Q&A with Amy Spizuoco, Medical Volunteer Trip participant Passion to Heal, an initiative of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, gives dermatologists and dermatology practitioners the opportunity to help transform health care for thousands of people in WE Villages communities. Taking place in Kenya and India, each fully funded trip is run by ME to WE,...
October 11th, 2016 read moreHere at home, clean water is a tap away. Still, millions of people around the world don’t live near a reliable, clean water source, or have access to sanitary washing facilities, leaving them at risk of illness and deadly disease. For two decades, WE Villages has been engineering an international development model to end poverty. It’s not a ...
September 9th, 2016 read moreWith a string of beads in one hand, Natalie Portman threw her head back and laughed, flashing her contagious smile while sitting cross-legged with a group of Maasai women under the Kenyan sun. The layers of beaded necklaces encircling their necks jingled softly as they made jokes and exchanged stories of motherhood. This jewellery is made from ...
November 13th, 2015 read moreThere’s no point talking about how short the summer is. That’s because at ME to WE, our summers are endless. Hundreds of travellers who have joined us on ME to WE Trips over the past few months have contributed to what we call “A Summer of Everlasting Change,” creating a ripple effect across geographic boundaries. It’s the kind that h...
September 9th, 2015 read moreWhen you choose a ME to WE Artisans piece for your mom, it’s so much more than just a gift—it’s wrapped up in a story of love, empowerment, and new possibilities. Working with ME to WE Artisans is just the beginning of the journey many mamas take to transform not only their own lives, the well-being of their families, communities a...
May 7th, 2015 read moreWe just got some exciting news about Kenya's Kisaruni All Girls Secondary School and couldn't wait to share it with you! January's graduating class recently took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam. The results are in, and Kisaruni ranked number one out of 112 schools in Narok County! This exam is taken by all students...
March 24th, 2015 read moreLast week our wonderful writer Kim brought you highlights from Free The Children and ME to WE staff’s experience in Kenya. Now, check out some pretty cool moments from our staff trip to the Amazon! From the moment the plane landed in Quito, Ecuador's capital, it felt like a second home. Forty staff made the trek to the lush, green jungle...
January 21st, 2015 read moreA canopy of leaves stretching across the horizon balances atop gnarled bark. It’s where lean silhouettes of giraffes mark the ground as they graze its branches and it’s where one woman’s journey to empowerment began—beneath the Acacia tree. Mama Leah was the first woman to join Artisans. Shaded by the hot Kenyan sun, she sat under th...
September 25th, 2014 read moreThe school year may be wrapping up, but there’s no better time to gear up with supplies than right now! That’s why we’re so excited to announce that our brand-new line of socially-conscious school supplies are now available at Staples locations across Canada and staples.ca! (more…)
June 19th, 2014 read moreForty-year-old Rahab Sopiato gave birth to the first of three children when she was just 12. She bursts out laughing when I ask what happened to the father (so do all the women sitting around her with colourful beads on their laps), but makes it clear that he didn’t stick around, so she scratched out a living making charcoal. It was gruelling,...
December 18th, 2013 read more