community
Imagine living in a house with five of your friends for six months, without getting to leave at all. This is what the astronauts onboard the Space Station prepare to face during their missions. Astronauts must create a sense of community amongst each other in order to work and live together for such long periods of time. Do you know someone who just doesn’t seem to fit in? Can you think of ways to include them and bring them into your circle of friends - maybe share a meal, have a conversation, or take a bit of time to show that you care about the same things they care about? That’s how we create communities, no matter where we are - all across the planet or in space. All it takes is you…
Project Heal Service Dogs For Wounded Veterans
East Coast Assistance Dogs, headquartered in Torrington, CT., trains and places Assistance Dogs to help people with disabilities gain independence and mobility. Project Heal service dogs are trained by at-risk ... Read More
We Need To Talk
We Need To Talk (WNTT) is a cross-cultural dialog project using Email to exchange ideas. It is a project initiated by YOUTH! (Young United Through Humanity!), a group of young ... Read More
Bethany House
The aim of Bethany House is to break the cycle of abuse in the child¹s life and facilitate healing and re-integration into the community as a productive member of society ... Read More
Surcos Argentina - Argentina Grooves
Surcos Argentinos is a group of students from many backgrounds in Cordoba, Argentina, who share a common goal: To build a fair and equitable society. They have been installing and ... Read More
Karibu Homes
Karibu Homes is a social enterprise that brings home ownership along with a secure, sanitary, and progressive community to low-income families. Karibu Homes hopes to build 10,000 homes and ... Read More
Friends of Blackheath Pool & Memorial Park
Blackheath Pool & Memorial Park is our 'fragile oasis' at the top of the mountains. Three years of concerted community action successfully snatched Blackheath Pool from the brink of demolition. The ... Read More
No Borders
We are collecting your stories about how space inspired YOU to do good works here on Earth. Let us know how YOU are making our fragile oasis a better place. Read More
Himalayan Institute Cameroon Community Center
The Himalayan Institute Cameroon in West Africa is our flagship humanitarian project. Launched in 2007, HI Cameroon is our model HI Community Center offering five major humanitarian projects. It has ... Read More
TechnoServe Consolidating the Gains - Small Scale Farmers
TechnoServe is helping develop Uganda's matooke banana industry, benefiting thousands of small-scale farmers. The "Consolidating The Gains" project aims to increase the incomes of smallholder farmers in southwestern Uganda ... Read More
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