Stories from the volunteers and communities that we work with.
Ever-expanding access to information and communication via the internet can be a benefit but also has a dark side. This criminal component must be continually monitored by law enforcement to find and prosecute those who exploit children. Recently, the Advancing Life Foundation’s partner Operation Underground Railroad updated us on two police dogs helping the fight […]
Celebrating her 11th year as an ASEA Executive, Cindy Buck is proud to be involved with the ASEA® Advancing Life Foundation. Her passion is serving the cause of other women, so when her husband and daughter (Bo and Mackenzie) joined her on an expedition to Ecuador in 2019, they took special note of the opportunities […]
As a native Australian, ASEA® Diamond Executive Janene Babauskis had been waiting for years to join the ASEA Advancing Life Foundation on a service expedition. The foundation’s first series of expeditions were centered in faraway Mexico and Ecuador, so when she heard the group would be serving in Cambodia on their 2019 expedition, she knew […]
With her Hispanic heritage, Rose Mary Skinner is passionate about helping those in Acambay region of central Mexico in the community of La Rincon, to be independent and successful. When she heard about the ASEA® Advancing Life Foundation’s first expedition to Mexico, she was excited to be working side –by side with locals to improve their lives. The foundation hosts service expeditions every year to aid those in need. Rose Mary has been to both Mexico and Ecuador to aid […]
It all started with a dream. When Deb O’Dell woke up one morning, she knew that she needed to help people find access to fresh water—what she didn’t know just yet was how. Months later, Deb would inspire Sue Brenchley’s team, ‘P5 Nation’ to raise over $46,000 for ASEA’s Advancing Life Foundation and build freshwater […]
Just three months after starting her business with ASEA in 2016, Janne Harild decided to join a service expedition with the ASEA Advancing Life Foundation to aid families in Mexico. Janne lives in Denmark and realizes how fortunate she is to have been born into a prosperous and peaceful country where citizens have all that they need, including free education, health care, and a robust social network.
After announcing our newest partnership with TECHO, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting extreme poverty in Latin America, operations continue to benefit those in need. The rainy season in Mexico starts in February and runs to August, so the timing of new rain-harvesting installations will be exceptionally helpful to many families’ health and well-being. Many […]
Since January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we are happy to provide an update on the progress being made through the ASEA® Advancing Life Foundation’s partnership with Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). O.U.R. recently reported on the new Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) center in Ukraine. The project began in 2020 and has […]
It was the recent flood crisis in Cambodia that inspired Veronica Huebsch this holiday season. She had to do something to help out. She had already been donating a portion of her paycheck to the Advancing Life Foundation for over three years, a program in which many corporate ASEA employees participate. This year, however, she vowed to personally donate […]
ASEA Platinum Executives Hugh and Anne Jenings knew firsthand the effects of poverty and the need to do something about it because they had lived in Mexico, El Salvador, and Panama for years before joining the Advancing Life Foundation for its first service expedition. “We witnessed poverty on an up-close-and-personal-basis so when we heard about […]