Posts by Carina Bonasera
Restore Ukraine Provides Life-Saving Support for Displaced Ukrainians
Since Russia began launching attacks in February 2022, Ukraine and its citizens have suffered devastating destruction, violence, and loss of life. According to a statement by the mayor of Kharkiv,…
Read MoreReparations Finance Lab: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
In the summer of 2020, racial injustice in the United States came to a boiling point when the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others by police officers sparked…
Read MoreThe Lynfield Community Center Provides A Safe Place For Bethlehem Children To Thrive
The high number of single-parent households in Bethlehem, PA means that many children are at a higher risk of being left without support when their guardians are out of the…
Read MoreBackpack Pals Bethlehem Provides Meals And More For Students Facing Food Uncertainty
For students who face food uncertainty, free or reduced breakfast and/or lunch programs at their schools are crucial; for some, it’s their only nutritious meal of the day. But when…
Read MoreA Conversation With Ibrahim Issa, Director of Hope Flowers School
On March 15, the Board of U.S. Friends of Hope Flowers School and Humanitarian Social Innovations (HSI) gathered for a virtual conversation with the director of Hope Flowers School (HFS),…
Read MoreHSI Is Proud To Welcome Do It For Dom – Focus Foundation: Supporting The Fight Against Cancer
When 27-year-old Dominic Bridgeman was admitted to the emergency room on May 21, 2021, he and his family assumed that the pain he was experiencing in his back and stomach…
Read MoreHSI Is Proud To Welcome the Afghan-American Foundation
Mustafa Babak and Haris Tarin attribute their motivation to start the Afghan-American Foundation (AAF) in part to a mapping study of the Afghan diaspora in the United States. It painted…
Read MoreHSI Is Proud To Support Blessed Beginnings: Helping Survivors of Abuse Find Faith and Start A New Life
The decision to start a new life after abuse is a heroic one, but unfortunately for a number of survivors, the challenges don’t stop there. Many are left with few…
Read MoreU.S. Friends of Hope Flowers School Supports Education, Healing for Children in the West Bank
For more than 300 children living in the West Bank/Palestine, the opportunity to enjoy a reprieve from the mental, emotional, and physical effects of living in an area of conflict…
Read MoreAfros in Nature: Connecting BIPOC with each other and the Earth
When Melanie Lino, co-owner of Lit (a Bethlehem coffee roastery and bakeshop beloved by locals) looked to the Lehigh Valley for a space where Black, Indigenous and people of color…
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