Social Impact Heroes: “How Chris Marlow of Help One Now is helping to create long-term sustainable solutions to poverty”

…our goal is to end extreme poverty in the communities in which we partner. Extreme poverty is a cycle from which it is very difficult to free yourself. Families trapped in extreme poverty are stuck in a survival mode with little to no hope of getting out in their lifetime. They lack access to clean water, quality education, and basic healthcare. Putting food on the table is not an everyday reality. They have no financial security and no safety net. These families are incredibly vulnerable.

As part of our about Individuals and Organizations Making an Important Social Impact, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Marlow is a writer, speaker, founder of Help One Now, and author of “Doing Good Is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are.” More than a decade ago in Zimbabwe, Chris met a starving child who was orphaned living in an abandoned gas station, and that helped launch the idea and spirit behind Help One…