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Port Clean Up Project
This project was partnered with COTEDAE to clean up the busiest port of Bissau, impacting most of the population as it is where the...

Michelle Ruas
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Scholarship: Trefina Bite
7 out of 10 women are illiterate in Guinea-Bissau. This is a fact that we need to change. In order to empower women to get a career,...

Michelle Ruas
Jan 30, 20211 min read


Well #2
Safe access to clean water is so vital and this is an area where we can have an immediate and direct impact. Some wells families use to...

Michelle Ruas
Jan 25, 20211 min read


Plant a tree in GB - Our AGB Christmas fundraiser
The idea of Christmas trees was a good starting point for our most recent project in Guinea Bissau. Most Bissau-Guineans are Muslim, so...

Linda Ruas
Jan 15, 20211 min read


Scholarship: Samira Cabral
7 out of 10 women are illiterate in Guinea-Bissau. This is a fact that we need to change. In order to empower women to get a career,...

Michelle Ruas
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Micro-Credit Loan #5
In order to not just give money to the people of Guinea-Bissau, but give tools and infrastructure for them to make their own money, we...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 17, 20201 min read


Co-Operative Land Development
Working with co-operatives in Guinea-Bissau is key to our success- having people there that are accountable for the progression of the...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 17, 20201 min read


Scholarship: Fatumata Balde
7 out of 10 women are illiterate in Guinea-Bissau. This is a fact that we need to change. In order to empower women to get a career,...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 16, 20201 min read


Well #1
Safe access to clean water is so vital and this is an area where we can have an immediate and direct impact. Some wells families use to...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 15, 20201 min read


Micro-Credit Loan #4
In order to not just give money to the people of Guinea-Bissau, but give tools and infrastructure for them to make their own money, we...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 3, 20201 min read


Toilet #4
We knew from conversations with Bacar and Ali that there were many people in the villages away from the capital in dire need of help with...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 2, 20201 min read


Micro-Credit Loan #3
In order to not just give money to the people of Guinea-Bissau, but give tools and infrastructure for them to make their own money, we...

Michelle Ruas
Dec 1, 20201 min read


Toilet #3
We knew from conversations with Bacar and Ali that there were many people in the villages away from the capital in dire need of help with...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 29, 20201 min read


Micro-Credit Loan #2
In order to not just give money to the people of Guinea-Bissau, but give tools and infrastructure for them to make their own money, we...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 27, 20201 min read


Toilet #2
We knew from conversations with Bacar and Ali that there were many people in the villages away from the capital in dire need of help with...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 26, 20201 min read


Micro-Credit Loan #1
In order to not just give money to the people of Guinea-Bissau, but give tools and infrastructure for them to make their own money, we...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 22, 20201 min read


Agriculture Tools
In order to empower women to be able to make their own income to support themselves and their families, we decided to buy agriculture...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 21, 20201 min read


Toilet #1
We knew from conversations with Bacar and Ali that there were many people in the villages away from the capital in dire need of help with...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 20, 20201 min read


Rice Distribution
We wanted to make sure that the money sent would have an impact straight away on the people in Guinea-Bissau. In order to do this, Ali...

Michelle Ruas
Nov 10, 20201 min read