Category: Causes
From elder awareness to national teen self-esteem, May’s calendar observes many good causes
By Lilly Zeller LatinaLista We have a tendency to associate each month with one or several causes. Many of us do not realize that that are a vast number of causes celebrated each month. Unless we have a certain condition or diagnosis, or someone close to us happens to be affected by any given cause, [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Teaching kids with cancer to kick away pain and fear through martial arts
LatinaLista — Cancer sucks! For anyone diagnosed with it, it’s a horrific, painful, scary thing to go through. Watching someone go through the treatments, especially loved ones, is hard but watching a child endure the pain and fear of the disease is heart-wrenching. Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg, or Rabbi G as he’s called, knew firsthand how [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Giving teen moms the “hope” of a better future with help to get through college
LatinaLista — May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, a time focused on encouraging young girls to be smart about not getting pregnant. Yet, for those girls who have gotten pregnant and are raising their children, there is not nearly the necessary attention on these girls to do another smart thing — get a college [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Summer camp brings back the “magic” for children of cancer patients
LatinaLista — There are over one million cancer cases a year in the United States. The process of getting well takes its toll not only on the cancer patients but their families too — especially the children. A child with a parent who has cancer finds their lives suddenly turned upside down. There’s suddenly a [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Borrowers get a “Grace Period” to repay free loans
LatinaLista — Living paycheck to paycheck is scary enough for the millions of people who live at or below the poverty line. Yet, as anyone knows, living such a hand-to-mouth existence doesn’t leave any wiggle room for life’s unexpected surprises
Non-profit Spotlight: Giving immigrant and low-income bread bakers a chance at entrepreneurship
LatinaLista — Starting a new business is tough for anyone but if you’re low-income or aren’t completely fluent in English the odds of getting the kind of credit and help needed to launch that business automatically increases.
Argentina online project strives to create “The World Forest”
LatinaLista — Whether it’s referred to as “global warming” or “global climate change,” there’s no denying (anymore) that the climate on our planet is changing. The clues come with each season
Nonprofit Spotlight: College students help orphans discover a passion for learning
LatinaLista — In 2011, Arizona State University (ASU) biomedical engineering junior Tina Hakimi read an article posted on the university’s web site about a fellow student’s work with orphans in Mexico. The article sparked an idea and gave her reason to “hope.”
Non-profit Spotlight: Connecting children and adults to a love of reading
LatinaLista — For those who know how to read, reading is the most natural skill to possess. For those who don’t know how to read, it is a huge obstacle in achieving a higher quality of life. The importance of reading can never be stressed enough, and as the nation sails towards a more high-tech, [...]
From Cuba to China, freedom dissidents’ voices highlighted online in special “Freedom Collection” created by former Pres. George W. Bush
LatinaLista — When every U.S. President leaves office, there are two legacies that he leaves behind: his administration’s actions forever chronicled in the annals of history and his library. Former President George W. Bush, having returned to Dallas, Texas after the end of his second term, is going beyond the traditional presidential library. On the [...]
