A charity organization in the US?

Question

help me find a good pretty well known organization that deals with poverty or somethig like that in the US. This is for a project in school, oral presentation.

Answer 1

One of my favorites is Habitat for Humanity. We worked in New Orleans last year during my step-daughter's spring break in Musician's Village (you may have seen it on some ads w/ Harry Connick Jr.)

It's a great program that helps struggling people get a new home - AND they help build a home as well. In order to qualify for a home, you have to work at least 350 hours on a Habitat Home (that's your 'down payment') in addition to making monthly payments based on your income-

Check out the source and see what you think.

Answer 2

The Red Bird Missionary Conference, a division of the United Methodist Church, has an ongoing program in southeast Kentucky, to minister to the Appalachian people. Different local churches send teams of adults & high school students up there to work with these people who have nothing. They might build a wheelchair ramp on someone's front porch, or do a vacation Bible school for the kids.

There are other Settlements besides Henderson, but the website has details.

The third source listed features this quote:

"Henderson was one of a number of settlement schools developed in rural areas, particularly in Appalachia, as a Progressive Era solution to poverty, isolation, and lack of opportunity. The schools, with boarding facilities for students whose homes were too distant for daily travel, clustered with community services, offered training for various trades, and often became laboratories for the study and preservation of local crafts and traditions. The five hundred photographs in this collection depict students engaged in crafts, studying trades, and touring in singing groups to raise money for the school. They also document individuals and scenes within the school, its rural community, and environs."