GRACE Cares

GRACE Cares partners with communities on development projects using art, education, performance, and community engagement to bring about positive change.

GRACE Cares’ mission is to partner with local heroes and communities on small-scale community development projects that make a difference by empowering people to improve their lives. We do this with respect to local cultures and traditions. This is accomplished by helping to build healthy, educated, just and productive communities. GRACE Cares provides expertise, funding, and support for health, education, peace and social justice, cultural preservation and economic development projects.

06/03/2026

A mobile library sounds simple until you realize it helped reach 1,680 pupils!! 📚

In Zambia, the Munali Youth Empowerment Program’s Books on Wheels initiative brings reading directly to children who may not have regular access to books, libraries, or structured literacy support. In 2025, MYEP led 42 reading sessions across two community schools, supported by volunteers who made reading active, social, and consistent.

The result? A reported 25% increase in pupil attendance.

When children feel engaged, seen, and excited to learn, they show up. Books become a reason to stay connected to school. 🚲✨

Learn more about MYEP:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/

Support GRACE Cares:
https://www.gracecares.org/donate

06/01/2026

Children need protection, education, and adults who show up now. 🧒🏽

Across GRACE Cares partner projects, that work takes different forms. In Zambia, MYEP reached 1,680 pupils through Books on Wheels reading sessions and helped support a 25% increase in attendance. Also in Zambia, YOCUPA is training youth leaders through ASHAGs and preparing to launch a 24/7 Child Hotline focused on removing child sexual abuse material from online platforms.

Different programs. Same point: children are safer when communities have real tools, not just good intentions.

This International Children’s Day, we are spotlighting the local leaders protecting children’s right to learn, speak up, and grow safely. 📚🛡️

Explore our partner projects:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects

Donate:
https://www.gracecares.org/donate

05/30/2026

Clean water should not require luck, bribery, or waiting for the public system to remember your neighborhood exists. 💧

In Baitoa, Dominican Republic, Project Hearts helps families access water tanks through a microloan model. Families make a small deposit, pay over time, and gain the ability to store water when it is available, instead of living at the mercy of irregular water service.

In 2025, Project Hearts delivered 101 water tanks across 29 neighborhoods, helping 335 people, including 96 children, gain better access to clean water. The model is also working financially: 90% of water tank microloans are on track or fully repaid.

That repayment rate matters. It means the same pool of support can keep moving, reaching more families over time 🏠🔁

Learn more about Project Hearts:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/ -hearts

Support the work:
https://www.gracecares.org/donate

05/28/2026

The Watha Project recently launched a community-driven goat farming initiative, distributing 50 Galla goats to families and community groups in Kenya. The Galla breed was selected because it is hardy, fast-growing, and well suited for arid and semi-arid conditions.

That matters in a place where climate, water access, and household income are all connected. Goats can support nutrition, provide a reliable source of income, and help families build a more stable future without depending on short-term aid.

This is the kind of practical development GRACE Cares is proud to support: grounded, local, and built around what families can actually use. 🌾🤝

Learn more about Watha:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/

Donate:
https://www.gracecares.org/donate

05/26/2026

From students to staff, that is the kind of full-circle story we need more of. 🎓

YOCUPA recently welcomed Keziah Daka and Shuko Kasonde to its Secretariat after both completed secondary school and a full year of ASHAG membership at Matero Girls Secondary School. They are now serving as eCPR practitioners and ASHAG coordinators, returning to their former school to support the next group of girls stepping into leadership.

This is what locally led protection work can look like: girls who were trained to recognize harm, support their peers, and speak up are now helping lead the very program that shaped them.

YOCUPA’s ASHAG model builds a pipeline of young women who can carry abuse prevention, trauma-informed support, and reporting skills back into their schools and communities. 🛡️🌱

Learn more about YOCUPA:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/

Support GRACE Cares partners:
https://www.gracecares.org/donate

05/07/2026

🌍✨ GRACE Cares is excited to welcome Noah Steinberg-Di Stefano as the new President of our organization.

For more than 20 years, GRACE Cares has partnered with local leaders around the world to support community-driven solutions in public health, education, peacebuilding, economic empowerment, WASH, youth development, and more. We remain committed to strengthening grassroots partnerships and investing in local leaders whose work continues to create healthier, more resilient communities across the globe. 🌱🤝

Noah shares his vision for the future of GRACE Cares and the importance of community-led impact. We invite you to watch, share, and stay connected with the work happening across our partner projects.

💬 We’d also love to hear from YOU:
What inspires you to support GRACE Cares or community-led development work? Share your story or perspective in the comments below.

🌐 Learn more: https://www.gracecares.org/

04/30/2026

🚨 ATTENTION! We’re expanding partnerships in Latin America
- Currently supporting work in rural Guatemala focused on:
- Women-led savings groups
- Artisan production
- Local enterprise systems

If you’re working in financial inclusion or women’s economic programs, comment below or email [email protected] 🤝

Project info: https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects

04/28/2026

Our project YOCUPA works primarily in Lusaka and Eastern Province, Zambia 🎭

They work with youth and use theatre to address:
- Child abuse
- Gender-based violence
- Community-level stigma

They’ve also joined the INHOPE network, working to remove online exploitation content, one of the few organizations in Africa doing this. 🛡️

Learn more:
https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/

04/23/2026

🚨 African-led organizations working in literacy and youth development - we are looking to collaborate in Zambia! 🚨

We’re supporting programs focused on:
- Youth education
- School engagement
- Community-based learning

📚 Based primarily in Lusaka and surrounding communities. If you’re working in this space, comment below or email: [email protected]

Project info: https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects

04/21/2026

In Baitoa, DR, Project Hearts delivered 101 household water tanks 🚰

These are distributed through a micro-loan system with 90% repayment already on track. The micro-loan structure creates accountability and keeps the system functioning locally over time. 🔁

Project Heart pairs WASH with youth programming and community health training as well.

Learn more about all the work Project Hearts leads in the DR with GRACE Cares' support: https://www.gracecares.org/partner-projects/ -hearts

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