SOLID

14/08/2026

11/08/2026

Last week, 76 people from our community in Namkum came together for a health check-up — mothers, workers, and children too.

🩸What we found: nearly everyone tested showed signs of anaemia. Not an isolated case here or there, but a pattern that points to something bigger — a community-wide gap in diet and nutrition.

👁️We also checked eyesight — because the detailed handwork our artisans do, day after day, puts real strain on the eyes. 1 in 5 showed some visual deficit, a reminder that caring for craftswomen means caring for the eyes that make the craft possible.

💉And we learned something too: some people stayed home, afraid of the finger-prick test for haemoglobin. Even something as small as a drop of blood can be a barrier. Next time, we'll explain more beforehand — because showing up starts with feeling safe enough to come.

It confirmed something we already knew: health care close to home matters. Not just for how someone feels — but also for how consistently they can show up at work, and ultimately, how much they can earn. You can't build a solid future on empty energy.

Together with Last Mile Care Foundation, we're now following up with supplementation, nutrition counselling, and support for those who need it most.
🙏🏾Made possible by our volunteer and the support of the city of Bonheiden.

10/08/2026

Real change takes more than one visit. 🐞🍓
One training doesn't build a business. One check-in doesn't solve everything.
Real change means standing beside someone — even when the first idea doesn't work.
When Evelin's first plants died, we didn't have a ready-made answer. We came back. Looked at the soil together. Tried again.
That's not about knowing everything. It's about staying, adapting, and helping people find what works for them.
Today, Evelin is harvesting strawberries. Planning a second greenhouse. Building something durable — because someone stood beside her long enough for it to take root.

This is what your support makes possible: not a quick fix, but change that lasts.
👉🏽Help us grow the next success story.

31/07/2026

28/07/2026

Proud of our ladies - their hands, and their knitting expertise that transforms beautiful wool into timeless pieces 🧶

28/07/2026

Proud of our ladies — their hands, and the knitting expertise that transforms beautiful wool into timeless pieces. 🧶

28/07/2026

While working with teenage parents, we begin our coaching not with building parenting skills, but with emotions — the ones they never learned to name, the ones they were taught to fear, the ones that came out as shouting or silence.
We teach them that feelings don’t have to explode, and they don’t have to stay buried. They can be spoken, shared, released.

Every year, we use the same exercise: the mask. 👺
The mask that hides pain.
The mask that protects.
The mask that weighs heavy.
And slowly, gently, they learn what it feels like to take it off — and to meet their child, and themselves, with more softness than they ever received.

23/07/2026

We’ve had a hot July so far. … a little rain can sometimes feel like a celebration.
In Ranchi, the rainy season is unfolding too — bringing some much‑needed freshness to our ladies in the textile workshop 🌧️💃
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