It is in times like these that we must turn to each other for resources and support. In that spirit, we’re dedicating this week’s blog to compiling some helpful resources for anyone in need of some tools for homeschooling kids, resources to stay calm and mindful, and some outdoor activities to help keep the worst of the cabin fever at bay.

With the weekly barrage of sad climate related headlines, it’s easy to feel powerless. Extreme weather events like wildfires, catastrophic hurricanes, flooding, and extreme drought have become part of our new reality, and the amount of work humanity must do in order to keep global temperatures from rising can feel insurmountable. However, there is power to be found in many people making small, sustainable changes.

Since 2015, we have partnered with the Creative Action Institute to bring the East African Girls Leadership Summit to high potential, low-income girls in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya. In addition to sponsoring the summit, we are proud to help support ongoing mentorship training as well as provide mini-grants to the girls and mentors who have completed the summit. We are so excited to share a story from a 2018 participating organization, Rafiki Wa Maendeleo Trust, an organization which works to empower communities to create positive change for children.

Central to our core values is our responsibility to lift up those who don’t have access to opportunities, to provide a platform to elevate voices less heard, and to engage an ecosystem of stakeholders working together for collective impact.