Inta-Kara five years later: Opportunity takes root

Posted Posted in Education

In the lush, fertile zone of Ecuador’s Intag region, agriculture flourishes. Economic opportunities, however, have been slower to take root. Much of the population lives at the poverty line and nearly half of all people depend solely on agriculture. With little opportunity for education or work, the rising generation has been pushed to larger urban […]

Reading program and computer lab to help Guatemalan students thrive

Posted Posted in Poverty

In a region that suffers from one of the most extreme combinations of systemic poverty, illiteracy, and inequality, Indigenous Mayans will now have greater access to education and literature. Thanks to a recent partnership between Cooperative Education (CoEd) and the ASEA Advancing Life Foundation, families in the Guatemalan Western Highlands are getting some help. Poverty, […]

Hoop houses to increase access to food and employment

Posted Posted in Poverty

The pandemic has exacerbated many long-standing problems faced by the Navajo Nation. Specifically, access to nutritious food, employment opportunities, and technological advancements have been limited. Women lead the charge As primary caregivers, Navajo women continue to bear a disproportionate share of family responsibilities: caring for the children, the household, the garden, and small animals. Of […]

Advancing Life partners with relief organizations to aid Germany & Haiti

Posted Posted in Disaster Relief

This past summer, areas in western Germany and Belgium experienced severe flooding while southern Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The loss of lives and destruction to homes and businesses left survivors in crisis. To help these devastated communities, The ASEA® Advancing Life Foundation worked with partner organizations the Salvation Army and Hope […]

Volunteers Celebrate First Annual Service Impact Week In Tennessee and Utah

Posted Posted in Poverty

Meal kits for food-insecure areas In collaboration with the US Hunger project, ASEA associates and field leaders attending the 2021 North America Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, assembled 40,000 meal kits in honor of Verdis Norton’s birthday and the annual ASEA Impact Week of service.  The ASEA Advancing Life Foundation worked with the Feeding America Foundation […]

DigDeep Partnership Seeks to Solve Water and Employment Challenges for Navajo Natives

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The ASEA Advancing Life Foundation is excited to announce its latest partnership, a collaboration with DigDeep. A human rights project, DigDeep focuses on helping indigenous people of the Navajo Nation access clean water.  Roughly one-third of the Navajo Nation lacks clean water or basic plumbing at home. In these areas, 36% of the adult population […]