My Nonprofit Reviews

The Charis Project is the real deal. I have been involved in international "good doing" since I boarded a single engine plane from Kansas City, Missouri (USA) at the age of 17 to share some good in the mountains of Mexico. Since then, I have strategically promoted and supported good work as far away as the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. It has been one of the joys of my life to support Aaron and Carrien Blue as they have established a carefully and thoughtfully grown multi-faceted good work in Mae Sot, Thailand. I have known Aaron since he was 3 months old. He has faced the complexities of life head on, having done extensive philosophical training, and has chosen to humbly plant himself among the nonaffluent of the world. His wife is equally well equipped and strategic in her successful efforts to assist the people among whom The Blues live with the essentials of life (e.g. parenting skills, financial viability). They raise their own children in the midst of Thai realities. Their goal to NOT establish an orphanage for children separated from their families but rather to strengthen families on every necessary level is respectful and refreshing. I believe in the good work of The Charis Project and talk about it at every opportunity I receive. Recently I told my own church in Kansas City about all the Blues are doing during this time of triple crisis (Burmese refugees, Covid-19 and extreme flooding) in a sermon. And I was inspired to start a little Facebook group with some folks from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where Aaron grew up--his parents had been in pastoral leadership at Capilano Christian Community there. Today I joyfully recommend The Charis Project to you with the hopes that it will be seen as a worthy effort to bring some good into this challenge filled world.