My Nonprofit Reviews

I learned about Healing Art Missions while in the early stages of starting a small nonprofit in rural Nicaragua over five years ago. HAM's effective model of partnering with marginalized communities to tackle and survive unexpected challenges has been invaluable as our new organization learns to navigate during a time of increasing climate change and political unrest. Ham's focus on connecting rural Haitians with fundamental rights of water, healthcare, education and healthcare provides concrete inspiration and a powerful example of what becomes possible when an organization like HAM earns trust of partners who believe in community transformation. HAM knows it takes all of us to make a positive impact in the world. HAM is successful, sustainable, replicable and it provides hope, not only in Haiti, but also in other parts of the world as new organizations learn from HAM about best practices for supporting projects that end cycles of poverty. I'm very grateful to HAM for the model they share and the ongoing work they do. Sincerely, Judith Nichols

The Pollination Project grant was the first grant our non-profit organization "Artists for Soup," www.artistsforsoup.org, received for anti-poverty work we're doing in a little city in Nicaragua. The Pollination Project not only provided the necessary materials to supply and spark our urban demonstration garden initiative and but through their engaged and deliberate style of giving, they helped us articulation of a structure or philosophy that helped provide frameworks and strategies that now provide support to talented women growers who were ready to start doing the steady, sustainable, ecologically-sound work it will take to begin to end hunger in La Paz Centro, Nicaragua.