by admin | May 12, 2016 | Basic Needs, Home Page, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
One day a few years back, Sheldon Livesay, founder and executive director of Americans Helping Americans® partner Of One Accord in Rogersville, Tennessee had a brilliant idea. Livesay, a long-time partner of Americans Helping Americans®, was well aware that hundreds,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Basic Needs
Gary was just 2-years-old when his mother broke his leg – for the second time. That’s all it took for the state of Georgia to give Gary’s father permanent custody of his young son. Americans Helping Americans® partner Ann Fleming, executive director of Caring Hands...
by admin | Jan 15, 2016 | Basic Needs, Featured, General, News, Programs, Youth Programs, Youth Programs
Beattyville, Kentucky has the dubious distinction of being the poorest “white” town in the United States, according to a recent report in The Guardian newspaper. Of communities of more than 1,000 people, Beattyville is among the four lowest income towns in the...
by admin | Dec 4, 2015 | Basic Needs, News
On Friday, October 23, Americans Helping Americans® interim executive director Bethelhem Tessema and staff had the opportunity to see first-hand the joy on the faces of hundreds of children and adults in Gainesville, Georgia who received new coats, hats and scarves,...
by admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Basic Needs, Coats, Featured, Home Page, News
In McDowell County, West Virginia one-third of children living there go hungry at night. A large percentage lack adequate outerwear to keep them warm during the cold West Virginia winters high in the Appalachian Mountains. Earlier this year, we heard from our partner...
