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Giving Strategies: Why donating monthly is so impactful. 

Four reasons why I would like to invite you to become a member of our monthly giving community called, The Collective.
Becky Straw
May 23, 2022
5 min read
Stories from the Field

Time for a Change

“You’re a bit of a wild card candidate,” Becky joked as we wrapped up my first Zoom interview with The Adventure Project (TAP).
Michael Pelehach
January 12, 2022
5 min read
Stories from the Field

The Spark for Women, Everywhere

" I turned my back for one second."
Becky Straw
May 10, 2024
5 min read
Community

Making It Work

Our organization is focused on solutions that save countless lives every year. It’s important. We need the best and brightest on our team so we can do our jobs as effectively as possible. Enabling a flexible and transparent work culture retains and nurtures talent, ensuring a better, more impactful organization.
Becky Straw
September 15, 2021
5 min read
Community

If You Build It, They Will Come

When Nate and Donita Sanderson were house hunting in Iowa for a small farm, Nate had one item on his wishlist - a whiffle ball field. So Donita made him a deal. Whatever he spent building the field, he needed to match it with donations to local and international charities.
Becky Straw
August 26, 2021
5 min read
Stories from the Field

More Valuable than Gold

I wish you were here. I wish I could take you by the hand, and sit you next to me on Hannah’s couch. So you can feel the warmth of her energy in person.
Becky Straw
August 18, 2021
5 min read
Stories from the Field

A Miracle Grows in Kenya

But meeting Peninah was different. The concerns for her children brought no shame, no embarrassment. Her life is difficult, but she has hope. Purpose. A simple irrigation pump is what saved her. And it’s saving her now.
Jody Landers
5 min read
Stories from the Field

Meet Joy

Joy tells the story about how she earned a job at Living Goods because she was nominated as a leader in her community, an older mother people trust.
Becky Straw
January 1, 2020
5 min read

The Story I Can't Share In Public

Meeting a woman in Liberia on the side of the road changed how Co-Founder Becky Straw thought about aid and led to the beginning of The Adventure Project. Read on to learn how.
Becky Straw
May 7, 2021
5 min read

From the Field: Malawi

Nearly half of all children in Malawi are malnourished. In our conversation with Gertrude, Program Director in Malawi, she discusses how the farming program is changing communities.
Tesi Klipsch
February 27, 2021
5 min read

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