk mental health episodes.
The team behind the ASRC Food Justice Truck have come up with a creative solution to food insecurity for asylum seekers in Australia. The Truck will be a mobile food market, selling to the public at market rates and to asylum seekers at a 75% discount. Funds raised will primarily support the purchase of a truck and the wages of one full time staff member. With your support, this ambitious project has the potential to help lift 2,000 people out of food insecurity and bring vastly improved health outcomes to marginalised communities.
The Congo Restoration Sewing School is uplifting women one sewing class at a time. This social enterprise is providing education and a way out of poverty to women in the Eastern Congo who have been victims of sexual violence. Every 6 months, 60 women graduate from their sewing school, with the added benefit of literacy courses. Now, with a tipping point of $15,100, this campaign is attempting to open a second school, and provide each woman with a sewing machine and a micro loan to start their own businesses. Rewards for this campaign include hand made napkins from the school itself and wooden statues form the DRC.
The Casey Schulman foundation, established in memory of a remarkable young student who passed away in December 2012, is raising money to provide college scholarships to high school students who are serious about improving the lives of others. Help them reach their tipping point and provide a $20,000 scholarship over four years to a deserving student.