A full classroom — notebooks, uniforms, and fees covered for the term.

Schoolchildren smiling with notebooks in a classroom

A women's circle where savings groups and small businesses get their start.

Women gathered in a community empowerment workshop

Relief boxes handed to families directly — no queues, no gatekeepers.

Volunteers distributing aid boxes to families

One mentor, one student, one hour a week — the quietest program we run.

A mentor helping a student with homework

Neighbors digging their own well; we supply materials and the pump.

Community members building a village water well

The first graduate in the family — a scholarship carried across four years.

A graduate embracing family at commencement

Saturday clean-up with our Seattle outreach team and local families.

Neighborhood clean-up volunteers in a park

The mobile clinic reaches villages three hours from the nearest hospital.

A nurse examining a child at a mobile health clinic

Our annual benefit dinner — every table funds a term of school fees.

Guests applauding at a fundraising gala dinner

Tailoring training that ends with a machine of her own.

Women learning tailoring in a vocational workshop

Play is part of the program: sport keeps kids in our after-school groups.

Children playing soccer at sunset in a village field

Backpack packing night — 400 kits assembled before the school year.

Volunteers packing school supply backpacks

Spokane fire response: our donation center sorting water, blankets, and clothing.

Volunteers sorting donated water and blankets at a wildfire relief center

Supplies delivered truck-to-truck to families outside the evacuation zone.

Volunteers handing supplies to a family from a pickup truck under smoky skies

Cots, bedding, and a warm welcome at the emergency shelter.

Emergency shelter cots set up in a school gymnasium

Hot meals served on the line — three shifts a day during the worst week.

Volunteers serving hot meals outdoors to wildfire evacuees

N95 masks and air filters handed out door to door during heavy smoke.

Volunteers distributing N95 masks during heavy wildfire smoke

Debris clearing on burned properties, one lot at a time.

Volunteers clearing burned debris from a rural property

Neighborhood benefit for Spokane fire families — 100% to direct assistance.

Community fundraiser table for fire victims

Displaced kids back in school clothes and new backpacks within the week.

Children receiving backpacks and clothing at a relief distribution

Staging and loading pallets of water for fire-affected communities.

Volunteers loading pallets of water into a box truck

Sitting with families to file for emergency assistance and housing help.

A caseworker helping an older couple complete assistance forms

Volunteer appreciation day — the people who make every program possible.

Volunteers applauding at an appreciation event under a tent

Back-to-school fair: free supplies, haircuts, and health info in one afternoon.

Families collecting free supplies at a community fair

Our annual Rise Walk — every registration funds a term of school fees.

Participants starting a charity 5K run on a city street

Winter coat and toy drive, sorted and delivered before the holidays.

Volunteers sorting donated coats and wrapped gifts

Youth leadership summit — students set the agenda, we hold the room.

Teenagers in a youth leadership workshop circle

Monthly pantry distribution with our partner congregations.

Volunteers handing grocery bags to residents outside a church

Community culture night — music, food, and a full house of supporters.

Drummers and dancers performing at a community celebration

Free health screening day: blood pressure, glucose, and referrals.

A nurse taking a resident's blood pressure at a free screening

Marketplace day for women in our micro-enterprise program.

Women selling handmade goods at a community marketplace

Scholarship awards night — certificates handed out to this year's cohort.

Students receiving scholarship certificates on stage

Our humanitarian hub: a welcoming command center where families are screened for eligibility and guided to youth, women's, and emergency services.

A modern nonprofit intake hub where staff welcome women, youth, and families at desks in a bright executive office hall

Intake desks at the Spokane resource center — families registered for direct help.

Volunteers registering displaced families at a fire resource center

Water and supplies carried out to crews and neighbors on the fire line.

Firefighters and volunteers with water bottles under smoky skies

COVID-19 relief distribution: food boxes, sanitizer, and essentials, contact-free.

Masked volunteers distributing food boxes and sanitizer outdoors

PPE kits packed by hand — masks, gloves, and sanitizer for frontline families.

Volunteers packing PPE kits with masks and gloves

Pop-up vaccination and health clinics run with trusted local partners.

Nurse giving a vaccination at an outdoor clinic tent

Doorstep grocery delivery for elders and immunocompromised neighbors.

Masked volunteer delivering a grocery box to an elderly resident

Laptops and learning kits so students could keep up through remote school.

Volunteers handing laptops and school supplies to families

Drive-through pickup: tests, masks, and supply bags without leaving the car.

Volunteers handing supply bags through car windows in a drive-through line