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Join Full support Full Minds Campaign!

For the next three weeks World Action will be fundraising to ensure that every student at House of Hope receives three nutritious meals per day. Our goal is to sign up 25 new monthly donors at $25 a month, which will help us meet nearly half [...]

Farmland Purchased!

We are happy to share the wonderful news that thanks to the very determined and dedicated work of volunteer Zoe Wakoff, House of Hope has purchased land for the farm and is making progress towards getting the land up and running!

The primary goal of the Farm [...]

House of Hope’s new borehole provides children and community with fresh water

House of Hope has a new borehole (water well) to provide fresh water. House of Hope is located in a region of Uganda that has faced severe drought in recent years, and the children and staff have been reliant on limited water from rain catchments and water holes miles away.

Thanks to a generous donation and [...]

World Action welcomes Adam Rabinovitch to the team

Adam Rabinovitch recently joined us as our new Development Manager. Adam is volunteering in this position as he launches his new career in global social enterprise and non-profit management. He brings to the position a wealth of experience in client relations and business development with a background in the international private health care field. Adam [...]

World Action forms new partnership with Nourish International!

Nourish strives to eradicate poverty by engaging students and empowering communities. This summer, Nourish students from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Georgia chapters will be spending eight weeks volunteering at House of Hope. The students have been fundraising to build a new classroom for students and will help to get the [...]

Update from Boona Baana

Linus continues to excel and even though I would just love to see him head off for law school he has his heart set on going into the film industry and with the usual Linus-like determination and confidence he is learning absolutely everything he can about film production. Linus continues to be an active member [...]

¡¡VENGA ESPAÑA! – Global Drinks 1 Dec

MADRID!
Una buena manera de empezar el mes:
Una Copita para World Action!

Miércoles 1 de Diciembre
19.00 – 21.00
O’Connors
C/Almagro 3 (Alonso Martínez)
Pinta/Copa 4€

Cuento con todos vosotros sin excepción!

Baltimore Set for Muggzy’s – Dec 1!

Join committed World Action supporters on Wednesday December 1st for the Baltimore Global Drinks for World Action.

International Music and Trivia!

Muggzy’s Mug House
1236 Light Street -Baltimore
(410) 528-9111
6– 8pm EST

Drink specials and more!

Auckland Featuring Movie Screening, live DJs, Music and more

Auckland has confirmed December 1st event at Kfm studio!

Beginning at 7pm, a screening of the  incredible documentary, ‘Invisible Children’, which tells the story of the night walking children of Northern Uganda and the war which keeps them moving every evening.

After the film a jam session and smooth Afro beats featuring  live DJs and MCs.

Discounted Drinks and [...]

Berlin, Madrid and Baltimore Join Global Event!

Thanks very much to volunteers in Berlin, Madrid and Baltimore for organizing events in concert with Global Drinks for World Action!

We now have 8 events on 4 continents! Details on venues and specials in these cities on the way…

Also watch the Facebook invite for more details!

The Global Events now include:

San Francisco
Olive – 743 Larkin [...]