On the ground in Guatemala & Ecuador since 2014

Some people feel forgotten.We go back for them.Come with us.Give hope.Live vividly.

The world keeps moving. Some people get left behind. Your $30 starts a ripple that doesn't stop — clean water, a girl back in school, a family that finally has room to breathe. Join us.

100%
Community-Led Implementation
51,000+
Lives Changed
12
Years on the Ground
What we build

Three things. Built together.
Because none of them work alone.

Poverty isn't one problem — it's a cycle. We break it by building all three foundations at once, alongside the communities who lead the way.

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Infrastructure

Clean Water

Dirty water is the 3rd leading cause of death in children — and kills more people every year than all forms of violence combined, including war.

220 million women and children spend hours every day walking to collect water for their family. Walking for water keeps children out of school and takes time parents could use to earn money. And when they get there, the water they carry home often makes everyone sick.

The good news? Just $30 gives one person clean water for life. Health returns. Time returns. Hope returns.

$30
clean water for
one person, for life
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Knowledge

Education

If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty.

Education is the most powerful tool we have to change the world. It reduces poverty, empowers women, helps prevent disease, and builds long-term economic stability for families.

We work closely with teachers, school directors, and local community leaders to ensure every project gives kids the best possible opportunity at a better education. We also partner with Days For Girls — because a school without bathrooms is a school that fails its girls.

171M
people lifted from
poverty through
basic literacy
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Care

Health

23% of rural Guatemala lives more than an hour from any basic healthcare facility.

We renovate health centers and train community health workers so that a mother can walk to a checkup — instead of choosing between her family's care and a full day's wages she can't afford to lose.

When families can access preventive care, they stop spending scarce money on emergencies. They can plan. They can invest. Health gives communities room to breathe — and hope room to grow.

23%
of rural Guatemala
lives 1+ hr from
any basic care

Each foundation strengthens the others. That's why we don't choose one — we build all three.

Give Hope → Start a Ripple $30
Community gathered at the renovated Puesto de Salud health center in San Jacinto, Guatemala

Renovated Health Center San Jacinto, Guatemala. Hundreds of women and children who now have access to safe health care.

Ripple starters

The world needs people
who go back
for the forgotten.
Are you one of them?

Not everyone feels it — that quiet pull toward people the world has moved on from. But some people do. And those are the people who change things. Not because they're wealthy or powerful. Because they understood that hope doesn't cost much to give — but it means everything to receive.

We call them Ripple Starters. They're teachers, parents, entrepreneurs, and retirees. What they share is simple: they believe hope is worth starting, even when they can't see where it ends. Every health center, every school, every water filter — a Ripple Starter made it possible.

“God remembered us.”

What communities say when a project is complete. A Ripple Starter made them say it.

Become a Ripple Starter $30or join The Well monthly
The Well — Monthly Giving

Hope, every month.

The steady source behind every water system, school, and health center we build. Join the community of monthly givers making it possible.

Monthly
One-Time
$15
Keeps one girl in school, every year you give.
$30
Clean water for 12 people a year. A village in a decade.
$60
Funds a family's full foundation — water, school, health.
$125
Builds an entire school bathroom block this year.
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